Waterways and Wildlife
Like a landlocked country, our wildlife can get stuck, unable to feed and breed across the landscape diversity they need to thrive. At the same time our waterways are choked by stock, weeds, visions of English streams, and all manner of fences.
Biolinks, or wildlife corridors offer a solution for both. So we set out to understand our creeks and waterways better, and to create a strategic plan for working on stretches of creek we live near.
We’ve written a booklet to help us all begin to pay attention to, understand and value our creeks as essential for the future of the mountain forests, and the plants and animals that inhabit them.
We identified seven stretches of creek that run through or back onto private land in and around Macedon and Mt Macedon, and that link up with each other or areas of crown land. We want to work with the landholders in these areas, and Melbourne Water, who offer generous grants for waterway restoration, to regenerate our creeks.
We commissioned a report from ecologist Geordie Scott Walker that looks in more detail at each of these seven areas, so that we can approach the restoration strategically and scientifically.
The Science of our Waterways Plan
If you live on a waterway in our area, you are probably eligible for a grant from Melbourne Water for weeding, planting and pest control. Our Landcare group is also willing to help with restoration work along creeklines on private property. Learn more. ant which will help have created a document that explores the lay of the land, each of the seven creeks in our landcare area, and the challenges for wildlife and water that we want to address to support regeneration.
If you live on a Waterway…
This is the booklet we created that explores the lay of the land, each of the seven creeks in our landcare area, and the challenges for wildlife and water that we want to address to support regeneration.