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Healthy Habitats through Volunteer Engagement

 The Healthy Habitats scheme on Fraser Island will receive a boost this year with a little help from Conservation Volunteers Australia (CVA).  With the assistance and support of the Fraser Island Healthy Habitats officer CVA have successfully applied for Federal funding through the “Caring for our Country” program.  The funds will pay to have volunteers working to help rehabilitate various problem spots, including the former Orchid Beach Resort site, now returned to National Park, near the township of Orchid Beach.  This project, with a budgeted community engagement component, will complement the efforts of the Healthy Habitats officer, Environmental Protection Agency Rangers and the Orchid Beach community in their efforts to control invasive weeds species left over from the resorts gardens.

The project will also include collection of native seed stock from around the Orchid Beach area to be germinated and returned to Orchid Beach residents as a way of decreasing the impact of the urban environment on the World Heritage Area listed National Park.

Jason Harvey, the Healthy Habitats officer for the island explained that “…the success of the funding application reflects admirably on the different bodies involved with the management of Fraser Island as an area of ecological significance.  Caring for our Country grants place strong weighting on partnerships and the members of FINIA (Fraser Island Natural Integrity Alliance) have demonstrated a real willingness and ability to work together to achieve their goals.”

Waddy Point, south of Orchid Beach is one of the areas to benefit from the project.

The five month project is scheduled to commence in February and be completed by the end of June.  CVA have commenced recruitment for the trips and, with Fraser Island’s popularity as a volunteer destination places are expected to fill quickly.