Management

Revegetation work has been successful at Chereninup Creek Reserve. The area being rehabilitated is about 80 ha of past cropping land, with scattered clumps of remnant vegetation.

After extensive site preparation, including weed and rabbit control, planting was done using a direct-seeding machine which trails the seeds while placing the seedlings mechanically into the prepared ground. Up to seven hectares was planted in one day. The main planting work at Chereninup Creek began with the winter rains in 2003. the revegetation work has been supported by Bush Heritage Friends of the Bush, through their regular donations, Greening Australia Bushcare Support and the Australian Government's Natural Heritage Trust Envirofund.

Creating this habitat corridor was the first major on-ground step for the Gondwana Link project. The project aims to secure remnant vegetation and establish plantings to reconstruct a habitat corridor between the tall forests of south-west Western Australia and the woodlands east of the rabbit-proof fence in the Norseman region. It is a program in which Bush Heritage Australia is in partnership with the Fitzgerald Biosphere Group, Friends of the Fitzgerald River National Park, Greening Australia, (WA) and The Wilderness Society.

Ongoing reserve management includes ecological surveys and monitoring, and the control of pest animals, weeds and erosion.