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Wetland Care Australia Current Projects
| Banrock Station Oyster Channel Project - Estuary to Thrive: rehabilitation through partnerships WetlandCare Australia has facilitated and undertaken approximately 90 ha of wetland restoration in the Clarence River estuary, near Yamba in northern NSW. (more details) |
| Estuarine Wetland Health Assessment The Estuarine Wetland Assessment project is funded by the NSW Government’s Environmental Trust. It will develop a sound methodology for assessing and prioritising estuarine wetlands, including intertidal mangroves & saltmarsh and dunal swamps & lagoons by reviewing and adapting existing assessment techniques & the guidance of a Technical Advisory Group (TAG). Selected wetlands will be assessed in subcatchments in the Tweed, Brunswick, Richmond & Clarence catchments. (more details) |
| Expressions of Interest sought for NEW Biodiversity Hotspot Funding WetlandCare Australia is inviting Expressions of Interest from land and leaseholders in the Torrington and Ebor-Dorrigo-Coffs Coast regions for a financial support programme to protect high conservation value habitat under the Australian Government's Maintaining Australia's Biodiversity Hotspots Programme (more details) |
| Fish Unlimited - Stewardship payments for Farmers returning land to fish habitat Wetland Care Australia recently launched an innovative environmental project called Fish Unlimited, which aims to repair over 130 ha of fish habitat stretching from Tweed Heads to Ballina, over the next 18 months. (more details) |
| Free Site Assessments and Property Concept Plans Available WetlandCare Australia is looking for landholders in the NSW NRCMA region who would like assistance in managing their properties for biodiversity. A qualified environmental specialist is available to talk to landowners and develop a property concept plan which may be used to apply for funding opportunities. (more details) |
| Great Barrier Reef Coastal Wetland Protection Programme Conservation Volunteers Australia and WetlandCare Australia have combined to deliver a $2 million 2-year pilot programme under the CWPP to develop and manage on-ground activities to conserve and manage priority wetlands. The Australian Government has provided funding for wetland conservation and management in catchments adjacent to the Great Barrier Reef. The programme followed concerns about potential damage to the Great Barrier Reef from wetland clearing and drainage, resulting in increasing levels of sediment, pesticides and nutrients reaching the Reef Lagoon. The five NRM Regional Bodies along the GBR Coast have assisted in engaging local stakeholder groups to identify 20 candidate sites. Works have commenced in selected sites and will continue until July 2007. (more details) |
| Management of New England Tablelands (Montane) Wetlands Montane wetlands are unique ecosystems that occur above 600m in altitude and are home to many rare plants and animals, they are also regarded as endangered ecological communities (more details) |
| Paddy's River Wetlands & Lake Bathurst and The Morass - send us your comments WetlandCare Australia are working with the Hawkesbury Nepean Catchment Management Authority on two community-based projects. (more details) |
| Riparian and Wetland Protection in the Lower Burdekin Tropical wetland works continue! WetlandCare Australia has been contracted to develop and implement Rehabilitation Action Plans for 5 - 10 priority wetlands identified in the Burdekin River floodplain around Ayr, North Queensland (more details) |
| Sustainable Wetlands on NSW Coastal Landscapes The Sustainable Wetlands project is funded by the Hunter Central Rivers Catchment Management Authority (HCRCMA). The project aims to map (using existing data), prioritise (using a comprehensive decision support database), and allocate tools (including on-ground works) to protect & rehabilitate wetlands along the coast from Gosford to Tweed Heads. The CMA have also contracted WCA to undertake the same study of all of the wetlands in the HCRCMA area. The project is expected to be completed by Dec 2006. (more details) |
| Threatened Fauna – Habitat Enhancement and Threat Abatement This Northern Rivers Catchment Management Authority funded project has accomplished substantial increased recovery outcomes, habitat enhancements and threat reductions for the Bush Stone Curlew, Barking Owl and Brush Tailed Rock Wallaby. (more details) |
| Threatened Species and Endangered Ecological Communities of the Mid North Coast (more details) |
| Threatened Species Habitat Enhancement: White Flowered Wax Plant (more details) |
| Upper Clarence Valley High Conservation Value Wetlands WetlandCare Australia identified 98 hectares of high conservation value wetlands in the upper Clarence Valley. Funded by the Northern Rivers Catchment Management Authority (more details) |
| Wetland Inventory and Prioritisation in the Burnett Mary Region WetlandCare Australia (WCA) is launching a wetland prioritisation project in the Burnett Mary region with funding from the Burnett Mary Regional Group and the Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts (DEWHA), with assistance from Queensland Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The project aims to ground-truth a number of existing mapped wetlands which have been mapped by EPA under the Great Barrier Reef Coastal Wetlands Protection Programme (CWPP), as well as undertaking a pilot wetland inventory. (more details) |
| Wetland Rehabilitation Guidelines for Queensland's GBR Catchments WetlandCare Australia, with support from CVA and funding from DEWR, are writing a set of guidelines to assist wetland managers to rehabilitate their wetlands. (more details) |
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