Restoring an ecosystem at Scottsdale Reserve

At Eurardy Reserve, resilience blooms as science, culture and community restore wildflower Country.

Our planet is getting hotter and deserts are on the frontline. What will the scorching temperatures mean for the people and species that live there?

When nature is destroyed, can we ever truly restore it? Across Australia we explore powerful stories of ecological restoration – from city rivers to deep-sea reefs.

Bush Heritage’s most recent reserve acquisitions share two key features: unusual names – Dodgey Downs and Nil Desperandum – and crucial links to existing reserves.

Tiahni explores tree conservation with Bob Brown, Pakana Elder Hank Horton and arboriculturist Dr Gregory Moore. Without trees, humans can’t exist.

For Kelly Price, Tarcutta Hills Reserve Manager, healthy Country is something you can hear and see. “When you drive into the reserve suddenly everything comes to life,”

Eleanor Hetharia, Bush Heritage’s Head of Region South-East, will never forget what she saw at Nardoo Hills Reserve in early 2014.

Join our Reserve Manager, Sam Fischer, and Restoration Ecologist, Fiamma Riviera, discussing ongoing restoration work at Eurardy Reserve.

An ambitious project with Greening Australia will help wildlife move across a globally recognised biodiversity hotspot by restoring critical habitat.

The purchase of Dodgey Downs will create nearly 4,000 hectares of connected bushland in this globally significant biodiversity hotspot.

‘Generation Restoration’ is this year’s World Environmental Day theme, and it couldn’t be more aptly timed alongside our campaign to purchase and restore Dodgey Downs.

The first seeds of a world-class restoration project are planted and set the bar for future carbon projects.

On Eurardy Reserve, Nanda Country, Western Australia, a project began four years ago to plant one million trees and shrubs - the largest revegetation project in Bush Heritage's history.

A weekend of tree planting at Scottsdale Reserve restores the land and soul. Explore how Bush Heritage volunteers and supporters are planting seeds of change.

At Nardoo Hills Reserve in central Victoria climate change is causing extensive dieback of Grey Box and Yellow Box trees.