Environmental & Conservation Projects
Gympie Regional Council Projects
Gympie & District Landcare continues to work closely with Gympie Regional Council conducting weed control and revegetation within the district.
We continue to battle erosion and invasive species at The Sands and continue to build resilience to future floods.
Rainbow Beach Erosion Control
The team has installed Coir logs to reduce dune erosion and has planted native plant species to provide a more permanent solution.
Gympie & District Landcare continue to remove Cats Claw and are conducting revegetation to encourage Flying Foxes to return to this historical roosting site.
Victoria Bridge Conservation Area
This site at Deep Creek was once an ecologically abundant tributary to the Mary River has been heavily disturbed since mining times and is being restored to reduce erosion and provide habitat for our local birds and animals.
Burnett Mary Regional Group - Koala Habitat Restoration
We at Gympie & District Landcare are undertaking 20 hectares of Koala Habitat plantings in key corridors within the Gympie Region.
These plantings will provide food shelter and safe passage for our local Koalas and help link key populations of the species.
Koala Action Gympie Region - PEEK Project
Gympie & District Landcare has been providing planting on private property.
These properties have been carefully selected by KAGR due to the presence of Koalas and their recorded corridors.
The team have thoroughly enjoyed conducting this work and have been lucky enough to spot several Koalas on the sites.
Macadamia Conservation Trust - Amama Walk Project
GDLG have been working with the Macadamia Conservation Trust to locate remnant Macadamia integrifolia specimens and protect them from invasive weeds with the serial culprit being Cats Claw. The Landcare conservation team in alliance with Queensland Parks & Wildlife Rangers have continued to locate Macadamia’s throughout the area and give them the best chance of reaching maturity through weed control.
In areas difficult to access we have used Biological Control to help with the heavy lifting.
Jewel Beetles have been released in dense infestations of Cats Claw.
These natural predators of the vine will hopefully reach a critical mass and begin to reduce the biomass through their feeding and life cycle.
Bugs released here will spread throughout the catchment and continue their important work.
Mipango ya Uhifadhi wa Mazingira na Uhifadhi wa Mazingira ya Mkoa wa Gympie Mipango ya Mkoa wa Gympie na Uhifadhi wa Ardhi ya Wilaya inaendelea kufanya kazi kwa karibu na Mkutano wa Mkoa wa Gympie kufanya udhibiti wa magugu na mimea ndani ya wilaya. Tunaendelea kupambana na mmomonyoko na spishi za uvamizi katika The Sands na kuendelea kujenga upinzani kwa mafuriko ya baadaye. Rainbow Beach Erosion Control: Timu ya wataalamu wa mazingira ya pwani ya Rainbow Beach imeweka miti ya Coir ili kupunguza uharibifu wa dune na imepanda spishi za mimea ya asili ili kutoa suluhisho la kudumu. Gympie & District Landcare inaendelea kuondoa Cats Claw na inafanya revegetation kuhamasisha Flying Foxes kurudi kwenye tovuti hii ya kihistoria ya kukaa. Eneo la Uhifadhi wa Daraja la Victoria: Eneo hili la Deep Creek wakati mmoja lilikuwa kijito cha mto Mary, lakini limesumbuliwa sana tangu nyakati za uchimbaji madini na linarejeshwa ili kupunguza mmomonyoko na kutoa makazi kwa ndege na wanyama wetu wa ndani. Mkoa wa Burnett Mary - Kurudisha Makao ya Koala Sisi katika Gympie & Wilaya Landcare tunafanya hekta 20 za kupanda Koala Habitat katika vijia muhimu ndani ya Mkoa wa Gympie. Mimea hii itatoa makazi ya chakula na njia salama kwa Koalas zetu za mitaa na kusaidia kuunganisha idadi muhimu ya spishi. Koala Action Gympie Mkoa - Mradi wa PEEK Gympie & Wilaya Landcare imekuwa kutoa kupanda kwenye mali ya kibinafsi. Maeneo haya yamechaguliwa kwa uangalifu na KAGR kwa sababu ya uwepo wa Koalas na vijia vyao vilivyoandikwa. Timu hiyo imefurahia sana kufanya kazi hiyo na imekuwa na bahati ya kuona Koala kadhaa katika maeneo hayo. Makadamia Conservation Trust (MDCT) na Amaya Walk Project (AMWT) wamekuwa wakifanya kazi na Makadamia Conservation Trust (MTCT) kupata mabaki ya Macadamia integrifolia na kuwalinda dhidi ya magugu ya uvamizi na mhalifu wa mfululizo ni Cats Claw. Timu ya uhifadhi wa Landcare kwa ushirikiano na Queensland Parks & Wildlife Rangers imeendelea kupata Macadamia katika eneo hilo na kuwapa nafasi bora ya kufikia ukomavu kupitia udhibiti wa magugu. Katika maeneo magumu ya kufikia tumetumia Udhibiti wa Kibiolojia kusaidia na kuinua nzito. Vipepeo wa Jewel wametolewa katika maambukizi mengi ya Cats Claw. Wanyama hao wa asili wa mzabibu watapata kiasi kikubwa na kuanza kupunguza biomass kupitia chakula chao na mzunguko wa maisha. Wadudu wanaotoka hapa wataenea kotekote katika eneo hilo na kuendelea na kazi yao muhimu.