The Connecting Landscapes project is an ongoing initiative led by the Woolshed Thurgoona Landcare Group, working alongside private landholders and supported by AlburyCity to restore and reconnect remnant native vegetation across Thurgoona, Wirlinga, Table Top and surrounds.
The Connecting Landscapes project is an ongoing initiative led by the Woolshed Thurgoona Landcare Group, working alongside private landholders and supported by AlburyCity to restore and reconnect remnant native vegetation across Thurgoona, Wirlinga, Table Top and surrounds.
Since 2017, the project has focused on rebuilding habitat corridors within the critically endangered Grassy Box Gum Woodland, allowing native wildlife to move safely across the landscape. This unique landscape supports 118 native bird species, including six listed as threatened, as well as the vulnerable Squirrel Glider and the endangered Sloane’s Froglet.
Grassy Box Gum Woodland has been extensively cleared for agriculture and high-quality remnants are now extremely rare. As Thurgoona and Wirlinga continue to grow as Albury’s development corridor, this vegetation community is increasingly fragmented and degraded. The Connecting Landscapes project addresses this loss through revegetation and restoration.
The project strengthens woodland structure by restoring a diverse understory of small trees, shrubs, native grasses and groundcovers. A healthy understory provides food, shelter and nesting sites, protects smaller species from predators, and increases the overall ecological resilience of the landscape.
Connecting Landscapes works primarily with private landholders who are neighbouring public remnant vegetation, particularly along creek lines and wetlands, to create wildlife linkages that allow animals to safely move across the landscape. Activities include:
This planting is part of Woolshed Thurgoona Landcare’s Connecting Landscapes project, proudly supported by AlburyCity. The goal of the project is to restore the critically endangered Grassy Box Gum Woodland...
Join us for Planet Ark’s National Tree Day as we continue Woolshed Thurgoona Landcare’s Connecting Landscapes project, proudly supported by AlburyCity. This planting will take place on a site covering just over...
Join Woolshed Thurgoona Landcare for a Community Planting Day at Table Top as part of the Connecting Landscapes project. Last year, stock-exclusion fencing was installed on the property through the...
