A three-year project to improve the Lower Hunter dry rainforest at Greta will begin in August, thanks to funding form the Environmental Trust.
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Hunter Councils received $99,618 in funding from the Environmental Trust to assist in improving the condition and resilience of the dry rainforest at the Hunter River Reserve.
Cessnock City Council co-wrote the application and are active partners in the project from both a strategic and on-ground perspective, with council’s weed control staff addressing a number of high priority issues on the site.
Funded by the NSW Environment Trust, the Restoration and Rehabilitation Program encourages and enables community and government organisations to protect, conserve and restore our valuable natural environment.
Cessnock Mayor Bob Pynsent said the area is extremely important as it contains one of the last remaining forests of its kind in the Lower Hunter.
“The reserve is a hidden gem of the Cessnock local government area and is highly valuable as it contains one of the few examples of intact native vegetation along the Hunter River,” he said.
“The reserve includes two endangered ecological communities under the NSW Threatened Species Act along the upper western section.
“This project is needed to protect remnant vegetation from widespread weed infestations within two gullies and reduce erosion along the steeper sections.”
Bush regeneration and targeted weed control works will be carried out to improve the condition and resilience of Hunter Valley Dry Rainforest within the reserve, Greta and adjacent properties in the Lower Hunter.
