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Kaya! It’s Djeran and the weather begins to get cooler.  People still fished and gathered bulbs and seeds for food across the land.  We are spending more time in natural areas and in the current climate are seeking sanctuary.  This is a great time to explore the corridor; walk, run, observe and enjoy nature's wellness room.  

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Community Engagement COVID Style
 

We know the social distancing restrictions have had an immediate impact on delivering many community engagement activities and events. While this has been disappointing we are working at finding alternative ways to engage with the community. This is a great time to expand our online engagement and we are busy looking into delivering online webinars about specific topics relevant to the restoration efforts in the corridor.

If you have a topic you’d like to hear about then let us know.

 

Update on community planting events

This is one of our major engagement events and the ones that people really enjoy getting along to. The Rehabilitating Roe 8 team have been in consultation with WA Landcare who has written to the Premier and the three NRM Ministers requesting their intervention in regard to COVID-19 Restrictions to enable the upcoming community volunteer planting season to proceed. You can view WALN’s letter to Premier McGowan HERE

The Rehabilitating Roe 8 team will wait to see as the season progresses if there is an opportunity to deliver planting events. We have been thinking of novel ways to do this including staggering shifts, limiting numbers at events, people having a tray of plants to do on their own etc.

Volunteers could be required to:

  • bring their own planting equipment, or have sanitising arrangements in place between ‘shifts’
  • dispose of trays at a certain place on the premises, and
  • each enters and leave by ‘prearranged appointment times’ to permit the next volunteer(s) to attend.
We'll keep you up to date with any changes and opportunities.

Citizen science fauna monitoring.

Greening Australia and volunteers have completed the fauna monitoring project in the corridor. To view the full report visit the website.   

The study area was a 1.95 ha patch on the south side of Forrest Rd.  Two monitoring events occurred in late spring early summer and again in March.  Each field survey was for a ten day period.  Nine different species were observed and there was a distinction between species observed in remnant patches on site and the revegetation area.
 
Target species Quenda (Isoodon fusciventer) featured, as did Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) and Rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus).  This information will be vital to assiting with fauna management in the corridor including feral animal control programs.
New pedestrian access
Additional access points have been installed at two locations within the corridor recently at Moennich Crt and Forrest Rd. These access points will allow pedestrians to easily enter the reserve and enjoy the bush.  Limestone tracks in several locations make taking a walk in the corridor easier than ever.

Perimeter fence installed

A new perimeter fence has been installed around the section of the corridor bounded by Stock Rd, Forrest Rd and Phoenix Drive.  The fence will help protect revegetation works, fauna that use the area and help to reduce the incidence of dumped rubbish, arson and other unauthorised access.  This is a great area to walk around and explore amongst the Tuarts.
New perimeter fence located around Stock and Forrest Rd.
Volunteer update
Volunteer activities have been limited due to the current COVID-19 social restriction regulations but take the time to visit our committee members pages.  The Rehabilitating Roe 8 Advisory Committee is made up of fifteen members that represent the community (non affiliated members) and organisations that have a keen interest in protecting and conserving our natural environment, Aboriginal culture and science.  Organisations such as Wildflower Society, Cockburn Community Wildife Corridor, Wetlands Centre Cockburn  run volunteer activities and education activities.  
 
Corridor Works Update
Rabbit Control Program
Rabbit control is one of the works identified for the corridor.  Many of the new seedlings have shown signs of being grazed.  The Rehabilitating Roe 8 team will coordinate control efforts with neighboring land holders such as Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions and the City of Cockburn to ensure the best possible outcome for this type of control.

UPCOMING EVENTS
We'll let you know when we can provide activities and events.  In the mean time stay tuned for upcoming webinar series.  
The Rehabilitating Roe 8 project acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands on which we conduct our business.  We pay our respects to ancestors and Elders, past and present.  We acknowledge that the Rehabilitating Roe 8 project area is Whudjuk country and pay respects to Elders and Nyungar people past, present and future.
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