{"id":15535,"date":"2023-07-09T09:00:23","date_gmt":"2023-07-08T23:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themooraboolnews.com.au\/?p=15535"},"modified":"2024-02-01T18:39:06","modified_gmt":"2024-02-01T07:39:06","slug":"combined-effort-to-improve-waterway-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/news\/combined-effort-to-improve-waterway-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Combined effort to improve waterway health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Grade 5 students from Bacchus Marsh Primary School have joined with Grow West, Moorabool Shire Council, and the Moorabool Landcare Network planting seedlings to help restore native vegetation along the Lerderderg River in Darley. <\/p>\n<p>The team worked together excitedly and diligently to improve habitat next to the popular walking track along the Lerderderg River near Federation Park.<\/p>\n<p>Grow West, a 20-year-old landscape rehabilitation program, has been so successful in making positive changes to our environment by being able to partner with agencies and the community to work on joint projects like this planting. 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