Funds: $18,750

Source: Community Action Grant

Contract: CAG12-00283

Campus Creek Clean Out was a project designed to restore biodiversity in Dumaresq Ck on the UNE campus by removing exotic weeds and revegetating the riparian zone. Dumaresq Ck is suffering from poor management which has led to declining biodiversity, loss of riparian vegetation, weed invasion, and fragmentation of native vegetation. This project aimed to meet the Caring for Our Country targets by engaging UNEL volunteers and UNE Facilities Management Services to restore, manage and enhance biodiversity in the riparian zone of Dumaresq Ck by reducing weed invasion, re-establishing, and protecting existing native vegetation to increase habitat area, connectivity and water quality in a series of on-ground works, focusing on community working bees.

Outcomes

• 5 ha revegetation works & habitat protection
• 3 ha weed removal and control
• 5000 seedlings
• 8 working bees with 120 volunteers
• 4 partner organisations/groups