by adrian | May 30, 2024
The Western Grassland Reserve, part of state-federal Melbourne Strategic Assessment (MSA), is failing to deliver promised conservation outcomes due to poor set-up and implementation. Only 18% acquired. Weeds proliferating. Complex management issues. Huge, urgent...
by adrian | May 30, 2024
Trug South’ is reserved to protect Golden Sun Moth and Striped Legless Lizard. Surrounded by a diverse residential population that holds negative grassland attitudes partly due to the grassland’s poor upkeep. Improvements to presentation are desperately...
by adrian | May 30, 2024
The Western Grassland Reserve, part of state-federal Melbourne Strategic Assessment (MSA), is failing to deliver promised conservation outcomes due to poor set-up and implementation. Only 18% acquired. Weeds proliferating. Complex management issues. Huge, urgent...
by adrian | May 30, 2024
Supports high-quality Roadside grassland, including over 400 Spiny Rice-flower, a nationally threatened species. The Roadside became a dumping ground until council closed it to traffic. The dumping has stopped, but the site is still scarred by the rubbish from...
by adrian | May 30, 2024
Supporting substantial numbers of Spiny Rice-flower, this Roadside narrowly avoided devastation by fencing contractors on an adjacent development. Luckily, a passing council officer saw works beginning and saved the day. A lesson in the value of vigilance, signage,...
