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 Council has a range of initiatives and programs which are aimed at restoring and protecting our bushland. The on-ground works carried out as part of these programs are integral to ensure the we protect the bushland, creeks and waterways in our area.
Please click on the following highlighted links for more information:
Habitat restoration programs
The habitat restoration program for Liverpool City continues. The program involves the removal of exotic weeds and waste, and re-vegetation of areas with local native vegetation. The program aims to provide habitat for flora and fauna, increase the area of endangered ecological communities, provide links between areas of habitat, and buffers to areas of significant environmental values.
The projects are listed below have either been recently completed or are currently being implemented:
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Project Location |
Activity |
Program Partners |
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Riverside Park, Chipping Norton |
Bushland regeneration, re-vegetation |
Liverpool City Council, Natural Heritage Trust, Earth Repair, Ecohort |
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Jacquie Osmond Reserve, Warwick Farm
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Re-vegetation, habitat expansion
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Liverpool City Council, Fairfield City Council, Southern Sydney Catchment Management Board, Cabramatta Creek Flying Fox Committee |
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Cabramatta Creek, Dwyer Oval, Freeman Oval and Cumberland Highway, Warwick Farm
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Bush regeneration, re-vegetation, provision of interpretive signage, environmental education
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Liverpool City Council, Fairfield City Council, Planning NSW (Georges River Foreshores Improvement Program), Fairfield Creeks and Wetlands Environmental Management Group and the local community |
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Cabramatta Creek, Warwick Farm Reserve, Warwick Farm |
Re-vegetation
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Liverpool City Council, Southern Sydney Catchment Management Board
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Brickmakers Creek, Durrant Oval, Warwick Farm |
Re-vegetation
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Liverpool City Council, Southern Sydney Catchment Management Board
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Elouera Bushland Reserve, Cabramatta Creek
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Creek and Bushland restoration, community education |
Elouera Bushland Reserve Management Committee, Liverpool City Council, Natural Heritage Trust |
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Rossmore Grange, South Creek, Rossmore |
Re-vegetation
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Rossmore Grange Management Committee, Liverpool City Council, Natural Heritage Trust |
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Western Sydney Open Space Corridor |
Re-vegetation
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Planning NSW, Greening Australia, volunteers, Greening Western Sydney |
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Native Bush Fund Private Lands Incentive Program
Liverpool City Council, together with Fairfield City Council is offering funding as an incentive to protect native bushland on rural properties, and to help rural landowners adopt sustainable land practices. The project is funded through the Hawkesbury Nepean Catchment Management Authority and provides professional advice and assistance on managing bushland remnants and funding to asses with activities such as fencing, weeding and planting.
The program aims to protect and enhance areas of remnant native bushland on privately owned land in rural areas and is a mechanism to expand environmental benefits to a broader area across Council boundaries.
Rural landowners that have native bushland on their property that they want to protect and conserve can apply for funding. Protecting native bushland areas can have a number of benefits. It can help stabilise the soil, improve the quality of local waterways, provide shade and buffering from extreme temperatures, reduce the potential for salinity and provide habitat for wildlife.
Rural landowners involved in the project receive an assessment of the native bushland on their property, assistance in developing an environmental management plan, funding for on the ground works and ongoing support, technical advice and training workshops.
If you would like further information please contact Council's Natural Resources Planner, Natalie Payne, on 9821 7787 or n.payne@liverpool.nsw.gov.au
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Jacquie Osmond Reserve Frog Habitat Project
Jacquie Osmond Reserve is situated adjacent to Cabramatta Creek. The land use adjacent to the creek is open space that is abutted by commercial and residential development. The reserve is used primarily as a baseball field however, is also regularly used for passive recreation.
This section of Cabramatta Creek adjacent to Jacquie Osmond Reserve provides habitat for a variety of frogs and fauna. However, as with many of the urban streams of the Georges River catchment, this section of Cabramatta Creek suffers from the impacts of urban development. Impacts threatening the survival of the frogs and other native animals include illegal dumping, littering and dumping of garden refuse, bank erosion, pollution from urban run-off, clearing of bushland and infestation of weeds.
The Jacquie Osmond Reserve Frog Habitat Project is funded by the Department of Planning through the Georges River Foreshore Improvement Program and aims to:
- Identify opportunities to provide habitat for frogs, other amphibians and semi-aquatic plants and animals
- Research and deliver strategies to recover wet areas
- Develop educational materials.
As part of the project a communications and education plan and habitat restoration plan will be developed and implemented.
The communications and education plan will identify a range of different methods that will be used to communicate with the community and educate them about the project, such as distribution of information at open days and Council forums, community tree planting days and development of marketing material including an article for Council's website, local radio, newsletter and newspaper articles.
Council will also engage the services of a suitably qualified environmental consultant to identify opportunities for the provision of habitat for amphibians and other semi-aquatic flora and fauna at Jacquie Osmond Reserve. The contract will also involve the consultant developing a habitat restoration site plan which will involve researching and developing strategies to recover wet areas and identifying areas of high educational value.
If you would like further information please contact Council's Natural Resources Planner, Natalie Payne, on 9821 7787 or n.payne@liverpool.nsw.gov.au
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