ANU Intrepid Landcare tree planting
A group of 15 enthusiastic ANU Intrepid Landcare members visited the ‘Duralla’ property at Mulloon Creek Natural Farms during March to volunteer their time to support and contribute to the Mulloon Rehydration Initiative.
The ANU Intrepid Landcare group are a mix of ANU students and non-students who volunteer their time to contribute to environmental management projects in order to gain experience from, learn about and contribute to environmental projects.
The Mulloon Rehydration Initiative is a catchment scale project in the Mulloon Creek catchment which aims to restore landscape function to improve stream flow reliability, climatic resilience, ecosystem function and agricultural productivity. It is jointly funded through the Mulloon Institute and the Australian Government’s National Landcare Program with support from the NSW Government’s Environmental Trust.
The ANU Intrepid Landcare group braved cold and wet conditions to plant over 150 groundcovers, shrubs and trees. The plantings form part of the hilltop contour plantings at Duralla which began in 2017. As they grow they will become an important part of restoring native habitat on a previously overgrazed and denuded ridge which spans the length of the property.
The volunteers were supervised on the day by the Mulloon Institute’s Max Brunswick (Technical Officer) and Penny Cooper (Trainee Director of On-ground Works) who were astounded at how quickly the volunteers were able to get so many plants in the ground in only half a day!
The Mulloon Institute are very grateful to the amazing young volunteers who took part and to all those who have contributed to previous tree planting events in the past. While the planting season has ground to a halt for now during winter, similar events will be held in spring. Keep an eye out on our social media pages and ‘Resilience’ Enews for news of future volunteering events.
