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t y Key Elements Context What is being funded? How can you get involved? • Establishing partnerships between Clearing of lands in the A range of on-ground activities are being 1. Attend and learn at a Community government, community, landholders and has left much of the funded with a focus on creating and re- Workshop – (planting days, bird surveys not-for-proft organisations. in a highly-degraded state. The spread of linking habitat including: and technical workshops, Habitat Hollow • Getting the best value environmental out weeds is chocking the river. This means 1. Professional control of woody weeds workshops, weed control days and local come for every dollar spent. that the birds and animals that we share impacting the river’s health, river festival); • Building on the success of past and current our environment with are fnding it harder 2. River Care with hands-on restoration 2. Enjoy a morning walk along the path planning and projects. and harder to move between their habitat and training activities open to the whole connecting Burradoo to Bong Bong patches. • Maximising connections in the landscape community, Common to observe the river and current to help with long term, regional ecosystem The Wingecarribee River is one of the 3. Professional bush revegetation, Landcare works completed; best places to see the Platypus in the wild. health. 4. Installation of Tree Hollows to provide 3. Join the W2W River Care Group- For However, if the riverbanks continue to erode • Demonstrating a locally led model for Habitat for a range of threatened and more info, contact Nathan: ngreen@ and remain choked by weeds it is likely that long-term commitment to the protection common species, greeningaustralia.org.au the water quality will decline and fewer and enhancement of our and 4. Enquire about our funded program to Platypus will call our local river home. 5. Land conservancy through appropriate bushland. mechanisms such as in-perpetuity remove willow chokes from private lands This project aims to protect the river for the covenants with river frontage; Platypus and other river dwellers (people The W2W project can only be successful 5. Establish your very own Conservation included) by protecting the vegetation Overview with the commitment and combined Reserve on your property; that is left, improving its condition through efforts of landholders, community groups, 6. Have our ecological restoration specialists The Wall to Wollondilly (W2W) Project weed control, increasing its extent and government, non-government organisations plan and deliver revegetation works on will protect, maintain and restore the connectedness through revegetation and and other industry groups. your property; natural environment between the underpinning it all with collaboration and Wingecarribee Reservoir and the point community based effort. By improving the You play an important role. 7. Get your hands dirty restoring Platypus where the Wollondilly and Wingecarribee quality, quantity and connectedness of the Project partners and funding bodies include: Habitat on National Tree Day Rivers meet. vegetation, the project will assist migratory • Greening 8. Attend a FREE Bird Workshop The project involves weed control, security and climate adaptability for a large • Wingecarribee Shire Council 9. Sit by the river or in your backyard for revegetation, community training and suite of fauna species. • Local Land Services (LLS) the Great Aussie bird count workshops all focussed on improving the To help achieve this goal, we need your help. • Birdlife Southern Highlands health of the Wingecarribee River. We’ll • Landcare also be permanently protecting patches • Local community groups and of critically important bush in • Landholders the Southern Highlands. Funding has been provided through the NSW Environmental Trust Bush Connect Grants.

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