TOMAKIN Coastcare and Long Beach Landcare joined forces on Friday to help stabilise the banks of the Tomaga River.
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The two groups, as well as representatives from Eurobodalla Shire Council and Local Land Services, planted about 300 indigenous low-growing grasses and shrubs on an area previously infested with weeds.
The planting also served as a celebration of national Landcare Week, which next weeks commemorates 25 years of Landcare in Australia.
The work was part of an ongoing Tomakin Coastcare rehabilitation project and was adjacent to a previous planting undertaken 12 months ago.
It also linked in with Mogo Aboriginal Land Council environment team’s recent restoration of fish habitat and stablisation of the river’s banks.
This involved sewing, filling and placing about 2000 sandbags on the banks of the river, planting native mangroves and constructing a new fence protect them.
The Eurobodalla Green Army and local volunteers came on board the project last month, extending the mangrove rehabilitation downstream of Jack Buckley Park.
Tomakin Coastcare coordinator Graeme Henwood said it had been great to work with the various groups to see environmental projects in Tomakin take shape.
He said Tomakin Coastcare had a good relationship with Landcare groups across the shire and Tomakin volunteers had taken part in Long Beach Landcare projects in the past.
Long Beach Landcare volunteers were pleased to help with the planting, and said most of their work involved weed removal so the planting was a nice change.
Mr Henwood thanked those involved for their support, particularly Emma Patyus and Heidi Thompson from Eurobodalla Shire Council, who helped attract grant funding to the project.
“We couldn’t have done it without them,” he said.
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