By TANIA PHILLIPS
POTTSVILLE Wetlands will be the focus for Tweed Shire Council’s National Biodiversity month celebrations.
Biodiversity Month is held in September each year and aims to promote the importance of protecting, conserving and improving biodiversity both within Australia and across the world.
The council, supported by the NSW Government Environmental Trust, has worked for the past two years to protect and restore the Pottsville Wetland, considered one of the region’s best examples of biodiversity.
On 14 September to mark the month the council has invited the community to come along and help with the efforts to protect the area by planting trees.
“The Pottsville Wetland is a great example of biodiversity, with over 281 native plant and 148 native fauna species found at this special site,” council’s biodiversity project officer Tanya Fountain said.
“During this time, bush regenerators have controlled weeds which threaten the wetland and have had great success in encouraging the regeneration of native vegetation and fauna habitat.
“The site of the upcoming tree planting was heavily degraded with weeds and has now been slashed, fenced and sprayed in preparation for planting up to 3000 trees, including the primary koala feed trees swamp mahogany and forest redgum.
