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Grasslands are not invisible

Incredibly, no decent, ground-truthed map of our grasslands exists. That shows how ignored and under-resourced our grasslands are. No wonder they are critically endangered.

This database and accompanying map are very much a work in progress. They are put out into the wild to grow with your help. We’d love any feedback. Please send us corrections, content, links, pics and thoughts on useability.

Ironically, we’re using ecommerce product catalog software, so feel free to shop around! Who says a ‘Green Wall Street’ can’t work?

Bababi Marning (Cooper Street Grassland Nature Conservation Reserve)

Bordering the Merri Creek and surrounded by industry uses, Bababi Marning ('Mother's Hand') supports grassland and Grassy Woodland. It is an important part of the recently declared Merri Creek Marram Baba ('Body of the Mother') Parklands, a critical biodiversity corridor through Melbourne's northern suburbs.

Main photo: Herb-rich in places, with River Red Gums lining the creek, and good management over many years
2: Underwhelming signage

Other names: Cooper Street Grassland
Owner:
Manager: Parks Victoria
LGA: HUME
Notes: An area of approximately 100 ha of open space along and surrounding Merri Creek between Barry Rd and Cooper St including the 52.6 ha Bababi Marning (Cooper St Grassland) Reserve managed by Parks Victoria. (It is one of four grassland sites along Merri Creek that together form a proposed Parks Victoria park to be called Marran Baba, or "body of the mother.") Rural City of Murray Bridge?
Key features:
Access:
Type: Nature Conservation Reserve
Status: Extant
Address: Campbellfield VIC
Area (ha): 52.63031171
Lattidude (decimal): -37.6544944
Longitude (decimal): 144.9730887
Location: -37.65112684739164, 144.97305359956204
Contributors: DS
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Many thanks to Ben Courtice, Dave Kendal, Dee Smith and Dylan Wishart for their work on this. And to Friends of Grasslands, who generously funded some of the work.

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Please use the form below.

If you want to submit details about a few grasslands, you can use this word doc.

If you want to provide feedback on numerous grasslands, email us and we’ll send an excel doc.

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Polygons as geopackages please, for those who know what that means.

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