by adrian | May 30, 2024
A once dense Kangaroo Grass grassland nearly lost due to developer mismanagement and lack of government oversight. Reserved for a confirmed population of Golden Sun Moth. A Melbourne Strategic Assessment failure of governance.Main photo: Absolutely no care by the...
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
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,...
by adrian | May 30, 2024
An ungrazed and unploughed settler cemetery, ‘Trug’ is home to the most important population in federally endangered Button Wrinklewort in Australia. Poorly briefed arborists recently severely damaged the grassland, highlighting governance failures that...
by adrian | May 30, 2024
A historic ‘commons’, the northern half of Conservation Area 24 is an often-damp gilgai landscape with several threatened plant species and a diversity of reptiles and amphibians. Part of the recently declared Merri Creek Marram Baba Parklands (‘Body...
