Daily archives: 27/03/2017

Upper Snowy Landcare – Greening Australia magyargenerikus.com continue to tackle tree dieback in 2017 Upper Snowy Landcare (USL) and Greening Australia (GA) under the NSW Government’s Bush Connect grant entitled, Monaro Tree Comeback Project, are getting more than 10 ha prepared this year for planting in response to the tree dieback epidemic affecting thousands of acres across the Monaro. A proportion of the 10 hectares, spread across four properties within the dieback zone, will be planted out as straight biodiversity patches using seedlings from local remnant species in a 50% shrub / 50 % tree ratio.  Other plots will be set up as a trial with input from the CSIRO to investigate the benefits of planting more robust and persistent species and subspecies of the affected Eucalyptus viminalis (Ribbon/Manna Gum) and test cool burning to enhance soil quality. The USL were given a boost late last year, having received the […]