Helping Hands for Local Wetlands.
WetlandCare Australia and Campbell Page employment services are co-ordinating a Green Army works team to undertake much needed wetland restoration works across the Richmond and Brunswick River catchments. The team, funded by the Australian Government Department of Environment’s Green Army Programme, will be helping to rehabilitate local environments, including Ballina Shire Council Reserve lands in East Ballina.
The Australian Government’s Green Army programme provides opportunities for young Australians aged 17-24 years to gain training and experience in environmental and heritage conservation fields and explore careers in conservation management, while participating in projects that generate real benefits for the environment.
The local Green Army team of 9 young participants, delivered by service provider Campbell Page, will be on the ground for the next six months, learning and working under close supervision of team leader Lorinda Wood, an experienced local bush regenerator. Their hands-on work will make a valuable contribution to the environmental goals of project sponsor WetlandCare Australia.
‘We are very excited to have the Green Army team on board to lend us a helping hand on some local priority wetland sites’, said Cassie Price, WetlandCare Australia’s Regional Manager. ‘Their hard work will really assist us with following up on previous weed control actions and keeping our local wetlands in great condition, and we hope that the young team members will become inspired to share our passion for wetland restoration in the process’.
The local Green Army team will be focusing on rehabilitating coastal wetland habitats through a range of techniques including manual and chemical weed control, strategic revegetation and debris removal. This project is one of 250 Green Army teams across Australia which will be engaging young people in environmental conservation works in 2014-2015.
For more information please contact:
Laura White
1800 816 147
Photo: The Ballina-Byron Green Army Team set to begin environmental restoration works at East Ballina.
