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Council investment in parkland

An estimate from Moreland City Council indicates an annual maintenance investment of $50K/yr, in addition to the capital works investments of $600K over the years.
This, of course, does not include any of the grant funds received by the community for the purposes of community planting.
It’s clear the community and Council are investing good money into [...]

Brochure to distribute

Thanks to some amazing efforts by dedicated volunteers supporting the MECPG we now have a fantastic tri-fold brochure detailing the virtues of the parkland and the ongoing benefits to the community and ecosystem. If you’ve got a colour printer you might like to include it when writing to your local political representatives at local [...]

Arguments for retention

ECOLOGICAL
The significance of this reserve corridor has an ecological perspective. For example, the Department of Sustainability and Environment (2006) Atlas of Victorian Wildlife records 48 fauna species within 1.5km of the Kodak Bridge over Edgar’s Creek. Approx 280 trees already exist on the site. Included in the parkland are areas of remnant vegetation.
OPEN SPACE
There [...]