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Baranduda Range

Baranduda Range
Monitoring of nest box for Tuan's

 

Project under way at Baranduda

Baranduda Landcare, a sub-group of Kiewa Catchment Landcare, has embarked on a project with the vision of restoring native vegetation to hillsides and gullies to create diverse, weed-free Parklands environment. parklands' Baranduda estate consists of 400ha of open semi-cleared hillside and remnant bushland at the north-eastern end of the Baranduda Range. It forms a critical vegetation link between the adjoining Regional Park (Parks Victoria) and the Kiewa Valley floodplain. It also supports valuable remnants of Grassy Dry Forest, threatened Valley Grassy Forest, rare plants including Tick Indigo Indigofera australis and Slender Tick Trefoil Desmodium varians, and provides habitat for the vulnerable Brushtail Phascogale or Tuan. However, past over-clearing and excessive stock grazing has left a legacy of weeds. Unchecked, weeds are winning the war, threatening the long-term viability of this land. The Baranduda Parklands protection project is a partnership between the Baranduda community (Landcare, Primary School, Scouts, CFA and Lions groups) and parklands. The main project objective is to identify, protect and enhance remnant vegetation and wildlife habitat within and adjoining the Parklands estate. Key components are:

  • Cessation of broad scale, unregulated grazing of hill country and major gully systems.
  • Managed grazing of cleared lower foothills associated with fire access areas.
  • Strategic, sustained and long-term weed control focusing on Paterson's Curse, Blackberry (plus a host of other broad-leaf weeds).
  • Targeted revegetation using indigenous species.
  • Community awareness and participation.

Stage 1 (funded by Parks Vic. Grant)

Biological control of Patterson's Curse is being trialled at Baranduda
Revegetation of over 5ha (hillside and gully corridor extension). Baranduda Landcare Planet Ark's National Tree Day each July is a fantanstic team event that resulted in more than 3000 tubestock planted. Indigenous understorey comprises the majority of the plantings, but a range of native grasses, lilies, and tree seedlings was also included.

Paterson's Curse fleebeetle control has been used throughout Baranduda parklands.  Additional flee beetles have been released in the past two years to compensate for losses during the extended drought.  Blackberry rust biological controls were trialed in a few gullies during summer 2007/08.  Additional strains of the rust will be trialed over summer 2008/09. 

Further information:

 

Visit: 
http://northeast.landcarevic.net.au/baranduda/