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are the very things that simply cannot be replaced by revegetation. Most of our tiny plants cannot be propagated. Species, once lost, cannot be recovered. Once we lose these ‘unseen’ elements of ecosystems, they’re lost to us forever.
It’s incredible that with so many changes in funding arrangements over the years, we’ve been able to keep Bush For Life going strong. But our ability to help many regions is now quite limited and we need to harness the support of the South Australian community. Please read more about our ‘A Piece of Home’ fundraising appeal on page two.
Trees For Life acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of our land and waters and we pay our respects to Elders past and present. We acknowledge and respect the deep spiritual connection and relationship that First Nations peoples have to Country.
ur landscape is one of a kind. The lives of all who call South Australia home now and in the future, depend on it being healthy and whole.
IN THIS ISSUE 2 A PIECE OF HOME 5 BEDTIME BIRD STORIES 7 BUSHCARE MATTERS 11 CREATING A BUZZ 13 What's happening 14 What’s on
Healthy native ecosystems have all the elements of diversity to provide a variety of habitats and resources over time, with the resilience to adapt to the shift in seasons and our changing climate. It is only within the rich genetic diversity that exists in local remnant ecosystems that our native species can survive, adapt and evolve.
Everything that’s needed is already there, just as nature intended. Each element has an important job to do. Losing just one piece of nature’s jigsaw will lead to losing the next and then the next until our ecosystems, that we as humans and all living things depend on, can no longer support life.
Short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) by Neil Edwards.
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In this edition we also introduce you to an exciting new partnership that aims to address a major agricultural pest — conical snails. This story is a timely reminder that native vegetation is so critical in our landscape for so many reasons. Please stay safe over winter. Spending time outdoors in nature is one of the best things we can do to keep our bodies, minds and spirits healthy and positive in challenging times like this.
The vital pieces in the complex jigsaw of existing healthy ecosystems
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trees to help the environment and at Trees For Life we need to help people understand why this is only part of the equation. This is particularly important following bushfires, and it was heartening that so many people who wanted to help with bushfire recovery took up the opportunity to learn more through our Introduction to Bushcare workshop.
Cover image by Keast Design, with blue-banded bee courtesy of Jennifer Ross.
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Each tiny piece of our ecosystem is connected to the other; designed to fit together perfectly. If we lose just one vital piece, the picture will never be the same again.
e’re all familiar with the expression ’home is where the heart is’ and in this edition of ReLeaf we explore why our home is so unique thanks to the spectacular remnant bushland in South Australia. Over 300 patches of precious areas of nature have been under the care and stewardship of Trees For Life staff and trained volunteers for nearly 30 years through our Bush For Life program. There is such an incredible diversity amongst Bush For Life sites — from coastal dunes to towering stringybark forests, from grassy plains to mallee woodlands. Each site has unique management challenges and requires skilled bushcarers to nurture it back to health. Thanks to this dedication, countless species of animals, plants and fungi have a home that is healthier and more resilient to the continual challenges that threaten our bushland. Our Bush For Life program has helped thousands of South Australians experience the ‘wonder’ of our bush and we’re sure you’ll enjoy reading their stories as much as weWehave.must continue to spread the message that bushcare is absolutely vital for having healthy ecosystems. Many people know about planting
This is WHY it’s so critical we protect and care for our remnant bushland.
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Our work to protect these critical bushland sites helps keep native habitat healthy to continue to provide homes for animals and a functioning ecosystem for pollinators and, importantly, a place for us to re-connect with the earth for our wellbeing.
You can help us mobilise our Bush Action Teams so we can protect what’s left:
What inspired you to get involved with Bush For Life?
“I think it was the opportunity to make a difference to nature and the environment because there’s so many threats to our local plants and wildlife.
Last year, because of the mild winter, it ended up being the best conditions for orchids we’ve ever had. It was absolutely beautiful. We saw the rare leek orchids among others, we also saw the sun orchids which were quite tall and had these stunning blue flowers on them ... I had never seen them here before, but they were doing incredibly well.
“I’ve been a site carer here for 11 years and I come up about three mornings a week …”
I thought at least I can help in one spot and you do see the results when you spend time out here … This area we have worked in has improved over those years — I think that the biggest changes have occurred in the areas that have been heavily weeded, in the spring there’s a greater number of daisies and native lilies and orchids, all of which have been able to come up and survive. The native plants also get a chance to grow and thrive, especially the grasses.”
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Our Bush For Life program has been caring for and protecting natural habitats within the Adelaide Hills for 28 years. Throughout each year, we take teams of passionate volunteers to bushcare sites and immerse them in a full day of Bush Action Team activities (BATs). Historically, we’ve held between 25 and 35 BATs in the region, including extended BATs over several days near Victor Harbor.
With recent funding changes, we’re unable to continue the level of work needed to sustain these sites. This puts the health of these critical patches of bushland, and the habitat of native species, at risk.
Please donate today.
Have you noticed much change in the flora and fauna during this time?
$650 can run a half-day Bush Action Team session for 6 people.
A piece of our home is under threat
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Spotted sun-orchid (Thelymitra ixioides).
$60 can provide a bushcarer with safety equipment.
The Adelaide Hills is a biodiversity hotspot; an island of forest in a mostly arid state. The diversity of species, ecosystems and habitats in this landscape is enormous, but it’s under immense threat from clearance for housing and agriculture, feral animals and invasion from weeds. As weeds take over, our native plants suffocate, and they diminish the habitat of our local animals, sometimes forever. Sadly, many native species in the Adelaide Hills have become threatened and endangered.
“The first few years we didn’t really see any echidnas but in the last few we’ve seen three which is really exciting. You see kangaroos from time to time; you see signs that there are possums here, you certainly see signs of the echidnas as it sometimes looks as if someone has been bulldozing the sites where they’ve been digging and sticking their snouts in! The bird life seems to be showing up more too … which is great to see. There’s also been lizards. I’ve seen quite a few … sleepy lizards. Sometimes they are quite active.
$1,800 can run a full-day Bush Action Team for 15 people.
We need to raise funds so we can continue to protect these precious pieces of South Australia. This financial support can provide critical volunteer training through workshops, tools and safety equipment, and transport so our dedicated volunteers can travel to bushland sites. Equipping our staff with monitoring tools to measure the ongoing health of each site is also imperative.
$270 can help train and support a Bush For Life volunteer.
These threats to our native flora and fauna mean this landscape is less resilient and unable to cope with major environmental changes such as climate change and bushfires.
$120 can cover the cost of our BAT bus for a day.
Stephanie, Bush For Life Volunteer at Mount Barker Summit
They are absolutely precious and if we lose these remnant sites, it would be awful — this is a very special site as we are on the edge of the higher rainfall area and it’s really unique. It supports lots of bird life and other animals and we need to look after it.”
The next story is also about mistletoe birds, let’s call them Jim and Jill. They live in a small patch of woodland east of Adelaide. The woodland is surrounded by farms and there is a road along one edge. For many years, there have been bushcarers visiting this patch, removing weedy grasses and shrubs and allowing native plants to grow and thrive. There’s a mix of gum trees in this patch, there’s also shrubs and native grasses and even some wildflowers thanks to the efforts of the bushcarers. There are many different birds and insects and the occasional echidna. Next door, the farmers have planted rows of native trees and boundaryalongshrubstheof the patch to increase its size, act as a shelterbelt for their sheep and to encourage insects to pollinate their crops. They’ve planted a mix of species of different sizes including some that provide perches for Jim and Jill. The farmers understand that healthy land is better for farming and they sometimes catch up with the bushcarers for morning tea. There is some mistletoe on the trees, enough to provide food for Jim and Jill. With the shrubs that have germinated and been planted, there’s also enough
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here once was a pair of mistletoe birds, let’s call them Jean and Jack. They lived in a beautiful patch of woodland east of Adelaide. There were no farms, no roads, no houses, only woodland as far as the eye could see and further than the birds could fly. There were gum trees of different types, lots of native grasses, wildflowers and shrubs. There were also many other birds, insects, echidnas, possums and all manner of wildlife. First Nations peoples cared for the land and understood the complex interconnectedness of all things.
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From once living with abundance and in balance, then faced by increasing threats to their survival, their journey brings to light the interconnectedness of nature.
Jean and Jack, being mistletoe birds, preferred to eat the fruit of mistletoe, a parasitic plant which grows on gum trees. Back then, there was enough mistletoe for Jean and Jack to survive happily and feed themselves and their young. After they’d eaten, there were countless options of perches for them to sit on and gather their thoughts, and poop out the mistletoe seeds. If one of these perches happened to be a gum tree branch, the seed of the mistletoe may take hold and a new mistletoe plant may grow on the gum tree branch. But because the gum trees were living in a healthy place and they had everything they needed, they could repel the small mistletoe seedling. Enough mistletoe plants would grow to ensure there was enough to eat for Jean and Jack. All things were in balance.
perches to make sure the gum trees don’t have too many mistletoe seeds landing on their branches, and the healthy habitat means the trees are also much healthier. Jim and Jill are able to survive in this patch and the farmers like them because they are bright red and pretty to watch. People driving along the road sometimes stop to look at the wildflowers and they peer at Jim and Jill through binoculars as they perch and gather their thoughts. There is talk of First Nations people returning fire to theTheseland.stories are about a healthy ecosystem vs an unhealthy ecosystem. In healthy systems, all things have a ecosystemsOnceiseverythingplace,inbalance.
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In healthy systems, all things have a place, everything is in balance.
begin to decline, it causes a cascade of impacts which ultimately affect us as humans. We can help avoid the unhealthy ecosystem by removing weeds which compete with native species germination so that new native trees and shrubs can grow. Planting more trees and shrubs to increase the size and understorey of our patches of remnant bushland for habitat will also help. And learning from First Nations peoples about how to care for the land will help restore the balance to our ecosystems.
More recently, there was another pair of mistletoe birds, let’s call them John and Joan. They lived in a nice enough patch of woodland east of Adelaide, but it was very small. The patch was surrounded by farms on all sides and there was a road along one boundary. There were gum trees of different types, but the native grasses were mostly gone, as were the wildflowers and shrubs. This woodland understorey was mostly weedy pasture grasses which had escaped from the farms, as well as some larger weeds from nearby gardens. There were few birds, insects and other wildlife because the patch was a bit too far for them to travel and the habitat didn’t provide what they needed. The health of the soil was poor and there weren’t many native plants regenerating because there were few seeds in the seedbank and the weeds were smothering anything that did happen to germinate.
FAR RIGHT: Female mistletoe bird hirundinaceum).(Dicaeum
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It reminds us of the importance of caring for the land, learning from the Traditional Custodians, helping to restore the balance to give hope for the future of all who call this special place home.
One thing there was plenty of was mistletoe. John and Joan had more than enough to eat but once they’d finished eating there were only a handful of perches for them to sit on, all of which were gum tree branches. No shrubs were left to provide perches. As they perched on the gum tree branches in the woodland and in the farm next door they pooped out the mistletoe seed. Once the seed had landed on the branch, a mistletoe plant would usually grow because these trees were already stressed by living in this unhealthy habitat. Each time a mistletoe grew on a tree the more stressed the tree became as the mistletoe used the trees’ nutrients for its own survival. The more stressed the tree, the more mistletoe was able to grow, the more fruit John and Joan ate, the more seed they pooped on gum tree branches, and the more mistletoe seedlings grew. This cycle went on and on until gradually all the trees started to die, the mistletoe being the last straw of a stressful situation. The local farmers got mad that the mistletoe was killing their trees which the sheep relied on for shelter and they cut the mistletoe down. Mistletoe can’t grow on dead trees, and no new trees were germinating, so eventually there was no mistletoe for John and Joan to eat and they had to find a new home.
Told through the eyes of mistletoe birds, these generational stories illustrate how their home and lives can change dramatically.
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Male mistletoe bird (Dicaeum hirundinaceum) by Tom Hands.
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I worked in a physical job and it just got beyond me, so I was unemployed and because I was over 60, I had the chance if I did fifteen hours a week volunteer work (mutual obligation) I could get the dole and life could continue. I suppose my story is that I’ve grown into the volunteer work, I’ve started to appreciate the difference between remnant bush and other bush. I’ve started to develop a love for the beauty of natives. Now I’m a site carer at two sites so I go there with another experienced bushcarer and I really enjoy that because you get a more intimate relationship with the site, you get to see the changes. It’s a very satisfying feeling and I think the other thing for me is that I enjoy the peace of mind of just being out in the bush. It’s [the question of] how am I spending this time of my life? This is a good way to do it.
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We asked our Bush For Life volunteers and staff to share why bushcare matters. What shines through is a deep love of and respect for nature through the discovery of the secrets held within the bushland, the healing ability of being immersed in the beauty of nature, and the relationship built over time with the plants and animals as the positive impact of their bushcare effort is slowly but surely revealed.
TOP: Volunteers at the Stonemine Bush For Life site, Wattle Park.
Field Officer, Stonemine North Reserve at Wattle Park
Tamara Horsnell
I was working in software engineering but I didn’t like it, I was too sedentary — not enough nature. I just felt that I didn’t fit in at all and so I decided to just take some time and figure it out. I’ve got enough to get by and as long as there is a regular flow of things to do I’m happy. I find doing this much more valuable and it’s priceless.
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I am an anxiety sufferer and I found that when I was in nature it was totally calming and peaceful and really reset the batteries. My family is not really environmentally minded so I never grew up with nature being viewed as important — it was certainly a learned thing for me. I fell in love with it and thought that this needs to be looked after, I need to be part of that. So yeah, that’s how the journey sort of started. I was originally from Adelaide and I moved away about five years ago to Newcastle and I moved back here last December. I was a sustainability officer for KitchenAid in Newcastle so I was in a very different role compared to what I do now. But I used to volunteer with Trees For Life about eight or nine years ago when I was at uni so quite a full-circle moment to come back.
FAR RIGHT: Volunteer Scarlett GroomRansom at the Stonemine Bush For Life site, Wattle Park.
I wanted to actually do more to help our native ecosystems and habitats. I originally wanted to go into tree growing as I had done it as a kid but the team said I could come along to BATs if I was interested as I had missed the [growing] season, and now I am a site carer! I’m still learning so much all the time. It’s amazing how much I already know from just coming out to BATs. Fleabane was one of the first weeds I learned about and now I just see it everywhere out in public and I’m just horrified to see how far it spreads, and how frivolous just pulling it out on the street would be — but when you target certain areas you think, oh I can actually make a difference. It’s slow work You need to be patient — delayed gratification for sure. Sometimes that can be difficult for people coming into it — especially young people like me. But I enjoy it, being in nature, I just feel calm doing this as well. You get incredible views and I just enjoy chatting with other volunteers. They’re all very like-minded and passionate about what they are doing.
BOTTOM RIGHT: Cory Nicholas at our Hindmarsh Falls Reserve Bush For Life site.
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I just like that I can physically see a change in what we are doing on site. You can actually get out there and physically make a difference in the land, there’s no talking about it, we just do it. Which is what Trees For Life is about and I like that it takes time. It’s not an instant change, but you can see it slowly develop. When you come back to the site you think, oh that’s looking different, we’ll keep pushing [the weed front back], and I have learnt so much patience doing this. You expect to come in and go yep that’s all going to be good next year and then the next year you come back you go oh no it’s not — this is going to take time, but for me it’s giving back and while I’m getting paid to do it I honestly don’t think I’m working most days. I still can’t believe this is what I get to do and getting to spend time with people who do this as volunteers and give their own time. That blows me away every day. Honestly, I can’t say enough to the volunteers. I think everyone that is doing this is awesome. The volunteers give up days of their time and work hard, dig, get tired and walk up steep hills just to help out.
BOTTOM LEFT: Spectacular view from the Mount Barker Summit Bush For Life site.
TOP: Stunning eucalypts at Hindmarsh Falls Reserve Bush For Life site.
There’s a number of reasons bushcare matters, but beauty — I think it seems like for a lot of us — is up there. I think that ignorance is really important too because we just don’t know what we’ve got here. There’s a complexity to these areas that haven’t really been disturbed that’s almost unfathomable. Everything’s connected to everything else. The communities of fungus and bacteria and the way that they interact with the plants are all areas in science that are really just burgeoning now.
Cory Nicholas Field Officer, Hindmarsh Falls Reserve
Randall Bates Bush For Life Group Activities Manager
Holly Price Field Officer, Stonemine North Reserve at Wattle Park
There’s a lot that is not known. The potential for losing that before even knowing what’s there in my mind is pretty ever-present and kinda scary. I think we’ve already lost a lot through losing elements of our ecosystems that we’re just not aware of. There’s a lot of knowledge in here that we’re just scratching the surface of right now.
Bushcare is trying to protect, preserve and help regrow the native plants that were already here and in one of the slides of the Bush For Life workshop it says one of the most important ways to preserve biodiversity is to protect our remnant vegetation. Revegetation is very important as well — but you can’t replicate everything that is growing out here, lots of these tiny plants growing out here — no one knows how to grow them yet. Protecting what is already here first is what’s most important to me. I’ve fallen in love with the natural environment. It brings me peace and I really love being out here and connecting with people and nature.
› Vicki-Jo Russell (Trees For Life)
› Andrew Lehman (Grain Producers SA)
The ‘Revegetation for enhanced biocontrol of pest conical snails’ project is investigating how to control numbers of the snails by creating a ‘pest-suppressive’ landscape. The key members for the project include:
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have to be monitored and repeated over time to be effective and they have drawbacks, such as burning top soil and the expense. Members of the ‘Revegetation for enhanced biocontrol of pest conical snails’ project, sited on the Yorke Peninsula, believe there is a better way.”
Cochlicella acuta on fence post by Kym Perry.
This project is supported with funding from the South Australian Grains Industry Trust and the Grains Research and Development Corporation.
› Lyndon Asser (Viterra)
Beyond the benefits native species will provide for landholders in managing conical snail numbers, they’ll also create windbreaks and soil stability, so the advantages are multi faceted.
› Shane Gale (Grain Producers SA)
TOP IMAGE: Vittadinia blackii (western New Holland daisy) at the Westwood Nursery.
flower shortly after planting. The aim is to grow a wider variety of trees and shrubs that are longer-lived and suited to creating windbreaks in the project’s second year. Current species being grown at our Westwood Nursery for the project include: Chrysocephalum apiculatum (common everlasting, yellow buttons), Helichrysum leucopsideum (satin everlasting), Podolepis jaceoides (showy copper wire daisy) and Vittadinia blackii (western New Holland daisy).
it as a part of how they manage their properties sustainably, but it would be fantastic to get more support and investment by agricultural companies and the sector because of the economic impact of these snails. In so many ways people are starting to understand that native vegetation is a great tool for farmers and conservationists alike and often part of the solution.”
The concept of using native vegetation in the management of this pest is an exciting prospect for the project partners, agricultural organisations, and landholders taking part.
The project, which will take place over several years, will observe the pest snail population and monitor the impact of revegetation with native species to support fly populations and ultimately the impact of increasing the local fly population on the snails.
BOTTOM IMAGE: Sarcophaga villeneuveana on melaleuca by Kym Perry.
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The first batch of native plant species, being planted in winter 2022, was selected for their appeal to the parasitoid fly as a food source and for their ability to grow flat flowers and
By selecting and planting the right native species in these affected areas, the aim is to release and harbour a known predator to manage numbers long-term. A parasitoid fly, Sarcophaga villeneuveana is attracted to vegetation with flat flowers which provide them with food and they’re said to reduce the rate of conical snails by 50%. The female fly reduces the snail population through the process of parasitism. After laying her larva on the shell of the snail, the larva then makes its way to the inside of the shell where it consumes the snail and later emerges as an adult fly.
“Thevegetation.snailshave been a cause of concern for decades,” says VickiJo Russell, Program Manager for Revegetation Services at Trees For Life. “The conical snails are a wellestablished pest and there are various treatments suggested to control them, such as stubble burning and commercial snail baiting but these
› Partnering Yorke Peninsula farmers
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urking within South Australia’s cropping regions lies a significant threat to the health of our agricultural industry. They may be small, with a shell measuring only eight to ten millimetres, but their impact is mighty. They gather under stones and stumps, and on posts and vegetation, love to feed on and contaminate crops; and their numbers are multiplying. The culprits’ are conical snails, invasive species that have become major pests of grain crops and pastures. If left unchecked these snails have the potential to become a major concern across Australia. The likely solution? Native
› Prof Mike Keller (University of Adelaide)
“To me that’s really important,” says Vicki-Jo. “Farmers often understand the value of native vegetation and see
If successful, the project could see increased investment in revegetating and protecting native plants in the affected agricultural landscapes.
› Dr Kym Perry (University of Adelaide)
› Dr Kate Muirhead (SARDI and University of Adelaide)
Time will tell if this management approach will work well to control conical snails. If successful, this could have a significant positive impact on the health of southern Australia’s cropping regions, which, like the flies we are trying to encourage; is creating quite a buzz.
“We will continue to purchase trees … we are very grateful that ElectraNet has supported this program.”
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Kerry has been ordering through the Tree Scheme for 13 years and initially started a revegetation project to create shelter for the sheep. Kerry says the ElectraNet subsidy is the reason for continuing to restore their land.
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If you’re interested in becoming a volunteer on one of our Bush For Life sites, or would like to learn more about managing your own bushland, come along to a Bushcare Workshop. Workshops are free for members.
Whether your aim is to improve productivity on your property, increase biodiversity, provide food and homes for local wildlife — or all of the above — we can help you source the right native seedlings and provide all the expert advice and information you need. Order your seedlings now and they’ll be ready to plant in winter 2023.
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Tree guards and stakes are available now at our Westwood Nursery, on sale until 31 August. Call our office to order and pay prior to collection.
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