SNRMO A15053 – Planting food for endangered Carnaby’s Black-Cockatoo in the Gillingarra IBA
State NRM A15053
Project Activities:
With support from Birdlife Australia, Gillingarra LCDC, New Norcia Benedictine Community, NACC, Yued community and the Shire of Victoria Plains, this project will increase the area of suitable feed habitat for Carnaby’s Black-Cockatoo in this IBA on private land (acquired through an EOI process) and on public land around the Gillingarra townsite, and also on the New Norcia monastery farm just outside the IBA. The planting areas will be located close to the breeding sites to enable efficient foraging during the breeding season, and will include Marri and Wandoo seedlings to increase the number of suitable nesting trees in the long term.
-
- Revegetating 12ha of land within the target area with 12,000 feed species plants (Hakeas, Grevilleas, Banksis, Wandoo & Marri);
- Fence and protect the revegetated areas with 1km of fencing;
- Engaging local Yued group work crew to carry out 2ha revegetation at New Norcia site;
- Running a community planting day in Gillingarra to plant 1,000 seedlings around the community hall;
- Providing land managers with guidance on how and where to plant them on their property;
- Holding an information event in Gillingarra to raise awareness of the plight of Carnaby’s Black-Cockatoo and show
- residents how to identify feed species, unveil new Gillingarra Carnaby’s signage;
- Encouraging participation in the Carnaby’s Black-Cockatoo counts coordinated by Birdlife Australia in Gillingarra and New Norcia;
- Designing 4 signs raising awareness of Carnaby’s and local ecology conservation (2 for Gillingarra and 2 for New Norcia)
