{"id":7214,"date":"2022-04-07T03:27:15","date_gmt":"2022-04-07T03:27:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/terrain.org.au\/?p=7214"},"modified":"2022-04-19T04:24:31","modified_gmt":"2022-04-19T04:24:31","slug":"restoring-cassowary-corridors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/terrain.org.au\/restoring-cassowary-corridors\/","title":{"rendered":"Green Highways Help Connect National Parks"},"content":{"rendered":"[mk_page_section bg_image=”https:\/\/terrain.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/treetops-homepage.jpg” bg_position=”center center” bg_repeat=”no-repeat” bg_stretch=”true” enable_3d=”true” min_height=”500″ js_vertical_centered=”true” padding_top=”” padding_bottom=”” section_id=”donate” el_class=”donate-1″ sidebar=”sidebar-1″][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”70px”][mk_fancy_title font_family=”none” align=”center”]GROWING WILDLIFE CORRIDORS[\/mk_fancy_title][mk_padding_divider size=”67″][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][mk_page_section section_id=”great-1″ sidebar=”sidebar-1″][vc_column width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1563789112768{padding-right: 36px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}” el_class=”great_header_left”][mk_padding_divider size=”100″ visibility=”hidden-nb”][mk_padding_divider size=”15″ visibility=”visible-sm”][mk_padding_divider visibility=”visible-tl”][mk_fancy_title size=”28″ letter_spacing=”4″ margin_bottom=”0″ font_family=”none” el_class=”terrain-title-2″]GREEN HIGHWAYS HELP CONNECT NATIONAL PARKS[\/mk_fancy_title][mk_padding_divider size=”60″ visibility=”hidden-nb”][mk_padding_divider size=”20″ visibility=”visible-nb”][vc_column_text el_class=”sub-head” css=”.vc_custom_1649304766557{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]7 APRIL 2021[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider size=”5″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1650342130211{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]National park areas at Crater Lakes and Wooroonooran have been connected following a community revegetation blitz.<\/p>\n

Tablelands residents Elaine and Michael McAuliffe have joined a growing number of private landholders who are hoping to conserve key forest habitats in the Wet Tropics. Located in a priority wildlife corridor used by endangered rainforest species, including the Southern Cassowary, the couple has received a Rainforest Resilience Grant through Terrain NRM to revegetate their property and help connect national park areas.<\/p>\n

The grants are part of Terrain\u2019s Building Rainforest Resilience project, which supports willing landholders and threatened species recovery groups to improve or protect important habitat. Activities include revegetation, weed management and habitat protection. This project is supported by Terrain through funding from the Australian Government\u2019s National Landcare Program.<\/p>\n

Terrain\u2019s Rainforest Leader Tony O\u2019Malley said the program is aiming to reconnect and buffer large fragmented areas of habitat.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are working closely with threatened species recovery teams which are advising us on the grants process,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Cassowary Recovery Team, for example, has identified six priority corridors in the Wet Tropics and much of the land is outside protected national park or world heritage area. We offer landholders in those corridors resources for conserving and improving their patches of rainforest.\u201d<\/p>\n

The McAuliffes had already planted more than 6,000 trees on their ex-dairy farm block since buying it in the 1980s, and they used Terrain\u2019s grant money to engage local contractor Mark McCaffrey for more revegetation work with support from local landcare group, Trees for the Evelyn and Atherton Tablelands (TREAT).<\/p>\n

\u201cLots of the revegetated parts of the property now look like natural forest. Unfortunately, I did get some bad advice back in the ’80s and there was a section where I planted 1000 Caribbean pines, which aren\u2019t the right thing at all, and they all blew over in a cyclone,\u201d said Mr McAuliffe.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor years I\u2019d been thinking about filling in the area where the pines fell in so when I found out I could apply for a Rainforest Resilience Grant I grabbed the opportunity with both hands\u2026 I\u2019m 80 years old now and reveg is hard work on the knees and back so I\u2019m glad to have the support! I was inspired by the work being done on the western side of Lake Eacham, connecting the Crater Lakes and Wooroonoonan.\u201d[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1563789122720{padding-right: 0px !important;padding-left: 34px !important;}” el_class=”great_header_right”][mk_padding_divider size=”206″ visibility=”hidden-sm”][mk_padding_divider size=”50″ visibility=”hidden-sm”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1650342261573{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\"Michael<\/p>\n

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2500 trees were planted on the McAuliffe\u2019s property in March by TREAT volunteers.<\/p>\n

Mr O\u2019Malley acknowledged the important work of the community-based landcare organisation.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor decades, TREAT has been working with landholders to revegetate degraded lands and create corridors for wildlife on the Tablelands. Much of the work being done through the Rainforest Resilience Grants builds on work by community organisations like TREAT.\u201d<\/p>\n

Terrain\u2019s Indigenous Partnerships Officer Michael Morta said it was good to be involved in the tree planting event as both a Nadjon-Jii person and a Terrain staff member.<\/p>\n

\u201cTraditional owners are keen to be involved in projects like this in their traditional country and that also contribute to their local communities,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Mr McAuliffe said it\u2019s amazing what a community of people can do in a short period of time.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just like nature. I\u2019m no mad greenie, but I think the world\u2019s gone mad with land clearing and I believe that every little contribution \u2013 including mine \u2013 helps. It\u2019s a beautiful part of the world up here and it deserves to be looked after.\u201d[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][mk_page_section el_class=”grean-btn-sec” sidebar=”sidebar-1″][vc_column][mk_padding_divider size=”47″ visibility=”hidden-sm”][mk_button dimension=”outline” url=”https:\/\/terrain.org.au\/what-we-do\/biodiversity\/rainforest\/” align=”right” el_class=”green-btn” outline_skin=”custom” outline_active_color=”#175137″ outline_active_text_color=”#ffffff” outline_hover_bg_color=”#175137″ outline_hover_color=”#ffffff”]Read More[\/mk_button][mk_padding_divider size=”100″ visibility=”hidden-sm”][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][mk_page_section section_id=”great-1-blog” sidebar=”sidebar-1″][vc_column][mk_padding_divider size=”105″ visibility=”hidden-sm”][mk_fancy_title size=”28″ letter_spacing=”4″ margin_bottom=”0″ font_family=”none” align=”right” el_class=”terrain-title”]RELATED NEWS[\/mk_fancy_title][mk_padding_divider visibility=”hidden-sm”][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][vc_row fullwidth=”true” fullwidth_content=”false” id=”post_grid_filter_1″][vc_column][vc_column_text el_class=”grid_greate_3″ css=”.vc_custom_1598408950187{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

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