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An important aspect of achieving these goals involves planting, or rewilding, according to the area’s existing ecological vegetation class.<\/p>\n
“That’s important because it recognises that all the birds and animals have evolved with that vegetation structure,” Mr Stockton said.<\/p>\n
“It allows them, ultimately, to utilise the landscape and move\u2026back along that corridor. It’s going to take time for it to establish but that’s the plan.”<\/p>\n
SCEG’s 100-year vision aims to encourage the community to be ambitious about what can be achieved throughout the region and act as a reminder that the species that have been lost from the landscape, cannot return without assistance.<\/p>\n
The database will help to measure these efforts.<\/p>\n
“If we continue to do the same things then we can expect the same decline in nature,” Mr Stockton said.<\/p>\n
“I think it would be really useful for people to think about Spring Creek Valley in the way that we think about Bells Beach.<\/p>\n
“Bells Beach wasn’t always looked after. Early on, it was really mistreated.<\/p>\n
“Now Bells Beach is an international icon and it’s not just a great recreational reserve, it’s a tremendous economic asset.<\/p>\n
“In the same way, Spring Creek Valley, with the things that are already there, could be a tremendous economic asset if we look after that asset.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
AS PART of ongoing community efforts to rewild Spring Creek Valley and aid in the reintroduction of native species to the region, the Surf Coast Energy Group (SCEG) is developing a database to track and record all of the species living there. The database will support the SCEG’s 100-year plan for the area which is […]<\/p>\n