The dates are set for our winter planting blitz and we are calling on workplaces and the community to participate in the landscape-scale plantings planned for Ryans Lagoon Wetlands!  These plantings are part of our ‘Wodonga Regional Park Reforestation’ project which will see 35,000 native seedlings planted in parts of the Wodonga Regional Park and Ryans Lagoon Wetlands over four-years, resulting in a total of 60 hectares of crown land being revegetated.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The reforestation at Ryans Lagoon Wetlands will restore the canopy layer and improve habitat values and connectivity along the restored 66 km Murray River corridor (Project 66) as well as at the nationally and culturally significant wetlands.  This project is co-managed with Duduroa Dhargal Aboriginal Corporation’s Traditional Owners and will help them deliver on their aspirations for this wetland site.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wetlands provide essential ecosystem services such as water purification and flood control as well as vital habitat for native species. Not only will these revegetation efforts help create and expand existing habitat for species such as barking owls (critically endangered), squirrel gliders (vulnerable), grey-headed flying foxes (vulnerable), Murray cod (endangered), and Murray crayfish (threatened), but they will also abate a combined 722 tonnes of carbon from the atmosphere per annum!

If this sounds like something you’d like to contribute to, please see the Humanitix booking link for all the information and to register.

Parklands gratefully acknowledges funding provided by the Victorian Government’s ‘BushBank’ program for this long-term project.