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ERF's ripper mounder is on the job
Hugh McKenzie is on the right track to a successful tree planting season
ERF’s ripper mounder has already been put to work at the McKenzie's property in the Lake Warden catchment in recent weeks. So with more than thirty five landholders across three catchments about to commence or continue on ground works, if you need to use it, contact ERF to book it now.
Site preparation is essential. All saline and waterlogged soils need to be mounded. Saline soils in particular need time for salts to leach from the mound as not even salt and waterlogging tolerant plants can handle these conditions during establishment. Additionally not preparing wet sites in time can cause undesirable access delays once the rains start.
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Locals protect bushland
Twilight Beach Road resident Shirl Cook doing her bit to remove Victorian tea tree from her street.
A community event coordinated by Esperance Regional Forum (ERF) held in February to remove Victoria tea tree from the bushland strip of land between Wireless Hill and Twilight Beach Road has been a major success.
More than a dozen local residents armed with equipment and protective gear gathered to clear the non-native trees and shrubs with a view to replant local species in the coming months.
Five three tonne truck loads of Victorian tea trees were taken away from the area along with around ten 20 litre bags of rubbish consisting mainly of takeaway packaging, cans and broken bottles.
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The next generation
Cascade PS students Robbie Carmody, 10, Aaron Wilkinson-King, 9, Young Environmentalist Award winner Jason Wilkinson, 11, and Harry Stead, 8.
Finding new water macro-invertebrates, spotting visiting birds from Siberia, learning about bush tucker, becoming dieback warriors and planting thousands of native seedlings, these are just some of the exciting things students throughout the Esperance District have experienced in 2011. South Coast NRM’s Biodiversity Education Program has had another rewarding year with valuable help from the ERF staff and Esperance Bird Observers Group volunteers.
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