Bush regeneration on Council owned and managed land. Photo: Stinking Cryptocarya (V) growing in Swamp Oak Forest EEC at the Brunswick Heads Boat Ramp. Bush regeneration involves carefully removing privets, vines and other non-native plants to enable indigenous native eucalypts, ferns, orchids and flowering shrubs to re-establish in the area. A framework for managing and monitoring bush regeneration programs: a case study from Lake Macquarie, NSW. Martin Fallding; Article first published online. DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-8903.2011.00612.x. The Bush Regeneration Program has hosted 63 groups since 1995, and was one of the first examples of conservation ecotourism in Australia. Lord Howe local and the Program's founder and host, Ian Hutton, was awarded. Bush regeneration, a form of natural area restoration, is the term used in Australia for the ecological restoration of remnant vegetation areas, such as through the minimisation of negative disturbances, both exogenous such as. Background. Byron Shire Council has identified bush regeneration on Council land as a high priority action in the Byron Biodiversity Conservation Strategy 2. The environmental levy funds three permanent part- time (3. Bush Regeneration Supervisor, Bush Regenerator and Bush Regenerator (Indigenous). A small operational budget of $5,0. Prioritisation of works. Sites included in the current work program were determined through a prioritisation process that incorporated consideration of ecological values and community significance. Photo: Pencil Cedars regenerating prolifically after lantana removal at Coopers Creek Crossing Huonbrook. Photo: Pink Nodding Orchids (V) growing in area freed from bitou bush. Ecological outcomes. The Bush Regeneration Team delivers significant ecological outcomes addressing threatening processes to conservation values including threatened fauna, flora and endangered ecological communities. Most of the bush regeneration team’s work program focuses on weed control. More than 1. 60 environmental weed species have been identified at project sites, including Weeds of National Significance such as Bitou Bush and Lantana. These weeds include Morning Glory, Madeira vine, Cat’s Claw Creeper, Winter Senna, Ochna, and Camphor Laurel. Detailed reports of the ecological outcomes achieved by the team are available below: The Bush Futures audit of bushland health has reported that 1. Council managed bushland is affected by threats including weeds, dumping and encroachment. Council's Water and Recycling division have specifically engaged the team to address high conservation value vegetation areas in capital and operational phases of sewerage treatment plant operation at Ocean Shores, West Byron and Vallances Road. The story of how the 'eccentric' Bradley sisters started bush regeneration—a movement that radicalised the battle against one of the greatest and oldest enemies of the Australian bush; invasive weeds.
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