Shelter belts workshop

Bowning and Bookham Landcare Group held a workshop on shelter belts at Alan Cole's property, looking at what worked and what didn't work so well in different tree lanes Alan planted over the past 10 years.

The Bowning-Bookham Landcare group recently held a workshop at Alan Cole’s property on Grace’s Flat Road, Bowning to view a range of tree lanes which have been planted in the last ten years.

Shelter belts are an important component of a landholders tool kit to provide shelter for stock.

They also provide habitat and food sources for small birds and mammals as well as allowing such small animals to move through the landscape.

Graham Fifield from Greening Australia provided us with advice on how to orientate tree lanes, the advantages of wide lanes planted with a variety of Eucalyptus and native shrubs, and the importance of fencing to protect from stock.

The group won a grant from Eucalyptus Australia in April to propagate and plant local Eucalyptus species.

The Eucalyptus trees are grown locally from locally sourced seed, and subject to the full weather conditions of this region.

This information is an excerpt from an article that appeared in the Yass Tribune on 20 September 2017:

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