Members of the Wytaliba community recently joined together with Glenrac to spend the weekend building nesting boxes.
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More than 20 members of the Wytaliba local community built 20 nest boxes for a number of species whose habitats were decimated during the 2019 bushfires, including king parrots, rosellas, microbats, brushtail possums and southern boobooks under the supervision of Tenterfield based nest box builder, Paul Hughes.
Glen Innes Severn Council (GISC) mayor Carol Sparks was among the attendees assembling boxes on the day.
"I was very pleased to have the opportunity to attend the workshop with fellow community members," she said.
"The building of nest boxes and possum boxes was well organised, and Paul did a great presentation. The community were happy with the day and benefited from the time spent together being productive.
"Thank you to Lucy and Lyn Hetherington for organising the event and food and to Glen Innes Council and Landcare for the funding."
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Funding provided by GISC community donations and Landcare NSW's Natural Disaster Seed Fund made the event possible.
The day was aimed at providing the opportunity for the community to connect, while also creating much needed habitat for wildlife in the aftermath of fire.