Category: Ecological Restoration

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Creating a Wild Meadow

Have you ever thought about converting your lawn into a wild meadow?

Here are some very powerful reasons why you could consider this:

Native grasses and insects have co-evolved over millenia and they need each other to survive.
A healthy insect population means a healthy bird, amphibian, reptile and mammal population.
A meadow of native grasses frees you from relentless mowing, fertilising and applying pesticides.
Surrounding yourself with a healthy, diverse ecosystem will push back on the loss of precious habitat and the dramatic increase in threatened species currently threatening our biodiversity.

Final Report on Provest Creek Grant

Post author By Karen Benhar
Post date July 6, 2022
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After attaining the grant we organised a Bush Regen Company Bush Habitat Restoration to begin the daunting task of starting to restore the area. After 10 visits they made an amazing start.

Through Streamwatch and Hornsby Shire Council’s Water Testing Program we also tested for water quality. This was important as we knew that Spiny Crayfish, Snake-necked turtles and Long-fin eels use the creek.

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Final Survey of Wildlife at Provest Creek

Post author By Karen Benhar
Post date August 3, 2021
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We again engaged Cumberland Plain Regeneration to help us work out the fauna at Provest Creek after completing some bush regeneration. In summary 13 species of mammals, 4 reptile species, 11 frog species and over 50 species of birds were detected during the monitoring period. Not bad for a site very close to an urban area. We are very fortunate to have our national parks which preserve habitat for the diverse fauna found in this vegetation community, the Peppermint-Angophora Forest.

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Diverse Ecosytem – Fauna at Provest Creek

Post author By Karen Benhar
Post date September 12, 2020
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As part of our grant we wanted to measure the fauna active at Provest Creek. We engaged the services of Cumberland Plain Regeneration to help us. They placed camera traps, took samples of leaf litter and also did a spotlight survey and multiple bird surveys. They revealed a rich ecosystem active on the edge of the Berowra Valley National Park.

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Julian Leeser Federal MP for Berowra Visits

Post author By Karen Benhar
Post date March 9, 2020
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Karen, the Hon Julian Leeser MP and Anne reviewing project at Provest Creek.

On 20th Feb we were fortunate to be visited by our local federal MP Julian Leeser. He expressed his passion to preserve the Hawkesbury River for future generations. Provest Creek is a small tributary that feeds Berowra Creek which feeds the Hawkesbury River. The health of the river systems are all interconnected.

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Federal Grant Success

Wild Habitats Inc. is pleased to announce that we have successfully received funding through the Federal CEP (Community Environment Program). Our grant is to restore Provest Creek in Hornsby Heights Sydney back to a healthy creek.

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Capertee National Park Restoration Project

Post author By Karen Benhar
Post date May 31, 2019
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Regent Honey Eater by Dean Ingwersen.

Recently a restoration project at Capertee National Park was in the news. We decided to apply the SERA standards to evaluate this ecological restoration.

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Ecological Restoration Standards by SERA

Post author By Karen Benhar
Post date May 30, 2019
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If you are about to embark on a restoration project did you know that Australia has a peak body the Society for Ecological Restoration Australia (SERA) who have created an impressive document on the standards to apply to an ecological restoration project.

This document is comprehensive and well thought out and my aim in this post is to give an overview of the process.

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Restoring Native Wildlife

Post author By Karen Benhar
Post date April 10, 2019
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Did you know that in the last 200 years western Sydney has lost 20% of its native animal species? In the same period it has lost only two of its native plant species representing only 0.1% of its diversity. Fauna ecosystem services are vital to bushland health but our native wildlife is struggling.