The Bowning and Bookham District Landcare group was formed in 2013 in response to last year's Cobbler Road bushfire which destroyed thousands of acres of farmland and bush. 

The group's first priority was to help landowners remediate their land in a sustainable and economic way.

With the help of a grant from the Bjarne K Dahl Foundation for eucalypt education, promotion, establishment, cultivation and conservation, the small group of volunteers has established a bank of 11,000 eucalypt seedlings for remediation of bushfire-affected properties.

Five thousand five hundred mature and hardened eucalypt seedlings are now ready to be distributed to properties affected by bushfires.

The Landcare group wants to hear from property owners interested in getting the native trees going on their land. Seedlings will be provided free of charge, along with glysophate for area preparation if required.

The group may also be able to coordinate volunteers to help plant the trees. District landowners affected by bushfires are now encouraged to contact the Bowning and Bookham Districts Landcare group to discuss the distribution of the first batch of seedlings.

Please contact the group Secretary Kathryn Mcguirk at kangiara@gmail.com or the chairman Alan Cole on 0418 852 209.