Protecting Australia's Alpine Biodiversity from Nationally Significant Weeds (2)

This project will complement National Parks and Wildlife Service and volunteer effort to survey and eradicate orange and mouse-ear hawkweed from New South Wales, and protect significant Alpine bogs and wetlands in Kosciusko National Park from nationally significant weeds. These weeds threaten rare Alpine biodiversity. The Green Army Teams will assist an army of over 285 volunteers that have worked to prevent and control weeds over the past six years. Teams will undertake strategic surveillance and rapid response to prevent reproduction and control infestations, including follow-up control. The key to eradication now lies in greater efforts to survey the extent, across remote areas and river corridors. Weeds of National Significance control will be targeted to protect a range of threatened flora.