Landcare Partnership Year 2
Projects
St Albans, NSW 2022
Wilsons River, NSW 2022
Cedar Brush Creek, NSW 2022
Upper Orara, NSW 2022
Oxley River (Tweed), NSW
Upper Horton River, NSW
Goonoo Goonoo Creek, NSW
Salt Bay and Black Neds Bay, Lake Macquarie, NSW
Waterway Fire Science
Whittaker’s Lagoon, NSW
Cattai Creek, NSW
Mehi River, NSW
Wambuul Macquarie, NSW
Tarcutta Creek, NSW
During the last 12 months, it is a partnership that has seen Landcarers and OzFishers combine at 15 more locations across NSW.
They have been responsible for creating 60 new waterway homes for fish, planting more than 14 kilometres of native trees and shrubs, and removing invasive weeds and rubbish from over 30 kilometres of riverbanks.
1 NOVEMBER 2022 | Partnering on water and land to care for healthy fish habitats
As Australia’s only recreational fishing conservation charity, we have been achieving our objective of better habitats for better fishing for several years now. However, while we have taken many great steps towards restoring Australia’s waterways, the road is not a short one and there are other organisations that share similar goals. We want to use our experience and passion to mobilise our community of fishers to work with these organisations and scale-up our habitat restoration activities across Australia.
5 SEPTEMBER 2022 | Conservation groups combine for Lake Macquarie
More than 1,000 native trees and bushes have been planted around Salts Bay and Black Neds Bay in Swansea NSW, in a move that will boost Lake Macquarie’s delicate saltmarsh habitat, support native fish and improve recreational fishing. OzFish, Australia’s recreational fishing charity, in partnership with Landcare NSW has delivered the project as part of a state-wide initiative to deliver habitat restoration across NSW waterways.
2 AUGUST 2022 | OzFish and National Landcare Network combine for habitat restoration
Two leading community-driven organisations have signed an agreement to work together to better deliver scaled-up habitat restoration projects across Australia. OzFish, Australia’s recreational fishing conservation charity, and the National Landcare Network, the peak body for Community Landcare across the country, will identify opportunities to combine forces and deliver large-scale impactful restoration work.
29 JULY 2022 | Working together to create healthy habitats
Many hands make light work. Those hands when motivated by a shared goal and passion can achieve great things. That’s certainly true of our partnership with Landcare in NSW. By working together, OzFish and Landcare NSW are making a positive difference to habitat restoration. The scale of what can be achieved through collaboration was highlighted recently when one of our joint efforts in the Murray-Darling Basin reached a significant milestone. We have just planted our 10,000th tree along the Wambuul Macquarie River at Dubbo.
25 JULY 2022 | OzFish has teamed up with Landcare NSW to create a shade corridor for fish
The OzFish Northwest Chapter, in Tamworth NSW, is set to embark on one of the biggest projects in its eight-year history by planting more than 2,000 native trees and plants along a two-kilometer stretch of their local creek frontage. The project is part of a partnership between OzFish and Landcare NSW to enable collaboration and scale-up habitat restoration across NSW. OzFish Northwest Chapter lead, Annie Michie, says this work will create a five-kilometer-long ‘shade corridor’ that will better facilitate fish movement in the river.
9 DECEMBER 2021 | Saltmarsh rehab set to flourish in Lake Macquarie thanks to Council grant
More than 1200 native trees and bushes will be planted around Salt Bay and Black Neds Bay in Swansea to rehabilitate the delicate ecosystem and improve recreational fishing. The joint initiative by conservation charity OzFish Unlimited and Lake Macquarie Landcare Volunteer Network is one of six projects to receive funding under Lake Macquarie City Council’s Community Environment Grants program.
6 DECEMBER 2021 | OzFish and Landcare NSW launches citizen science initiative to help bushfire affected waterways in NSW
OzFish in partnership with Landcare NSW has today announced a state-wide citizen science program in a bid to monitor the recovery of waterways since the 2019-2020 Black Summer Bushfires. Aptly named Waterway Fire Science, the project which is funded by the Landcare Led Bushfire Recovery Grants program aims to mobilise community groups and recreational fishers to self-monitor the recovery of their local waterways. Volunteers will use a range of water sampling techniques that will contribute to ongoing research efforts and future bushfire recovery programs.
If you feel passionate about looking after your local waterway and want to play a part in helping to restore healthy habitats to support native fish and recreational fishing, get in touch with OzFish by calling 1800 431 308 or emailing info@ozfish.org.au.
