This project will revegetate 52.38 ha of suitable habitat for the threatened migratory Swift Parrot by reinstating natural food sources and planting key winter-flowering species. It will improve the extent, condition and connectivity of the EPBC Threatened Ecological Communities: Grey Box (Eucalyptus microcarpa) Grassy Woodland and Box Gum Grassy Woodland. The project will Swift Parrot: Winter Goulburn Broken 20MTR3-148 strategically revegetate with 25800 plants (16800 >2m) to $100,000 16,800 VIC Wanderers. CMA increase the extent of food tree habitat and structural diversity in fertile areas on private land. Winter food trees are distributed patchily across the landscape and therefore more areas need to be planted to increase food tree availability, particularly in relatively fertile areas that provide more reliable resources, which have been disproportionately cleared. This project will be undertaken on the Warratta Vale property near Lipson. It will enhance a section of Salt Creek with 6,500 trees and 5000 understory plants established via direct seeding, Restoring Eastern Lower EP providing species richness and recreating EP Blue Gums woodland. 20MTR3-155 threatened EP Blue Landcare $22,550 6,500 SA The planting will also conserve the remaining EP Blue Gums and Gum, Lipson Management Com remnant vegetation in this section of Salt Creek by increasing the biodiversity and enabling long-term health and viability of the creek lines native vegetation.
20MTR3-148 Swift Parrot: Winter Wanderers. This project will revegetate 52.38 ha of suitable habitat for the threatened migratory Swift Parrot by reinstating natural food sources and planting key winter-flowering species. It will improve the extent, condition and connectivity of the EPBC Threatened Ecological Communities: Grey Box (Eucalyptus microcarpa) Grassy Woodland and Box Gum Grassy Woodland. The project will strategically revegetate with 25800 plants (16800 >2m) to increase the extent of food tree habitat and structural diversity in fertile areas on private land. Winter food trees are distributed patchily across the landscape and therefore more areas need to be planted to increase food tree availability, particularly in relatively fertile areas that provide more reliable resources, which have been disproportionately cleared. Goulburn Broken CMA $100,000 16,800 VIC 20MTR3-155 Restoring threatened EP Blue Gum, Lipson This project will be undertaken on the Warratta Vale property near Lipson. It will enhance a section of Salt Creek with 6,500 trees and 5000 understory plants established via direct seeding, providing species richness and recreating EP Blue Gums woodland. The planting will also conserve the remaining EP Blue Gums and remnant vegetation in this section of Salt Creek by increasing the biodiversity and enabling long-term health and viability of the creek lines native vegetation. Eastern Lower EP Landcare Management Com $22,550 6,500 SA
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