Land for Wildlife program - looking for interested people in Bywong

Land for Wildlife     

In last month’s Whisper I wrote asking for expressions of interest for people to come along to the Wamboin Community Hall on Sat 31 October 2010 to hear John Asquith (CEO of the NSW scheme) speak about the Land for Wildlife scheme. Unfortunately few people have shown an interest so far. You can find out more about the Land for Wildlife program at www.cen.org.au/landforwildlife/ or give me a call.

As mentioned last month, the Land for Wildlife scheme encourages property owners to commit to managing all or part of their land in an environmentally friendly way. The program is free to join and is not legally binding. The minimum size of land to register is half a hectare of native bush land. Over time the scheme not only provides refuges for wildlife, but allows wildlife corridors to be created where Land for Wildlife areas match up. It also gives us encouragement to look after our wildlife and enjoy having it around.

If you are interested in meeting John Asquith on 31 October could you get in touch with me by 22 September 2010 please? I can then decide whether to go ahead with the meeting. If there are only a few people, then we may not need the hall as a meeting place.

Cheers!

Philip Machin

6238 3717

machin4@bigpond.com