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We also host extensive repository of publicly-available documents courtesy of government, non-government and industry organisations (“freebies and downloads”). These documents can be valuable resource (and inspiration) to our bush care and Landcare members.
Disclaimer: GSLN does not own or profit from the following documentation, and shares the publicly-available resources in good faith to members and the wider bush care and Landcare community.
The Australian Association of Bush Regenerators
Fact sheets on bush regeneration presented in all-ages accessible format.
- About the AABR fact sheet
- Repairing the bush fact sheet
- Natural regeneration: retain, regenerate, replant fact sheet (colour)
- Natural regeneration: retain, regenerate, replant brochure (b&w)
- Dealing with ticks – AABR (NSW) Newsletter March 2012
FOLDER Agricultural resources for land holders
- The Farm Dam Handbook
- Plants Poisonous to Livestock
FOLDER CMA Hawkesbury-Nepean Catchment Management Authority (now Greater Sydney Local Land Services)
Cattai and Hills District Fauna Fact Sheets
From the Hawkesbury-Nepean Catchment Management Authority (now Greater Sydney Local Land Services). Pictorial field guides, and maps.
- Frogs of the Hills Region (pictorial guide)
- Frogs of the Hills Region (detailed information with maps)
- Mammals of the Hills Region (pictorial guide)
- Mammals of the Hills Region (detailed information with maps)
- Reptiles of the Hills Region (pictorial guide)
- Reptiles of the Hills Region (detailed information with maps)
FOLDER Colo-Capertee-Wolgan Valley Fauna Factsheets
FOLDER Cumberland Plains
Colour brochures and fact sheets published by the NPWS, Manly Council, Mosman Council, NSW Fire Brigades and Sydney Harbor Federation Trust, Hawkesbury-Nepean Catchment Management Trust,
- Bush friendly neighbor fact sheet (colour)
- Bush friendly neighbor poster (colour)
- Guidelines for monitoring a bushcare project: a component of the Trusts Manual “Aspects of Catchment Health”
- Native vegetation maps of the Cumberland Plain, Western Sydney
FOLDER Estuary Management Plans
Fauna Resources
Resources and fact sheets covering the Hills District and Western Sydney.
General Sydney fauna resources
- Meet Sydneys microbats (large format colour poster)
- Bringing back the fish (colour brochure)
- Best practice guidelines for the grey-headed flying fox
Western Sydney fauna
- Birds of Western Sydney (large format check box colour poster)
- Frogs of Western Sydney (pictorial guide)
- Frogs of Western Sydney (detailed information with maps)
- Mammals of Western Sydney (detailed information with maps)
- Mammals of Western Sydney (pictorial guide with maps)
- Reptiles of Western Sydney (detailed information with maps)
- Reptiles of Western Sydney (pictorial guide with maps)
Hills District fauna
- Frogs of the Hills Region (pcitorial guide with maps)
- Mammals of the Hills Region (pictorial guide with maps)
- Reptiles of the Hills Region (pictorial guide with maps)
FOLDER Fish Habitat
FOLDER GBMWHA
FOLDER HRRRP – Zip these files by area, water quality testing
Final Report
Nutrient Export
Nutrient Smart Management
Smart Farms and Soil Sampling
Water Smart Farms
FOLDER Landcare Resources
- Engaging the 20-somethings in Landcare
- Landcare Australia Landcare group starter kit
- Landcare Australia Landcare group starter kit (alternative publication)
- Landcare Australia social media kit
- Revitalising your Landcare or bushcare group (Les Robinson) (presentation)
- Guidelines for rural and urban partners to carry out volunteer tree planting projects in rural areas
FOLDER Martis library
FOLDER Nepean Penrith
On the ground resources
From Caring for our Country and Tolga Bat Hospital. Information for orcharists and the home gardener on protecting trees with bat-friendly netting.
FOLDER Penrith Lakes
Legislation, Plans and Ammendments
- Conserving biodiversity: Threatened Species Ammendment Act 2004 brochure
- Senate inquiry into the National Landcare Program (2015)
- Sydney Catchment Authority: Special Areas Strategic Plan of Managment 2007 (SASPoM)
FOLDER Planting Guides
General information, guidelines and practices
- Rehabilitating Australian stream banks with longstem native tube stock
- Native species planting guide fact sheet
- Preparing a site for planting fact sheet
- Using plants of local provenance in the Hawkesbury-Nepean catchment fact sheet
Regional planting guides (species list and cross sectional planting plan) from the Hawkesbury-Nepean Riverbank Management Program
*****Zip file of all documents — upload
Camden, Cobbitty and Wallacia Floodplains
Penrith Nepean Floodplain
- Riverbank planting guide: Penrith Floodplain
- Riverbank planting guide: Penrith Floodplain (small size web sharing document, alternative)
- Riverbank planting guide: Penrith Floodplain (A3 poster)
- Riverbank planting guide: Penrith Floodplain (A4 printing document)
Richmond Floodplains
- Riverbank planting guide: Richmond-Windsor Floodplain
- Riverbank planting guide: Richmond-Windsor Floodplain (A3 poster)
- Riverbank planting guide: Richmond-Windsor Floodplain (A4 printing document)
- Riverbank planting guide: Richmond-Windsor Floodplain (small size web sharing document)
Hawkesbury Estuary Floodplains
- Riverbank planting guide: Lower Hawkesbury Estuary (high quality)
- Riverbank planting guide: Lower Hawkesbury Estuary (medium quality)
- Riverbank planting guide: Lower Hawkesbury Estuary (low quality)
- Riverbank planting guide: Lower Hawkesbury Estuary (A3 poster)
- Riverbank planting guide: Lower Hawkesbury Estuary (A4 printing document)
- Riverbank planting guide: Lower Hawkesbury Estuary (small size web sharing document)
FOLDER Plants and Habitat Creation
- Birdlife Australia: attracting birds to your garden
- Birds Australia: Guidelines for the development of bird habitat in bushland (for NRM managers, contractors, bush regenerators & volunteers)
- Birds Australia: Guidelines for the development of bird habitat in urban environments (for domestic gardeners)
- Backyard Buddies: build a native frog pond
- Hawkesbury-Nepean CMA: Whats happening to the trees? Grey box psyllid dieback in Western Sydney factsheet (low quality)
- Hawkesbury-Nepean CMA: Whats happening to the trees? Grey box psyllid dieback in Western Sydney factsheet (high quality)
FOLDER Bennet, K and Booth, CA 2005, Living along Redbank Creek, Hawkesbury City Council, Deerubbin Press, Berowra Heights, Sydney, pp. 1-25.
- Cover and insert
- Booklet
FOLDER Rural
- Greater Sydney Rural Living Guide
FOLDER STP and Environmental Flows
2006 Metropolitan Water Plan and the Replacement Flows Project (2007)
- Department of Planning: Hawkesbury-Nepean Replacement Flows Project approval (2007)
- Hawkesbury-Nepean Replacement Flows Project environmental assessment
Support programs
- Hawkesbury-Nepean CMA: How the bushland conservation project can help you manage native vegetation on your property (brochure)
- Hawkesbury-Nepean CMA: Do you have saltmarsh on your property? (brochure)
- Hawkesbury-Nepean CMA: Get help restoring your wetland… (.pdf)
- Hawkesbury-Nepean CMA: Get help restoring your wetland… (.doc)
FOLDER Sydney Water
Urban
- Bush friendly neighbor fact sheet (colour)
- Bush friendly neighbor poster (colour)
- Guidelines for monitoring a bushcare project: a component of the Trusts Manual “Aspects of Catchment Health”
FOLDER Water sharing
FOLDER Weeds and management
Resources from the Hawkesbury-Nepean CMA, The National Trust, NPWS, AABR and Sydney Weeds Committees.
- Basic weed control techniques
- Weed control methods (summary guide)
- Control of small hand-pullable plants
- Control of vines and scramblers (b&w)
- Control of woody weeds
- Control of weeds with underground reproductive structures
- Garden escapees and other weeds of bushland and reserves
- Management guide: common riverbank weeds of the Hawkesbury River, Lower Nepean River and Tributaries
Wetlands
- Hawkesbury-Nepean CMA: Managing wetlands fact sheet
- Hawkesbury-Nepean CMA: why wetlands are important fact sheet
Social Research