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WSCA acknowledges the  fundraising efforts of the staff and students of St Dominics College Kingswood.

St Dominics College has kindly donated funding to WSCA which has assisted us to establish and sustain our conservation initiatives including bush care and environmental education.

Volunteer and join a bush care group in the Penrith area

• Can you spare 3-4 hours once a month?

• Do you want to meet new people, get some exercise, gain new skills and do something positive for the Australian bush?

WSCA is setting up new volunteer bush care groups in the Penrith area. We need you to help out to protect our Australian native plants which are under threat from invasion by a plethora of exotic weed species. All volunteers will be supervised and gloves and equipment will be provided.

Weeds are plants free of their natural predators which thrive in changed bushland conditions. They compete vigorously with our native plant species and frequently dominate and replace them. They degrade and destroy the habitat of our native fauna. They restrict animal and human access to tracks, creeks and waterholes. They reduce local biodiversity, and they permanently change ecosystems. Like many cancers, in the early stages the invasion is slow and insidious, but once recognised weeds can be cut out and the bush can recover. If we leave it too long, however, weeds will destroy our bush. Sourced from: http://www.weedsbluemountains.org.au/weed_invasion.asp#wrong

One of the sites we have permission to start work on is the former Air Services Australia land on Vincent Rd Cranebrook. This site is now owned by the NSW Governments National Parks and Wildlife Service. The site contains lots of threatened plant and animal species so will be a special place to work. We have already commenced some bush regeneration works on the site. See before and after shots here

We also supervise bushcare groups established at the University of Western Sydney Penrith and Hawkesbury campuses.

To join up with us in a new bush care group please submit the web form below. We will contact you with more information later.

The Western Sydney Conservation Alliance bush care initiatives

Before	After

Our next bush care day is planned for Sunday the 5th of December

Please Note: We will be working at Grey Gums Reserve, Ariel Crescent Cranebrook. Google Map link here

All tools, gloves and training provided

UWS Bush Care

WSCA also runs bushcare groups each month at the University of Western Sydney Kingswood Campus and at the UWS Hawkesbury Campus.

Email us for further info as dates change