Top of our "wish list":
A co-ordinated, systematic and cooperative approach needs to be taken by land management groups within the Big Scrub Area to expand existing remnant areas and link these areas through rainforest corridors. The process of establishing corridors of native vegetation in the catchment can provide some compensatory habitat and enhance functioning of the original vegetation community. The Barlows Creek Riparian regeneration project would: • Provide a riparian rainforest link between the Shaw’s Lane remnant and Maguires Creek.( at Teven Memorial Park – a current Tuckombil Landcare Project). • Decrease the invasive weed population enhancing and enabling this riparian regeneration, as well as minimizing the risk of invasive species re-infesting areas downstream along Maguires and Emigrant Creeks. • Improve water quality in Barlows Creek and consequently Maguires and Emigrant Creeks, resulting in improved outcomes for aquatic flora and fauna, as well as native bird and animal populations and diversity.* • Enhance recreational activities (swimming, fishing, boating, canoeing and kayaking) • Reduce soil erosion • Reduce pesticide and fertilizer runoff ( *Nine vulnerable or threatened plant species have been identified in management plans for these sites. The Barlows/ Maguires Creek catchment also supports a wide range of fauna including species classified as ‘threatened’.)
A co-ordinated, systematic and cooperative approach needs to be taken by land management groups within the Big Scrub Area to expand existing remnant areas and link these areas through rainforest corridors. The process of establishing corridors of native vegetation in the catchment can provide some compensatory habitat and enhance functioning of the original vegetation community. The Barlows Creek Riparian regeneration project would: • Provide a riparian rainforest link between the Shaw’s Lane remnant and Maguires Creek.( at Teven Memorial Park – a current Tuckombil Landcare Project). • Decrease the invasive weed population enhancing and enabling this riparian regeneration, as well as minimizing the risk of invasive species re-infesting areas downstream along Maguires and Emigrant Creeks. • Improve water quality in Barlows Creek and consequently Maguires and Emigrant Creeks, resulting in improved outcomes for aquatic flora and fauna, as well as native bird and animal populations and diversity.* • Enhance recreational activities (swimming, fishing, boating, canoeing and kayaking) • Reduce soil erosion • Reduce pesticide and fertilizer runoff ( *Nine vulnerable or threatened plant species have been identified in management plans for these sites. The Barlows/ Maguires Creek catchment also supports a wide range of fauna including species classified as ‘threatened’.)