Monbulk Landcare is a group of like-minded people formed from local residents and business people in and around the Monbulk area.
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Our goal is to improve habitat for native birds and animals on public and private land, with a focus along streams. We will remove environmental weeds, protect existing habitat, nurture natural re-generation of habitat and in some places re-plant native vegetation.
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Our philosophy We believe it is important to build links with good habitat, primarily along the streams, between the Dandenong Ranges National Park, Kurth Kiln Regional Park, Bunyip State Park and the Yarra River. Emerald Creek is an important part of these links. Links provide habitat for animals that already live there and also allow animals to move between the larger reserves.
We strongly support the work by local environmental groups to reserve public land along these streams into a Woori Yallock Creek Nature Conservation Reserve.
We also support the work of agencies such as Yarra4Life, Melbourne Water and Yarra Ranges Council in developing these links and will work cooperatively with them to improve public and private land in the Monbulk area. Private land along streams can often strongly complement the habitat available on public land.
We believe without question that individuals can make a difference to the health of the environment and wish to support local people to undertake act...
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Monbulk Landcare will meet its goals by:
1. Carrying out work ourselves every third Sunday of the month,
2. Applying for grant funding from government or other sources and use this to employ contractors to complement and extend the work of volunteers,
3. Assist private landholders with advice on how to manage the environmental weeds and how they can obtain grants for work on their land,
4. Seeking out partnerships and working cooperatively with other community groups, businesses and agencies,
5. Lobby for the appropriate reservation of public land to conserve habitat.
Our priorities are to protect and enhance existing native vegetation:
1. Along Moores Road, Monbulk
2. In and surrounding the Lyrebird Haunt, Upper Coonara Road, Olinda
3. Within Baynes Park, Monbulk
In the longer term we will also work in Emerald Creek and help other groups in Sassafras Creek.
