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The Habitat Restoration Fund (HRF) was created in 2006, by a group of people who wanted to take a more hands on approach to preserving their local environment.
The fund was established on Boonwurrung and Bunurong land. We pay our respects to elders past and present and extend our respect to indigenous people who are present today.
HRF is unique to other environmental protection groups because:
- Our focus is the on-ground implementation of projects.
- We organise the long term maintenance and legal protection of projects up-front to ensure long lasting positive impacts.
- We work on private as well as public land.
- We employ professional environmental contractors to work alongside volunteers.
- We provide opportunities for disadvantaged people to get involved in meaningful activities.
- We are non-political.
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With your help, we can provide homes for Aussie animals
Our Aims
The Habitat Restoration Fund was created to enhance our natural ecosystems on both private and public land.
We aim to:
- Reconnect fragmented ecosystems by revegetating corridors
- Educate school children and the general community about the importance of preserving habitats for wildlife.
- Repair habitats for endangered flora and fauna through weed control, revegetation and more.
- Repair wetlands, creeks and river ecosystems
- Form an active, cooperative and supportive relationship between community groups, Governments and environmental stakeholders
- Involve the general community in meaningful ‘hands-on’ projects.
Wildlife on the Brink
Australia has one of the worst extinction rates in the world.
More than 1000 species of flora and fauna have been driven to extinction since European settlement. Some species being proclaimed extinct as early as the 1850’s. We currently have hundreds of species at immediate risk on extinction. Land-clearing, feral animals, weeds and pollution continue to destroy their habitat.
Having once inhabited large areas of Australia, these animals are now only found in a handful of isolated locations. Once the habitat is gone, dependent species of wildlife go with it.
Just 0.1% of the original native grassland habitat is life in Australia. 70% of wetlands are already gone, and most of what is left is severely degraded by weeds and agricultural practices. This has decimated water-dependent birds, fish and frogs across the country.
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Board Members
Greg Fitzgerald
After Greg realised how much stress the natural systems are under, he joined the HRF wanting to make a difference. With years of enjoyment from the bush, he believes the great thing about HRF is that they get the work done and use all available resources for the betterment of the natural habitats.
Barbara Long
Barb has a passion for projects that combine community involvement and the environmental rehabilitation of ecosystems. She brings compliance and governance skills to the HRF and an understanding of the importance of effective communication with key stakeholders; industry, government and community.
Sarah Hudson
A board member of the HRF since 2008 Sarah was drawn to the philosophy behind the organisation in providing wildlife corridors for our native fauna. She is passionate about the environment and sustainability and hopes that the HRF can truly make a difference in the world.
Joan Pittendrigh
Jo has been in love with the bush for as long as she can remember. With great concern she has witnessed the bush areas around Melbourne face increasing pressure. She joined HRF because we need organisations to help save and repair the ever diminishing areas we have left of our indigenous habitat.
Michael Naphtali
Michael became interested in habitat restoration when he worked on his property in Red Hill. He now wants to see the Mornington Peninsula free of pines, pittosporums and all other woody weeds.
Daniel Brindley
As an Environmental Advisor and UNAA award recipient, Daniel has always been in close contact with the natural environment, having grown up on the family property in the middle of Greens Bush National Park and mentored by prominent environmentalists.
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HRF would like to thank Mornington Peninsula Shire's support via their 'Biolinks Support Grant' in helping us undertake weed control in Eucalypt Forest and Swamp Scrub along Stony Creek, Red Hill South. A number of public and private sites along this creek support over 120 acres of continuous bushland. Powerful Olws, Rufous Fantails and Swamp Wallabies are just a couple of native species that call this area home. (Amazing photo credits Steve Castan @estebanthenatureman
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Apologies to @Landcare Australia. We have been remiss in not keeping our supporters up to date with the work we have been doing in Far East Gippsland this year. For a second year, Landcare has supported us and fire-affect landowners in controlling weeds and restoring habitat for wildlife. Some weeds such as Spear Thistle and Ragwort can actually take advantage of the ash bed created by a fire. Bushland that abutts pasture land can be invaded by these weeds, at a time when landowners can least afford to tackle them. So we've partnered with Landcare to deliver effective and timely weed control where it's most needed! We have also installed 1,000 'food trees' for Koalas and Glossy Black Cockatoos. This revegetation site is already visited by the Glossies, and this project was an opportunity to greatly extend their access to food.
Check out this great reposted video of the Glossy Black Cockies https://fb.watch/fJ3TJlH1fk/
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HRF would like to thank Mornington Peninsula Shire's support via their 'Biolinks Support Grant' in helping us restore over 8Ha of Eucalypt Forest along Splitters Creek, Main Ridge. These sites are home to ancient Manna Gums, Koalas, a breeding pair of Powerful Owls and a host of other plants and animals. #bushlandrestoration #weedcontrol #biolink #koala #habitat #powerfulowl #habitatrestoration #conservation #morningtonpeninsula
Hi all!
Theirs a fun event happening down in Red Hill South for any gardening and nature enthusiast!
Check out @landcaremaincreek and Red Hill South Landcare Group 's event on the 25th of September at 9:45 to 12 noon, called 'KARAMU, KARAMU, KARAMU!' and come meet @gardeningaustralia s very own @janeedmanson and Virginia Carter from Local Habitat and Greens Bush Association for a great talk and walk about the effects of Pittos and Karamu, identification and removal methods! And there's a bit of a feed afterwards too!
See the image for more info and get in touch with your local Landcare group for more info!
Thanks!
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Species diversity is the number of different types of species that live within the habitat. This is an important number, as you may have lots of one single species, such as rabbits, but that doesn’t equal a healthy ecosystem. For a healthy, resilient ecosystem, a good range of different species is required, that eat different things, produce different structures or waste and are active at different times or seasons. In suburban areas, this can be related to the uptake of native pollinator homes to encourage more than just the introduced European Honeybee. Some plants are only able to be pollinated by certain species, and not all are bees! Others include ants, wasp, flies and even mosquitos! Going up the ladder, these ‘other species’ can be essential or specialised prey for other animals, like frogs who predate on insects or grazers like wombats who require the variety of nutrients of different flowering plants. This also helps reduce down time of ecosystems, if you only have one dominant flowering plant species, then you’ll only have flowers in one season, and the rest of the year there won’t be much food available, but if you have a full variety, you have sustainable production of flowers and the food that comes from them!
So aiding biodiversity isn't about planting lots of canopy trees or focusing on one species, but helping restore habitat to a self supporting natural model, which is something we proudly support and act upon within out projects 🙂
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Help protect native habitat by signing the petition here to immediately cease all levels of logging within native and public forest
The State of the Environment Report clearly remarked of the need to better manage our biodiversity within our forest. The forest that help draw down carbon within the atmosphere , enrich our cultural and social aspects and promote a healthy biota including many already threatened species
https://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/council/petitions/electronic-petitions/view-e-petitions/details/12/462
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