In addition to our weekly Community Stewardship Mornings over in Albury, a small crew of enthusiastic volunteers have also been tackling the woody weeds on Browns Island for the past couple of months. Parklands thanks these hard-working volunteers for giving their time to help us improve the natural environment!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Parklands have been working on eradicating woody weeds on both Turtle and Browns Islands, two Murray River Islands where our ‘Roosting Refuges‘ project is taking place. Over the 2024/2025 summer, interns Harry and Sophie made an excellent start at beginning to remove the woody weeds from Turtle Island and with the community’s help, both of these islands will hopefully one day be free of box elder and other woody weeds. The box elder forms a monoculture of dense stands of trees that provides little benefit, if any, to our native animals.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Where the weeds have been removed, we have begun to re-plant with native species that will improve biodiversity on the islands. We are especially focused on planting species that will flower in winter and spring to provide roosting and foraging habitat for the vulnerable grey-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus).

The last couple of River Stewardship sessions for the year are 2 Dec and 16 Dec so please join us if you’d like to be a part of this project!

This project is funded by the Australian Government’s Natural Heritage Trust under the Urban Rivers and Catchments Program.