What is Bushcare?
Bushcare is the strategic approach to controlling weed species to maximise the health and diversity of native vegetation.
It also addresses such issues as erosion control and water quality.
It's not gardening and it's not tidying the bush - the outcome is to allow native vegetation to reoccupy land taken over by weeds or otherwise disturbed by human activity, and to restore the land to as close to natural as possible.
Eradication of weeds is next to impossible, but they can be controlled sufficiently to allow the natives to regenerate, and then periodic follow-up work will ensure that weeds do not dominate the environment again.
Why is Bushcare important?
Managing weeds allows natural diversity to be restored to our land allowing native species - plants, birds, insects, reptiles, mammals - to thrive.
It can also help to reduce erosion and other types of land degradation - protecting properties and enhancing the ambience of MacMasters Beach, making it a great place to live and visit.
We provide manpower, local knowledge, expertise and enthusiasm to improve the environment of MacMasters Beach - bushland, lagoon and dunes.
It also addresses such issues as erosion control and water quality.
It's not gardening and it's not tidying the bush - the outcome is to allow native vegetation to reoccupy land taken over by weeds or otherwise disturbed by human activity, and to restore the land to as close to natural as possible.
Eradication of weeds is next to impossible, but they can be controlled sufficiently to allow the natives to regenerate, and then periodic follow-up work will ensure that weeds do not dominate the environment again.
Why is Bushcare important?
Managing weeds allows natural diversity to be restored to our land allowing native species - plants, birds, insects, reptiles, mammals - to thrive.
It can also help to reduce erosion and other types of land degradation - protecting properties and enhancing the ambience of MacMasters Beach, making it a great place to live and visit.
We provide manpower, local knowledge, expertise and enthusiasm to improve the environment of MacMasters Beach - bushland, lagoon and dunes.