Landholders in the White Cliffs and Packsaddle area are participating in a project to help improve the habitat of one of the most critically endangered species in NSW in the Grey Range Thick-billed Grasswren.
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The project involves landholders completing on-ground works to improve the known habitat of the bird, which has been identified at risk of extinction in the next 20 years.
The project involves two forms of on-ground works and will be carried out over a two-year period from July 2019 to June 2021.
In the first year fencing will be constructed to reduce grazing pressure and improve the condition of the Grasswren habitat over 2,000 hectares, while in the second year soil erosion works will be undertaken over 300 hectares to improve the condition of scalded areas, aid in rehydrating the landscape and assist the regeneration of chenopod shrubs.
A Western Local Land Services technical specialist is planning and will be supervising the soil erosion control works.
Landholders and Western Local Land Services staff will monitor the works carried out for 10 years to determine the success of the project.
This project will align with field assessments previously undertaken by BirdLife Australia and the Department of Planning, Industry and Environment to determine the population trends for the Grasswrens.