Kongwak Hills Landcare Group presents a special workshop on nesting boxes to help native wildlife on May 18.

Come Spring, birds, marsupials and bats are ready for nesting and creating families, bringing us the next generation of our unique Australian wildlife.

But tree hollows for the wildlife that need them, are hard to find.

It takes a large forest tree 80 years to develop broken branches and hollows to provide adequate nesting homes.

Victoria has lost 50 per cent of its native vegetation since European settlement and still loses 4000 habitat hectares per year to clearing and bushfires despite efforts to revegetate farms and backyard.

The remaining habitat is isolated and strongly contested by local wildlife and introduced species.

With the support of a Victorian Government Community and Volunteer Action (CVA) grant to support biodiversity protection and recovery actions, Kongwak Hills Landcare Group is supporting wildlife by providing artificial nesting hollows until trees become mature habitat.

They do this by building and monitoring nest boxes and educating the community about managing the boxes. To help them, they have award-winning environmental activist Gio Fitzpatrick providing guidance about the success and efficacy of nest boxes. 

He will provide his valuable insights in a public presentation at The Outtrim Hall on Saturday May 18, from 10am - 1pm complemented with hot soup and savoury pastries. 

Kongwak Hills Landcare also has handmade, non-toxic nest boxes available to order, in five different designs. Orders can be taken on the day or via: basscoastlandcare.org.au/kongwakhills

Gio will also visit with the children of Kongwak Primary School on Friday 17 to observe and assist the children's nesting box project designed by teacher Damian Howard, part of their innovative Sustainable Kongwak program, thanks to South Gippsland Shire Council.

If you want to advocate for Victoria's unique and wonderful wildlife, come along to the Outtrim Hall and be inspired by Gio Fitzpatrick. You can become an environment activist too. 

RSVP essential via trybooking.com/CRGGW, via the group's Facebook page or by emailing kongwakhillslandcare@gmail.com

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