Category: Projects

In 2005 Muckleford Catchment Landcare Group planted native shrubs and some trees within the railway easement east of the Walmer Road crossing.  Plants have established so well that in some areas sight lines for the train drivers were being obstructed by vegetation, and in other areas natural recruitment has encroached on regulation clearances from the…

Nearmap image showing eastern part of project (2/2/10) The purpose of this project is to provide a link between quality roadside vegetation in Turners Lane to the riparian zone of Chinaman Creek by establishing a range of trees and shrubs along a treeless 800 metre section of Creasys Road. The project commenced in 2009 with the support…

Muckleford Landcare has installed 90 nest boxes in the Walmer South Nature Reserve and an adjoining road reserve in order to provide refuge and breeding opportunities for wild-life in the reserve and nearby tracts of bushland such as Ottrey’s Scrub to the north. The area currently contains several scattered hollow-bearing old trees and a limited…