Bush regeneration at Centenary Reserve

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Year started: September 1987

Meeting day: Second Friday of the month, 9:00 am to 12:00 pm

Meeting point: Brentwood Avenue, at end

Bushcare officer: Karen Hising

Land manager: BMCC

Local contact: Karen Hising, phone 4780 5623, email khising@bmcc.nsw.gov.au

Alternative contact: BMCC Bushcare Team, phone 4780 5528

When: 4 times per year

Meeting point: contact the Bushcare Officer

The Govetts Leap Catchment Group is an independent group of conservation volunteers with extensive experience in bush regeneration in the Blue Mountains who are concerned about environmental issues in the Govetts Leap catchment.

The Govetts Leap catchment is located within the town of Blackheath and the adjacent Blue Mountains National Park. Govetts Leap Brook, which drains the catchment, flows over the escarpment at Govetts Leap. Water from the catchment flows through the Grose Wilderness, part of the UNESCO Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area.

The Group considers the most serious threats to the catchment are weeds and drainage issues. By taking a whole of catchment approach we hope to improve the management of the catchment and enhance the natural values of the area. The Group believes that it is important for the community, particularly bushcare volunteers, to be involved in, and consulted in relation to management and protection of the natural values of the area.

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Bushcare officer: Elissa McFarlane

Land manager: BMCC

Local contact: Keith Brister, phone 0414 778786, email govettsleap.cg@gmail.com

Advises on management of Popes Glen Reserve. The group meets monthly to aid the site with regeneration by removing weeds from the area using bush regeneration techniques.

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Year started: 1991

Meeting day: Fourth Saturday of the month, 9:00 am to 1:00 pm

Meeting point: Blackheath Glen Tourist Park campground

Bushcare officer: James Bevan

Land manager: BMCC

Local contact: Alan Lane, phone 4787 7097

Alternative contact: Bushcare Office, phone 4780 5623, email jbevan@bmcc.nsw.gov.au

Bush regeneration in Sutton Park

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Year started: October 1998

Meeting day: First Thursday of the month, 9:00 am to 12:00 pm

Meeting point: Sutton Park picnic area, Great Western HWY

On the Great Western Highway

Bushcare officer: Steve Fleischmann

Land manager: BMCC

Local contact: Ian Glover, phone 0421 430 077

Alternative contact: Steve Fleischmann, email sfleischmann@bmcc.nsw.gov.au

The group began in response to the 2019/2020 Bushfires, with work initially aiming to control the post-fire Gorse outbreak in unformed Cleopatra Street, to prevent seed drop into the Braeside Swamp. We have now found a longer term focus in bushland adjacent to Prince George and Prince Edward Streets (a former Woody Weed Wander Bushcare site), with the goal of improving resilience of the site in order to provide a buffer to the swamp below.

Year started: 2021

Meeting day: Fourth Thursday of the month, 9:30 am to 12:30 am

Meeting point: Opposite 42 Prince George St

If you would like to visit, please get in touch beforehand.

Bushcare officer: Elissa McFarlane

Land manager: BMCC

Local contact: TBC

Alternative contact: Elissa McFarlane, phone 4780 5528, email emcfarlane@bmcc.nsw.gov.au

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Year started: 2019

Meeting day: Second Thursday of the month, 9:00 am to 1:00 pm

Meeting point: Cnr Valley View Rd & Hargraves St

Valley View Swamp, Blackheath.

Bushcare officer: Steve Fleischmann

Land manager: BMCC

Alternative contact: Steve Fleischmann, phone 4780 5623, email sfleischmann@bmcc.nsw.gov.au

This Group works in various locations across the Mountains, treating/removing stands of woody weeds.

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Year started: 2019

Meeting day: First Friday of the month, 9:00 am to 12:00 pm

Meeting point: Mid - Upper Mountains

The Bushcare Officer will send out an email to advise of the meeting place for each work session. A schedule will also be updated regularly for confirmed and possible future work opportunities and locations.

Bushcare officer: Karen Hising

Land manager: BMCC

Local contact: Karen Hising, phone 4780 5623, email khising@bmcc.nsw.gov.au

Alternative contact: BMCC Bushcare Team, phone 4780 5528