Treating a "mature" Cat's Claw infestation on the Koala Corridor

One of the landholders on the Koala Corridor has an advanced infestation of Cat's Claw Creeper and while they are not prepared at this stage to increase their riparian fencing area they have allowed us to treat the infestation of CCC. These photos show just how massive cat's claw vines can get, unfortunately we can't get any images of the damage they are doing in the canopy.

I am sure these trees are very grateful for the Federal DAFF  and BMRG funding which make the Cat's Claw control efforts of GMA much more effective.

A bare sandy area covered with Cat's Claw pods from above

A small native tree with four cats claw vines climbing up it and it was still alive ! (Felt marker for scale)

 

A treated CCC stump

Some more vines treated by our contractor

BMRG site visit brings project one step closer

On 3rd April, Kate Lyons from BMRG was shown some of our project site and Tingid Breeding facility by our secretary Glenda Pitman.

Kate's visit means that the contract for the weed and pest grant is one step closer. At the GMA meeting last week, expenditure on the tunnel house was approved. We are aiming to erect the house in late May and have a working bee prior to then to pot up some new cats claw to be infected.