Native animal habitats will be on the agenda at a special “Corridors Workshop” at the Canvas and Kettle Room, Murwillumbah Civic and Cultural Centre, Murwillumbah on April 16.
The event will be held from 2pm to 4pm.
The Northern Rivers Catchment Management Authority Key Climate Change Corridors project has specifically targeted areas of strategic corridor habitat in the Tweed.
The purpose of the project has been to engage landholders in revegetation and rehabilitation actions that will make a significant contribution to improving flora and fauna habitat connectivity. The project has funded restoration on properties at Bilambil, Urliup, Round Mountain, Cudgen and Farrants Hill.
Guest speaker for the afternoon is David Milledge, an ecologist with over 40 years’ experience in fauna surveys and research in eastern Australia.
He has worked for government authorities in three States and as a private consultant, and is currently employed as a Director of Landmark Ecological Services.
David has specialised in the faunas of forest and woodland ecosystems, with a focus on the conservation of threatened species and has a particular interest in the large forest owls in their capacity to perform as indicators of forest diversity and health.
He has an extensive knowledge of the fauna of the Tweed and was author of the fauna section of the NRCMA Key Climate Change Corridors – North – Strategic Connectivity Plan and the Priority Implementation Areas Plan which included Duroby- Bilambil and Byrrill Creek subcatchments.
David will discuss the main target fauna species and assemblages within the selected climate change corridors and priority implementation areas of
the Tweed.
Please register with Rhonda James Bushland Restoration Services 0409244294 or Claire Masters, NRM Community Support Officer 026670 2199 or email csotweed@tweed.nsw.gov.au.
