Case Studies

Drones for Bushland Management

Drone over Hexham Swamp Supplied by Sky Land Management. Photo: S. Pritchard At the AABR field day at Hexham Swamp, near Newcastle NSW, Phil Milling, Managing Director of Sky Land Management, demonstrated and told us how drones can be used for a variety of land management activities. Sky Land Management commenced in 2014, [...]

Restoring the Cumberland Plain

Restoring the Cumberland Plain in north western Sydney – AABR Walk and Talk Xuela Sledge, Project Manager, Cumberland Plain Restoration Program – Greater Sydney Landcare Greater Sydney Landcare and NSW National Parks and Wildlife have teamed up with several other partners to coordinate the Cumberland Plain Restoration Program (CPRP). This is a Saving our Species [...]

Restoration of Akaroa Quarry

Restoration of Akaroa Quarry - Tasmania - using a variety of methods Todd Dudley  - North East Bioregional Network In 2016 the North East Bioregional Network (NEBN) objected to a proposed re opening of a quarry to extract granite for an extension to the St Helens Point barway rock wall. The mine is located in [...]

Watch it Now – Post-fire regeneration in NSW 12 months on

Hundreds of AABR members rose to the challenge of supporting post-fire regeneration only to have their intent somewhat stifled by a pandemic. In spite of this five NSW site coordinators managed to navigate the COVID constraints and deliver on-ground outcomes. We will be sharing the process and the achievements from 12 months of post-fire regeneration [...]

2021-04-16T18:09:38+10:00Categories: Case Studies, Events, What's New|

What can 6 years & $250,000 achieve?

A six year - $250,000 Environmental Trust project enabled a community group to formally identify threatened species, record and monitor the local flora and fauna and undertake bush regeneration which has aided connectivity and set the multiple public reserves on a recovery trajectory. An assortment of community engagement events were undertaken and a plethora of [...]

2020-04-01T20:28:22+10:00Categories: Case Studies, What's New|Tags: , |

Restoring the Koorangie Marshes

The Koorangie Marshes are part of the Kerang Wetlands Ramsar site that is culturally significant to the Barapa Barapa people. Prolonged waterlogging and rising salinity, which resulted in the death of River Red Gum and Eumong canopies, had historically impacted almost half of the Koorangie marshes. In partnership with the Barapa Barapa peoples the regeneration [...]

2020-04-01T20:28:22+10:00Categories: Case Studies, What's New|Tags: , |

Big Scrub’s genetic dream

Rainforest restoration pioneers, Big Scrub Landcare, are again at the forefront of restoration ecology investigating solutions to the problem of genetic inbreeding in the hundreds of thousands of Big Scrub plantings. With the long term viability of the Big Scrub and associated investment at stake, they have developed a strategy to test for genetic diversity, [...]

2020-04-01T20:28:22+10:00Categories: Case Studies, What's New|Tags: , |

Scaling Up…Is it possible?

Comprehensive strategic planning and site assessments, coupled with thinking creatively around landscape connections are some of the ingredients required to scale up projects. By understanding the capacity of assisted regeneration, a spectrum of bush regenerator skill levels and resources can be utilised to maximise outcomes.  Jen Ford provides two examples that explore how the planning [...]

2020-04-01T20:28:22+10:00Categories: Case Studies, What's New|Tags: , |
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