Lota Creek Wetlands Restoration
Improving habitat quality and integrity while reducing the risk of weed spread.
Removing weeds and undertaking saltmarsh planting across 2ha of wetlands.Healthy Land & Water’s Lota Creek Wetlands Restoration Project is meant to improve the habitat quality and integrity of this site adjacent to Moreton Bay Ramsar Wetland.
The project aims to control target weeds and undertake infill planting across 2 ha of wetland along Lota Creek. The site is adjacent to the Moreton Bay Ramsar Wetland and this project will improve habitat quality and integrity.
This project is focused on:
- Removing weeds and undertaking saltmarsh planting across 2ha of wetland.
- Improving habitat quality and integrity of the adjacent Moreton Bay Ramsar Wetland.
- Improving habitat ecological functioning.
- Reducing the risk of weed spread.
What we are doing
Community planting workshop.
The project involved:
- Improving the ecological functioning of this important habitat of the adjacent Moreton Bay Ramsar Wetland.
- Reducing the risk of weed spread.
- Supporting the local Lota Bushcare group.
- Promoting the values, rehabilitation potential, and community management of Saltmarsh systems through a workshop and minor planting.
Measuring success
The project:
- Removal of weeds and infill planting across 2 ha of wetland along Lota Creek.
- Improvement of habitat quality and integrity.
- Monitoring and maintenance.
- One community planting workshop.
Why this project is important
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The identified area along Lota Creek is approximately 2ha made up of predominately Casuarina/Eucalyptus woodland with a grass and scattered saltmarsh understory adjacent to a Ramsar estuary. The project site is adjacent to the Moreton Bay Ramsar and will focus on the removal of weeds and infill revegetation to improve the ecological functioning of this important habitat and to reduce the risk of weed spread. Weed removal from the project area will improve the habitat quality and integrity and a community planting workshop will help upskill the local bushcare group in saltmarsh revegetation techniques as well as help them manage the weeds on site. |
Project snapshot
| Project name: | Lota Creek Wetlands Restoration Project |
| Project manager: | Chelsea Kluske, Healthy Land & Water |
| Catchment: | Bulimba |
| Timing: | 2022 – 2023 (Completed) |
| Budget: | $15,000 |
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This project is supported by Healthy Land & Water, through funding from the Australian Government’s National Landcare Program and delivered in partnership with Bulimba Creek Catchment Coordinating Committee. |
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What's next
There is huge potential to build on the successful work.
Project collaborators
This project is supported by Healthy Land & Water, through funding from the Australian Government’s National Landcare Program and delivered in partnership with the Bulimba Creek Catchment Coordinating Committee.
