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Landcare networks working together to support landslip recovery in the Northern Rivers

Landcare networks working together to support landslip recovery in the Northern Rivers
A group of Landcare networks are working together to support landholders to stabilise slips, prevent soil erosion and minimise the impact of landslips on threatened species and ecological communities, following severe rain events in the Northern Rivers in February and March 2022 that caused thousands of landslips across the region
Local Landcare Coordinator for the Border Ranges Richmond Valley Landcare Network (BRRVLN), Emma Stone said landslips are a massive concern in the Northern Rivers since the February and March 2022 severe weather event.
“Many people have experienced impacts to infrastructure and access to their properties,” Emma said.
“Landslips also pose an ecological threat opening up the landscape to weed dispersal and erosion.”).
The Landslip Recovery project is funded by North Coast Local Land Services.
The project will offer support to landholders where landslips on their properties threaten the conservation values of threatened ecological communities such as Lowland Subtropical Rainforest and Coastal Swamp Oak Forest or other threatened species.
The Border Ranges Richmond Valley Landcare Network are working in partnership with Brunswick Valley Landcare, Richmond Landcare Inc and Tweed Landcare Inc to deliver this project.
“Eligible sites will be assessed by qualified professionals which may include engineers, soil conservationists and / or bush regenerators,” Emma said.
“Landholders will be provided with a tailored remediation plan that will outline strategies that can be undertaken to mitigate soil erosion and reduce weed recruitment with consideration to revegetating slips which may include tree planting and direct seeding techniques.
“At this stage there is no assurance of financial support for undertaking on-ground works outlined in the remediation plans.
“Our intention is that landholders can use these plans to undertake self-funded works or to apply for future funding opportunities.”
For more information visit the Border Ranges-Richmond Valley Landcare Network website.
Landholders can register their landslips via an electronic form: https://form.jotform.com/221858076283867
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