Climate Adaptation Workshop - Hunter Wetlands Centre/Ash Island

Climate change is requiring us to review and adapt our Landcaring to safeguard the natural places we love, whether that's your property, Landcare site or local piece of bush. We also need to understand what's changing with ecological processes across our region and work together to create collaborative responses. By supporting each other, sharing our concerns, and exploring best practice, we build resilience across our region. This workshop will be a practical day of learning, led by restoration expert, Peter Dixon, and meteorologist, Graham Creed. Graham will provide localised information on the climate change that is locked in and the predictions for low, medium and high carbon emission scenarios. Peter will guide a group discussion on what you are noticing about your property or site and the impacts of changing climate. He will be sharing best practice ecological restoration techniques to address these concerns. After lunch we will take a ten-minute drive to the Ash Island, land managed by National Parks and Wildlife. We will observe impacts and explore possible responses to support the health and resilience of the habitats. The site includes saltmarsh, a fragile habitat crucial for blue carbon sequestration, mangroves and rare, Lower Hunter Dry Rainforest. The workshop is hosted by Hunter Region Landcare Network as part of our Innovations and Partnerships program and is free to HRLN Individual and Group members or $15 for a ticket. You may like to join HRLN here: Individual | Hunter Region Landcare Network $15 for annual membership gives you access to our events and other benefits. For membership enquiries, please contact [email protected] This event is made possible by the NSW Landcare Enabling Program. A collaboration of Local Land Services and Landcare NSW supported by the NSW government.