Upper Barwon 20 Million Trees project

The vision of the Upper Barwon Landcare Network is to provide a ‘matrix of biodiversity’ across the landscape, providing links both within and beyond our region to increase the abundance and resilience of indigenous species. This project will improve the extent, condition and connectivity of native vegetation in the Otway Plain bioregion, with the specific aim of protecting threatened ecological communities and species. The project will involve strategic revegetation of farm land to build biodiverse linkages between previous revegetation sites, existing remnants, water ways and across catchments. The project activities include revegetation of 17 sites on private land, totalling approximately 8.7 ha, which will be protected by the erection of stock exclusion fencing. This revegetation will be carried out to the relevant Ecological Vegetation Classes, predominantly Grassy Woodland.

Threatened Ecological Communities involved: White Box-Yellow Box-Blakely's Red Gum Grassy Woodland and Derived Native Grassland
Threatened Species involved: Growling Grass Frog, Southern Bell Frog, Green and Golden Frog, Warty Swamp Frog (Litoria raniformis), Swift Parrot (Lathamus discolor)