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A parkcare group was formed and initially it worked according to a plan developed by the Parks, Conservation and Lands (PCL) Branch of the ACT Government, targeting areas of high conservation value. Over time, as the hill has recovered from the fires, the group itself has determined its work program
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The parkcare group’s principal focus is on helping the hill to heal itself by reducing the competition of introduced and exotic species, thereby allowing endemic species to flourish. Since the bushfires, many fire-adapted species such as casuarina (Allocasuarina verticillata) and the native black
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With the development of nearby suburbs in the late 1960s/early 1970s, the grazing leases were terminated. A water reservoir was established near the top of the hill, power lines were erected on the lower slopes, and more recently a mobile telephone tower was erected near the reservoir.
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and provides a corridor for fauna travelling through the
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cypress pine (Callitris endlicheri) have recovered strongly. Native grasses – such as kangaroo grass, wallaby grass and lomandra - and a wide variety of shrubs have also made a comeback and are now competing with introduced species.
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swept in from the western side and about 80 percent of the hill was burned. While the fire damaged or destroyed many of the hill’s trees, it also stimulated growth, particularly of eucalypts and
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Douglas and Fionna Douglas "Not without my corsets! : oral histories of the families who farmed soldier settler blocks in the Woden Valley from 1920 to 1963" 1996
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In the main, the parkcare group undertakes weed control, focussing on introduced species such as
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The grasslands and timbered slopes provide habitat for a large number of small to medium-sized birds common to the
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