Ferny Grove State School Fish Snapshot - 3

Revegetation Activity

If we didn't carry out this revegetation work, we wouldn't be able to enjoy the bushland setting of our aquatic environment. Vegetation is particularly important along the banks of our streams because this helps to support biodiversity of the fish populations as well as reducing soil erosion of the banks.

While our Fish Snapshot team sampled, analysed, measured, trawled and netted, and counted and identified our fish life, our other team toiled to provide a bushland setting for our stream. This was done through hand removal of Guinea grass clumps, vines and weed, followed by further tilling, weeding, digging and restricted planting with plants selected from natural forest flora.

Ex-Students, Tristan Peach and Andrew Burrows, help select the plants

Other willing workers prepare and replant the area with natural vegetation. 

But only after some hard "yack" by Jess and the rest of the crew.

Guinea grass hides the area selected for our new Frog Hollow

A local grasshopper gives a hand to the clearing work

Overall, our ducks love the spot and all our good work is worthwhile!

Sumup

Our survey showed us that our water quality was good and that we had populations of native fish and tadpoles. This might explain why there are so many ducks around the creek. Soon after this Fish Snapshot in March 2003, Councillor Bennison presented our school with a $4400 cheque  for an environmental grant to build a frog pond near our oval. This funding will be administered by the Wildlife Preservation Society of Queensland. We are currently getting quotes for the first stage of design and hope to have more news soon.

Acknowledgement

Our teams thank and acknowledge the special assistance from Chris Chinn, (Brisbane Waterwatch ) and Hayley Cambourn, (KBCN Facilitator) with our native fish survey. We also thank Greening Australia for information on our native plants and the Wildlife Preservation Society of Queensland for information on our wildlife.

Chris Milne

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