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Environmental Trust support for remnant care continues
October 20, 2022October 20, 2022
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Environmental Trust support for remnant care continues

Big Scrub Landcare would like to acknowledge the NSW Environmental Trust for supporting our project Restoring Critically Endangered Lowland Subtropical Rainforest over the past 2 years.  This funding has built on Big Scrub Landcare’s long term program to restore critically endangered lowland rainforest. This involves rehabilitating remnants of critically endangered lowland subtropical rainforest and restoring...

Historical account reveals 8 floods in a single year, waterways altered for logging and monster red cedar
May 11, 2022May 11, 2022
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Historical account reveals 8 floods in a single year, waterways altered for logging and monster red cedar

Early historical accounts of settlement in the Northern Rivers make for a fascinating read and give us insight into what the Big Scrub was originally like. That the landscape was irrevocably changed is well documented, but what’s less well known is the role of flooding in timber transport and the changes made to the waterways...

Fact or fiction: Do water crystals work?
April 20, 2022November 4, 2022
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Fact or fiction: Do water crystals work?

By Mark Dunphy and Joe Harvey Jones People are always asking whether they should use water crystals with opinions on their effectiveness varying greatly. Some regenerators swear by them, including them in plantings of tens of thousands of trees, while others think their effectiveness is limited.  With tree planting numbers ramping up by the tens...

‘Green shoots in the mud’: Signs of flood resilience growing among remnants
April 1, 2022April 5, 2022
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‘Green shoots in the mud’: Signs of flood resilience growing among remnants

Much like a dry forest regenerating from fire, the Big Scrub is showing signs of recovery from last month’s devastating floods. Our team has been out inspecting remnants to begin the task of assisting recovery and planning for future impact from these extraordinary flooding events.  While plenty of evidence of adaptation to floodwaters was observed,...

Habitat restoration for the Richmond Birdwing Butterfly
March 28, 2022March 28, 2022
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Habitat restoration for the Richmond Birdwing Butterfly

Photography and insights from Big Scub Landcare member Stephanie and Leo Lymburner. In 1968 Di Mercer acquired a piece of ‘rubbish land’ on the Far North Coast of New South Wales, a block deemed ‘useless’  by its dairy farming owner due to its steep, rocky slopes. Di, who had been a keen conservationist for some...

Adventuring in the Big Scrub
January 30, 2022January 30, 2022
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Adventuring in the Big Scrub

A contribution from Big Scrub Landcare Projects Manager, Renee Borrow. It had been on my wish-list to do for a while, but getting out to our critically endangered lowland subtropical rainforest remnant, Davis Scrub Nature Reserve, near Alstonville, finally became a reality when I decided to ditch the family and go on a solo adventure....

End of Year Update: Progress Returns and Funding Flows for Science Saving Rainforests Program
December 9, 2021April 20, 2022
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End of Year Update: Progress Returns and Funding Flows for Science Saving Rainforests Program

As another turbulent year draws to a close, Big Scrub Landcare paused to hold its AGM on Sunday, reflecting on a period where progress returned despite continuing uncertainties in the broader community. In his President’s report, Dr Tony Parkes described 2020-21 as a continuation of a succession of excellent years for our Landcare group. Throughout...