Community Connect Issue 47

Biodiversity Workshop a win for our environment

Last month Council's Environmental Scientist, Jack Hastings, met with local rural landholders at the Biodiversity Workshop at Tintenbar. The community field day gave local landholders an opportunity to hear from a range of experts to help them manage biodiversity on their properties.

Topics included koala habitat restoration, nest box installation, property planning, biodiversity management and weed control.

Jack was able to give this passionate group the first look at Ballina Shire Council’s new Koala Friendly Farms guide.

This new booklet has been developed to help rural property owners create long-term positive changes, for the benefit of the landowner and the land, as well as koalas and other wildlife.

For more information, or to access the new Koala Friendly Farms Guide, visit ballina.nsw.gov.au/Koalas