AN Open Day bus tour is on offer by the Cape to Cape Catchment Group, as well as local awards for exemplary landcare practices in the community.
The free bus tour is from 2.30pm to 5.30pm on Thursday, June 19, starting outside the Capes office.
The tour, Inside the CCG, invites landholders and people from the Cape to Cape region to look at the work of the group.
“We are including a celebration of our partners because our work is collaborative and would not be successful without the dedication of other community groups, landholders and volunteers,” program manager Cass Jury said.
As the end of financial year approaches the CCG is ready to report on the work they have carried out or contributed to over the course of the two year Natural Heritage Trust investment.
“Although we’ve provided over 30,000 local native plants to landholders, community groups and schools in the past two years, there’s a lot more to us than planting trees.”
“We are also hosting the first Cape to Cape Catchment Care awards and we are looking for nominations in the categories of Landholder, School, Shire project, Community Group project, Developer project and Wine Industry initiative.”
Last Wednesday, volunteers from the Friends of the A Class Reserve, CCG, a contractor, TAFE Conservation and Land Management students, community members and Busselton Greencorps helped the Augusta-Margaret River Shire to plant more than 1000 native wetland plants at the Rain Garden in the A Class Reserve.
Funding from the Commonwealth Community Water Grant, the State Government Active Ageing Grant, DAFWA Weed and Feral Control Program and The Rockingham, Kwinana Naturalist’s Club have made their participation in the project possible and is gratefully acknowledged.
The Rain Garden is designed as a ‘living filter’ for stormwater from the town centre, with soil to filter sediment, nets to trap litter and plants to pick up nutrients.
The civil works are complete and the landscaping in progress, with completion expected by June.
“There’s been a fair bit of interest about what we’re doing,” shire Infrastructure executive manager Wayne Prangnell said.
“There’s not many like this in WA, not on this sort of scale.
“People can build a small rain garden in their own yard, it’s a good demo site.”
The shire thanked the volunteers who had helped them with planting at the site.
They also plan to have walk trails around the bioretention basin.
Meanwhile, the award categories for Catchment Care are Landholder; Environment Group or Friends of a Group; School, Local Government; Developer; and Winery.
The awards are open until Friday, June 6 and the awards ceremony will be held at Cape Mentelle.
To nominate someone for an award, write your name, who you are nominating, the category of nomination and in a brief outline of about 150 words, why you think they deserve an award.
Post your nomination to the Catchment Care Award Nomination, PO Box 1749, Margaret River 6285, or email tracey.ccg@westnet.com.au, or contact the CCG office on 9757 2202.
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