Phillip Island Landcare will trial seven exclusion fencing plots across seven remnant and revegetation sites to increase plant survival and reduce costs of revegetation.
Phillip Island Landcare is undertaking community training, revegetation and fencing exclusion trials.
Plant predation has become the biggest threat to Phillip Island’s indigenous vegetation, with pressures from Swamp Wallabies, Swamp Hens, Cape Barren Geese, rabbits and Brushtail Possums.
Through a successful 2022 Landcare grant from the Victoria government, Phillip Island Landcare will trial seven exclusion fencing plots across seven remnant and revegetation sites to increase plant survival and reduce costs of revegetation.
We will upskill our community on installing exclusion fencing at four community planting and fencing training days, and produce an educational video on the process, publicly available on our website for anyone to access.
Plots will be monitored using photo points, survival rates, and infrared cameras to monitor fauna on and adjacent to sites. Exclusion fencing materials will be reused and re-established in future plots across the Island, establishing a revolving community resource to be used many times over.
Our group invites everyone in the community to join us at one or more of these fencing installations and planting sessions. All sessions start at 9.30am for morning tea, with work beginning at 10am.
Sessions finish around 12.30pm, then we serve a complimentary lunch.
Our first fence install and tree planting day is at Jim McFee’s property, 175 McFees Road, Rhyll, on Saturday, May 27.
RSVP to Carolyn Atherton on 0433 284 148 or carolyn3231@gmail.com. Full details on Phillip Island Landcare can be found at www.phillipislandlandcare.org.au/
