Richmond Landcare Incorporated is putting out a call for action, seeking community volunteers to help us deliver their pilot project: Nature-based Solutions: Building Flood Resilience in the Lismore Catchment.

This important pilot aims to collect evidence that will demonstrate how revegetation of riparian and floodplain areas in upper sub-catchment streams can reduce flood peaks and subsequent flood risk to downstream communities, as well as improving water quality through reduced sediment loads.

The pilot is focussing on sites along the Tuntable and Terania creeks upstream of the Channon. They require community volunteers to support the project, either through participating in planting trees and sedges at key sites, and/or through undertaking maintenance activities such as weed removal around newly planted sites, to help the trees and sedges not just survive, but to thrive.

It is critical that these plantings reach their full potential to act as barriers that will slow surface runoff from upper catchment foothills and hold floodwaters breaking their banks onto the adjacent floodplains. Trees and sedges planted in gullies, will also reduce erosion and impacts of sedimentation on water quality.

Richmond Landcare’s On Ground Works Project Officer, Ivy Young, said the volunteer days offer more than just environmental benefits.

“These volunteer events are great opportunities for the broader community to connect with each other, and have meaningful impact to the health of our waterways,” she said.

Please see below for the upcoming event.

Event Details:

• Date: Tuesday 10th March

• Time: 8.30 am – 1 pm

• Location: 241 Terania Creek Road, The Channon

• Registration: https://www.richmondlandcare.org/event-details/nature-based-solutions-community-tree-planting-day

If you are interested in participating and unable to make this event, please contact Ivy Young on projects@richmondlandcare.org to be added to our volunteer panel. You will then be advised when future events will be held.

This Nature-Based Solutions project received funding from the Australian Government.