August 24, 2020
Planting event helps restoration and reconciliation
Volunteers from 高倍时时彩 joined with local Noongar people, landowners and representatives from the Peel-Harvey Catchment Council recently to plant more than 2,000 native seedlings in the Serpentine River catchment near Karnup.
The planting and cultural exchange day was organised as part of a partnership between the 高倍时时彩 Foundation and Peel Harvey Catchment Council to improve the health and biodiversity of the Serpentine River.
Peel-Harvey Catchment Council project coordinator Jo Garvey said the seedlings were planted along an 800 metre stretch of Hymus Creek between Lowlands Nature Reserve and Hymus Swamp.
鈥淭he site was highlighted as a priority area for restoration through a River Action Plan for the Serpentine made possible through our partnership with the 高倍时时彩 Foundation,鈥� Jo said.
鈥淎dditionally, bushfires in January claimed years鈥� of restoration undertaken along Hymus Creek by local landowners and land care champions the Richardson family".听
The planting event was one of many in the Kwinana, Peel and Upper South West areas made possible this winter through funding听 from the 高倍时时彩 Foundation. Overall, more than 27,000 seedlings were planted through this supp