A diversity of woodland birds is important for maintaining sustainable landscapes. Birds are vital in keeping the environment healthy and ensuring sustainable farm production. Birds have important functions including seed dispersal, pollination, and insect control. Grazing and farming activities can be managed for production as well as the conservation of native birds and animals.

To help bring birds back into the landscape we need to:

• stop clearing of native vegetation
• protect any remnant native vegetation left
• re-vegetate to connect and enhance woodland patches, and
• stop the collection of fallen and dead native timber for firewood.

Greening Australia has a useful publication ‘Bringing Back Birds’

• Contact Greening Australia for advice about trees to plant or assistance with re-vegetation projects
• Ph: 02 6253 3035
• www.greeningaustralia.org.au

CSIRO Publishing:

• “Wildlife on Farms – how to conserve native animals ” is a good publication to assist landowners and land managers
• Freecall 1800 645 051 (Australia only),
• publishing.sales@csiro.au

In the ACT we are privileged to have regionally-significant areas of relatively undamaged grassy woodland, some of it protected in large reserves such as Mulligan’s Flat and Goorooyarroo. For the future of our woodland birds we must protect and enhance our remaining woodlands.