Revegetating streams and wildlife corridors can feel a bit daunting when you try and work out what are the best plants to use and where to put them.
Recent floods saw significant fish kills on the Richmond River that highlighted the importance of farmers, landholders, and those caring for local land and waterways taking action to care for, replant and manage local waterways from the headwater down to improve their health.
Brunswick Valley Landcare in conjunction with Byron Shire Council (BSC) have put together two new tools to help you find out the right plants and the right locations to put them to get the best results from your work.
Brunswick Valley Landcare’s Revegetating Streams in the Brunswick Catchment and Council’s new interactive Wildlife Corridors Map aim to help landholders restore wildlife habitat in riparian zones and wildlife corridors throughout the Byron Shire.
Plant your waterways
‘Knowing what plants to put where can be overwhelming, and these two tools give landholders a leg-up and the knowledge they need to plant with confidence and to the benefit of our wildlife,’ BSC’s Biodiversity Team Leader Liz Caddick said.
‘Revegetating Streams in the Brunswick Catchment is an easy-to-use guide that has been refreshed and republished thanks to Brunswick Valley Landcare with more extensive species lists designed to help landholders know what and how to plant – to create healthier, drought and fire-resilient wildlife habitats,” Council’s Biodiversity Team Leader, Liz Caddick said.
Revegetating Streams in the Brunswick Catchment is available for free in hard copy from Council’s Customer Service Centre or download from www.brunswickvalleylandcare.org.au/resources/kits-guides/native-plants.
The tools were recently launched at Kohinur Hall and included talks from Local Land Services experts Craig Hart and Shaun Morris, as well as local botanist and long-time Landcare member Jo Green.
Wildlife Corridors
‘We are also thrilled to have launched Council’s new interactive Wildlife Corridors Map, an online mapping system enabling landholders to zoom in on their property and create a simple list of local plants for specific areas of their site,’ Ms Caddick said.
‘The online maps allow you to explore wildlife corridors in your neighbourhood and see what threatened plants and animals may live there. It also provides handy hints and links to information to help support the ongoing restoration of wildlife habitat on your property – I encourage everyone to check it out.’
To view Council’s Wildlife Corridors Map, go to www.byron.nsw.gov.au/wildlife-corridors-map.
Brunswick Valley Landcare and BSC have partnered under an MOU for over ten years and are currently working together to deliver $300,000 worth of riparian restoration within the Brunswick River Catchment, as part of the $5M package of works under the Northern Rivers Watershed Initiative, funded by the Department of Regional NSW and coordinated by Rous County Council.
For more information about restoring wildlife habitat see BSC’s website.
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