Marine Debris working group update
 

We have worked with a huge array of volunteers and organisations including Landcare, local schools, the Green Army, Oyster growers, Region X kayaks, National Parks and a host of individuals cleaning up their ‘patch’. The Eurobodalla marine debris working group has continued to grow and bring in new members during 2016.
 

In the post code area 2536, members picked up 263 kilos across 15 sites.

In the post code area 2537, members picked up 240 kilos across 22 sites

 Gilly, Heather & Alison at our landcare site at Little Lake, Narooma
 

From Down South at Narooma Little Landcare

We are a small, but dedicated group at Narooma and are very proud of our site near Narooma Surf beach. We’ve noticed much less litter now that we have established a native reserve along the lake and fore-shore and now have a lovely sign on Troll Bridge which is constantly educating the public about what we do in Landcare. We also recently welcomed a new member who has a holiday home in Narooma. Alison is horticulturalist as well, so she loves plants, which is good for us!

We are very proud too that our Landcare works and litter reduction partnership with Narooma SLSC and were one of the many community partnerships that saw Narooma winning Keep Australia Beautifuls Clean Beaches Award for Environmental Education for 2016.

Our group does not have set working days, but generally work once a month on a Thursday or Friday.  If you want to know what we are up to you can also visit our Facebook Page

https://www.facebook.com/Narooma-Little-Lake-Land-Care-Group-400041143454664/ or contact our Coordinator Heather McMillan 0407 105 438

Ever wanted to be sixteen again?

Council’s Environment Team got a taste of what it would be like to go back in time when they were recently host to 3 very clever and passionate high school students from both St Peters Anglican College and Carroll College Broulee, Libby Doughty, Sally Kennedy and Lavinia Stokes. The girls chose to do their Year 10 work experience with the green team and each spent a week assisting on various projects across the Shire including gaining expertise in fauna and flora monitoring, identification of invasive species and native plants, gathering data for the Tangaroa Blue national database, working alongside volunteers and conducting property inspections for weeds.

We are very fortunate to have had the time with the students who were enthusiastic, intelligent and passionate – the future looks bright if these are their representatives!

The latest Green Army team assisting with environmental works across the Eurobodalla Shire have worked on dozens of sites and projects from weed control, revegetation, erosion control, litter collection, fencing and track maintenance. Last month things turned pink up the Deua River Valley where the team assisted with revegetation, planting hundreds of plants to assist with slowing the movement of water into what has become a problematic erosion gully which will assist with retaining soil and sediment that may otherwise find its way into the Deua River – our drinking water. This site is one of the many cared for by Deua Rivercare volunteers.

The current team will enjoy a well earned Christmas break before getting back into things in the second week of January. We are hopeful of continued funding for another Green Army team due to start in late February. If you have any Landcare works you think may be suitable for this team please contact Emma Patyus.