Key information
This project engages First Nations communities and private landholders to reduce the impact of pest animals, invasive plants, and erosion on Alpine Sphagnum Bogs and Fens threatened ecological community.
The work is being conducted within Kosciuszko National Park, Micalong Swamp and McPhersons Plains.
Project background
Future-proofing Australia’s Alpine Catchments is a focus in the south-east region, having been identified by the Australian Government as a priority place.
Threats to the bogs and fens include:
- severity of bushfires during drought
- invasive weeds
- grazing and trampling of hard-hoofed animals
- climate change.
Facts
- When preserved, bogs and fens help rivers run clear, store carbon and help mitigate climate change.
- Two of the project areas are home to small populations of the critically endangered northern corroboree frog.
- The northern corroboree frog can’t jump or hop like other frogs and its skin pattern is unique, like the human fingerprint.
Project objectives
The work will address key threats as identified in the National Recovery Plan for the Alpine Sphagnum Bogs and Associated Fens Ecological Community by:
- reducing the impact of hard-hoofed pest animals and invasive plants on these landscapes
- undertaking minor erosion management works to maintain the integrity of Alpine Sphagnum Bogs and Fens (wetlands) impacted by recent climatic events of bushfire and drought.
By project end in June 2028, we anticipate improved condition of the alpine bogs and fens to support their long-term survival.
Project timeline
2023–24:
- works planning and preparation with land managers
- consultation with Aboriginal communities.
2024–25:
- habitat mapping and assessment condition report in Kosciuszko National Park
- weed and pest animal control
- restoration works at priority bogs and fens sites.
2025–28:
- priority weed and pest animal control
- restoration works at priority bogs and fen sites
- ecological monitoring
- project close (30 June 2028) and outcomes reporting.
Work underway
- Consultation with Aboriginal communities.
- Habitat mapping and assessment condition report underway in Kosciuszko National Park to gauge how the landscape has responded since work was carried out in 2003.
- Restoration works commencing at priority bogs and fens sites within Kosciuszko National Park.
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Funding and partnerships
Key delivery partners working alongside Local Land Services include:
- Biosis ecological consultants
- Brungle-Tumut Local Aboriginal Land Council
- NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
- NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service
- private landholders.
This project is funded by the Australian Government Natural Heritage Trust and delivered by South East Local Land Services, a member of the Commonwealth Regional Delivery Partners panel.
For project enquiries, contact the Future Proofing Australia’s Alpine Catchments project team via:
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