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Crowdy Bay National Park Bush Regeneration – 40 years of progress

Posted by NPA NSWon August 29, 2019September 11, 2019in Mid North Coast, Spring 2019Leave a comment

Mike Dodkin & Sue Baker, Mid North Coast Branch, National Parks Association of NSW

In May of this year the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) and NPA Mid North Coast Branch celebrated forty years of habitat restoration, focusing particularly on Bitou bush removal in Crowdy Bay National Park, north of Taree, making this Australia’s longest-running Bitou eradication project.

Join NPA’S Longest Running Project

Posted by NPA NSWon March 25, 2019March 25, 2019in Central CoastLeave a comment

It began with a suggestion from park ranger Mike Dodkin (still involved 40 years later) that the newly formed Mid North Coast branch of NPA undertake some on-ground conservation work in Crowdy Bay National Park.

40th Anniversary of ‘Bashing Bitou’

Posted by NPA NSWon November 16, 2018November 21, 2018in Mid North Coast, Summer 2018Leave a comment

^{Sue Baker, Bitou Bush Eradication Coordinator, NPA Mid North Coast Branch}

On May 18th 2019 Mid North Coast Branch will celebrate a milestone forty years of bush regeneration in Crowdy Bay National Park. The celebration will be held during the annual bush regeneration camp from 13-19 May at beautiful Kylies Beach.