Supporting community stewardship of Moore River Catchment Natural Assets

SNRMP 22064

On-ground activities:
• Directly engage 5 land managers;
• Restore 64ha of critically endangered Wheatbelt Eucalypt woodland on 5 farms;
• Fence and protect 70.3ha of revegetation using 5.85km on 5 farms;

Monitoring activities:
• Monitor 5 sites through Drone and wildlife camera trapping. Share findings with public via social media;

Research and Assessment:
• Conduct baseline assessments of owls and nocturnal birds in Moore catchment, produce report of findings;

Community upskilling and involvement:
• Run 5 biodiversity sessions with Central Midlands High school students including native flora ID, seed collection and planting activities;
• Run 1 community Explore Moore Eucalypts talk & tour event & 2 poster events to increase community knowledge of Wheatbelt Eucalypt woodlands;
• Run 3 community owl and nocturnal birds events to increase community and school children’s knowledge on night birds and rodenticide issues;

Aboriginal engagement and culture sharing:
• Engage local Yued to create local written booklet resource ‘Yued boodja kaartdijin’ to share Yued culture to community and visitors, run 1 launch event at Yued Old Reserve;
• Run 1 community bush foods event at Moora show ;
• Engage local Yued Working on Country crew in 3 activities to learn about and collect native seed and plant native seedlings;

Promotion:
• Promotion of all activities through social media, local newspapers and a 1 online video on Moore Eucalypts for National Eucalypt Day in March

Grant funding: $202,507.00

Co-contribution: $299,765.00

Project Total: $502,272.00

Volunteers: 379