This workshop showcases ecological restoration projects designed to repair the hydrological function, soil health and associated biodiversity of damaged ‘natural’ bushland that has been highly altered by past land uses. Under discussion will be practical approaches for restoration, learnings from trials and how trials can be scaled-up for greater impact at landscape scales.

Speakers:
Peter Mitchell - Restoration of Australian Light Horse Memorial Park
Shane Monk and Paul Foreman - Spring Plains Watershed Repair project
Gary Hendy - Practitioner at Treehead Quarter “Practical considerations for Ecological thinning”
Patrick Pigott - Parks Victoria’s Box Ironbark forest ecological thinning trials
Glen Norris - Bush Heritage Australia