Biodiversity Fund monitoring: Progress of two 20 year old

revegetation sitesTanzi Smith and Caitlin Mill

BioCondition Assessments conducted

• Based on Regional Ecosystem (RE)

• RE 12.3.7 Eucalyptus tereticornis, Casuarina cunninghamiana subsp. cunninghamiana ± Melaleuca spp. fringing woodland.

1. Burton’s on the estuary

Baseline

Burtons, Mary River

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90

BioCondition (Site-based Attributes)

Tree Canopy Score

Shrub Layer Score

Ground Layer Score

Recruitment of Canopy Species Score

Native Plant Species Richness Score

Non-native Plant Cover Score

Overall

• Despite reports the remaining reveg is progressing well– Few weeds– Leaf litter– Regeneration

• Beware….

2. Anderson’s at The Palms

The rat story

2004

2013

Snow in summer taking the brunt of flood waters and protecting the reveg site

Baseline

Andersons, Mary River

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90

BioCondition (Site-based Attributes)

Tree Canopy Score

Shrub Layer Score

Ground Layer Score

Recruitment of Canopy Species Score

Native Plant Species Richness Score

Non-native Plant Cover Score

Overall

• Landholder is very happy with how the revegetation has protected the bank

• Site needs a helping hand• Some Cats Claw, Chinese Elm,

balloon vine • Dense pasture grass as groundcover• Very little natural regeneration• Slumps are continuing upstream of

the project site

• Biodiversity Fund project to commence here this financial year

River listening:

landholder loved this

too!