WetlandCare Australia worked in partnership with the Bundaberg Regional Council, Friends of Pasturage Reserve, Bundaberg Landcare, Gidarjil rangers, the local Impact team and the Bargara Lions Club to plant 950 local native trees. Source: Bundaberg News Mail
The trees were planted at Pasturage Reserve, adjoining the coastal village of Bargara, one of 20 important wetlands targeted for environmental restoration works under WetlandCare Australia’s $2.5 million Coastal 20 wetlands restoration project.
The project is funded under the Australian Government’s Caring for our Country program.
The area is of high conservation value because it contains one of the few melaleuca swamp remnants along the Burnett-Elliott coast and provides habitat for threatened species.
Bundaberg Regional Council and the local Impact team had prepared the site prior to the planting day when 950 wetland seedlings that had been propagated by the Bundaberg Landcare nursery.
“This is a great example of what can be achieved when everyone works together towards a common goal,” WetlandCare Australia regional coordinator Adam Gosling said.
“WetlandCare Australia could not have achieved such a great result without the collaboration and support of these groups and local community.”
