Revegetation information
If you are thinking about undertaking revegetation on the farm, there are some resources that may help you. Click on the below PDF’s for practical revegetation information.
Planning your revegetation | Pdf
Site Preparation | Pdf
Management of your revegetation | Pdf
For information different vegetation types and the about the benefits of revegetation to the wider landscape, there are links to articles on biodiversity monitoring here at the Biodiversity Gateway
The Southwest Slopes Revegetation Guide will help you identify which trees, shrubs and groundcover species should be used in revegetation works in your area, and gives descriptions of the different plants. Click below to open the guide.
In October 2016, the S2S BushConnect project supported the “Slate to Plate Bushwalk” – walking the real life connectivity corridor from Blue Metal TSR on the Hume Highway through private land conservation areas to Woomargama National Park. To see some footage watch this clip…
The S2S Bushlinks is a revegetation project being managed by Holbrook Landcare Network on behalf of the Slopes2Summit and the Great Eastern Ranges Initiative in partnership with Murray LLS.
We are lucky that the landscape in the eastern Murray is unique, and parts of it have intact ‘infrastructure’ for wildlife;
Large remnants and reserves on public and private land for populations to live and breed in, and remnant vegetation and revegetation in the farming landscape to allow them to move around.
S2S Bushlinks gives farmers access to local information to help planning to integrate biodiversity with the farm business and investing in on-farm environmental assets.
The project has worked with over 90 landholders in the S2S region to undertake on-ground activities at 189 sites to protect and increase vegetation in the region. Just over 1220ha of vegetation was protected and restored with final work to be completed in May 2017. This Biodiversity Fund project, funded by the Australian Government, has invested $1.4 million dollars in fencing and revegetation on farms in the region over 5 years, which has been matched by landholder contributions.
The outcomes for biodiversity in the regions are an increase in vegetation cover of 1200 ha and an improvement of connectivity for some species in local landscapes. The next six months will analyse data collected and revisit all sites to assess the condition change and the potential impact on species.
