Projects

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GOLDFIELDS LITTLE CREEKS RESTORATION GUIDE LAUNCH DEC 13   

Rain-drops turn into trickles that turn into creeks that feed our river systems.  

Most of the creeks in the upper catchment are in very-poor, poor or medium condition.   

Most Ballarat citizens are familiar with the Yarrowee River and Canadian Creek, but the region has many other small creeks that run through urban areas, the urban fringe a

 Perimeter   

Connecting Peri-Urban communities  

•A large proportion of our community lives in a peri-urban setting in the Moorabool, Woady-Yaloak and Leigh catchments, for life-style, income and quality of life. 

•They need skills and knowledge manage their land and water.

•We plan to work with Natures Stewards to develop programs that help our periurban community to conserve biodiversity

 Phascogale   

Creating connections for warm and furry friends.

Like most marsupials in our landscape, Phascogales have experienced an enormous range contraction: They occupy only 30% of their former habitat, and those populations are disconnected.

We have started work on creating corridors for these and other linkage-dependent creatures. See Newsletter 2 for details.

 Nursing the nurseries 

The Bunanyung Landscape is going to need plants……lots of them! We want to make sure that the local suppliers can provide a good diversity of appropriate genetic stock for the planting that has to occur to restore our corridors and connections. We have started to document the local resources: watch this space for more information!