Coastal Restoration and Maintenance 2002

Coastal Restoration & maintenance - 2006

Shoalhaven Bushcare Program

Bushcare groups in the Shoalhaven are actively regenerating and restoring 932.1 hectares of public land reserved for conservation purposes. Of this area 230 hectares have been worked on by Bushcare groups during 2005/06.

To date Bushcare volunteers have contributed 24,289 people hours to on-the-ground restoration, rehabilitation and maintenance of our cities natural areas in public ownership. These hours involve a number of activities as shown in the table below:

Summary of Bushcare volunteer people hours

Activity	Total Hours by Shoalhaven Bushcare Groups
Manual weed control	15,311
Chemical weed control	2,055
Planting	3,354
Fence construction/maintenance	254
Mulching	608
Track construction/maintenance	1,694
Education	1,013
TOTAL HOURS	24,289

Work of Bushcare and Landcare Groups

Examples of Bushcare group actions along the coast include:

Northern Area | Central Area | Southern Area