A free community booklet specific to the Bellinger River is now available for download or for collection at the Landcare Office on Oak Street or the Bellingen Shire Council.
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The Bellinger River System Landholder Booklet is available as an excellent resource for people living on or near the river and its tributaries who want to understand more about how to protect and nourish it.
Funded by the NSW Environmental Trust as part of Bellinger Landcare’s Freshwater Habitat Action Project, this project, was prompted by the turtle deaths in 2015.
It will facilitate regeneration of the Lowland Subtropical Rainforest Endangered Ecological Community (EEC), which is the native vegetation in the Bellinger River riparian zone, through a combination of education and on-ground works support.
Riparian zone rehabilitation is aimed at improving the condition of the river, particularly to reinstate diverse native vegetation, shading of the river channel, structural complexity of riverbank vegetation and in-stream wooden debris as shelter and breeding grounds for aquatic species.
This project is designed to promote and facilitate long-term landholder and community stewardship of the Bellinger River freshwater riparian environment.
The booklet can be downloaded from the homepage of www.bellingerlandcare.org.au.
At only 39 pages long, it is a comprehensive overview of the history of the river, what makes a river healthy; and tips on rehabilitation and management of these fragile systems at the local scale.
Also included is basic information on how to locate your property using an online mapping tool that will allow you to see how you are connected to the wider catchment area.
Based around the Orara Valley Rivercare Booklet, it is a timely information source with additional resources, considering the recent low levels in the entire river system.
It includes some information regarding the indigenous significance of this area and considerations for maintaining healthy turtle populations.
This booklet will complement workshops that will be run this year as part of the larger project, with topics around river health and is guided by a stakeholder group that includes community and scientific staff from the Office of Environment and Heritage.
An excerpt from the booklet is included here. I would encourage anyone to have a look at this booklet if interested.
