DEDICATED TO SAVING THREATENED SPECIES & ECOSYSTEMS
Save Our Woodlands is a not-for-profit organization of volunteers dedicated to preserving threatened birds, animals and ecosystems in the woodlands of New South Wales, Australia.
Not only are woodlands important for birds, animals, insects and reptiles, but they are also a valuable recreational resource for the human subspecies.
Save Our Woodlands was established to pay landholders, in perpetuity, to conserve, enhance and re-establish native woodlands on THEIR land, and to manage these woodlands, so they are preserved for generations to come.
NSW WOODLANDS ARE NOT “JUST BUSH”
Woodlands are areas of trees which are generally no more than fifty meters high, and the tree canopies do not meet.
In this way, woodlands differ from denser forest or rainforest areas because of the wider spacing of their trees.
The wider spacing results in more light on the ground, which increases the number of plant species and that in turn has the potential to support a biodiversity of animals, insects and reptiles.
Biodiversity loss reduces the availability of clean water and air and may limit future discoveries of potential treatments for many diseases and health problems.
The loss of wild pollinators threatens the production of food crops globally.
YOU can help us prevent even more of our precious woodlands from being cleared for development, to instead be protected as a sanctuary for woodland species.
YOU can also help us rid NSW woodlands of the invasive weeds that are choking out native plants required by endangered species.
YOU can help us provide “pathways”, and access routes for firefighters so that we don’t lose any more NSW woodlands to bushfires.
SOME SPECIES ARE NOW EXTINCT
Unfortunately, the decline in NSW native woodlands has become critical, and as a result, the number of vulnerable, threatened, endangered and extinct species is rapidly growing.
YOU CAN SAVE THREATENED SPECIES
The Regent Honeyeater is considered critically endangered with only 200 to 350 birds left in the wild.
The Regent Honeyeater is a flagship threatened woodland bird whose conservation will benefit a large suite of other threatened and declining woodland fauna and species.
Regent honeyeaters inhabit dry open forest and woodland, particularly Box-Ironbark woodland, and riparian forests of River She-oak.
You can help Save Our Woodlands protect the precious habitat of the Regent Honeyeater. Together we can make a difference. [Donate] [Learn more]
ABC NEWS: The decline in ‘successful’ bird species like magpies and kookaburras rings alarm bells.
BirdLife Australia is concerned magpie and kookaburra numbers are declining.
The causes of these declines include the loss of habitat, use of second-generation rodenticides, changing agricultural practices, climate change and more frequent droughts and fires.
It’s not too late to preserve and re-establish NSW woodlands which will go a long way to slowing and potentially stopping the decline of the iconic kookaburra. You can help. [Donate] [Learn more]
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The eastern grey kangaroo is common in woodlands but as woodlands disappear — for how much longer?
Thankfully, these kangaroos are now protected by law by the Australian government,
Most of their range is now on private property, much of which is being developed for agricultural purposes.
In other words, the habitat of the eastern grey kangaroo is disappearing at an alarming rate, BUT YOU can help us protect the remaining 15% before it’s too late. [Donate] [Learn more]
According to the New South Wales Government’s Saving our Species program, there are currently 100 priority animal species in NSW that are listed as threatened under the NSW Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 — AND that does NOT include the bird and reptile species at risk.
OUR FIRST 3 PROJECTS
Save Our Woodlands, INC. was established to pay landholders, in perpetuity, to conserve, enhance and re-establish native woodlands on THEIR land, and to manage these woodlands, so they are preserved for generations to come.
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Save Our Woodlands currently has four properties — a total of 760 hectares (1820 acres) — involved in The Koala Project.
With YOUR help we can fully fund this project & then work on protecting even more koala habitat.
In February 2022, the Koala (combined populations of ACT, NSW and QLD) was up-listed from ‘vulnerable’ to ‘endangered’ under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) due to various impacts including loss of habitat, disease and the impact of bushfires.
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Four large macropods are inhabiting this woodland area: Eastern Grey Kangaroo, Wallaroo (Euro), Red Shouldered Wallaby and Swamp Wallaby.
Save Our Woodlands has listed 60 bird species in this woodland, and the local bird group visited and listed 51 species within 2 hours — many of which were different from ours — so the variety of birds is huge and we hope you agree, needs to be protected.
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This area burned during the bushfires of 2019.
After a 2 year drought during which, in an effort to survive, the trees shed leaves bark and branches and there was a huge build-up of litter.
Almost all of the mature trees were lost, along with a koala colony and many other birds and animals.
As of February 2023, Eucalyptus saplings and young Hickory Wattle are still only a 0.5 metre to 1 metre high - but with time and your funding for protection, they will come back. With your help this area can once again be suitable habitat for not only koalas but other animals and birds and reptiles.
NOW FUNDING OUR 4TH PROJECT
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Our Gwyder River Sancatuary consists mostly of White Box-Yellow Box-Blakely’s Red Gum Grassy Woodland which is listed as a critically endangered ecological community under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.
A wide variety of critically endangered and at-risk species rely on this habitat including the Regent Honey Eater and the Bell's Turtle.
YOU can help Save Our Woodlands maintain the important biodiversity and ecosystem of NSW.
Please help us protect the water table, soil health, and habitat for wildlife and future generations - before it's too late.
People tend to think that woodlands are “just bush,” consequently, over 85% of the native woodlands in New South Wales, Australia have been replaced by agriculture.
Australia has the worst mammal extinction rate of any country in the world.
Any & all sized donations are appreciated & immediately put to use including donations from our $10 per month program.
Please help us continue to protect critical habitats. By doing so YOU will prevent further species from extinction.
We are entirely volunteer-driven.
Our work is only possible with your support.
HELP PROTECT ENDANGERED KOALAS
FUNDRAISING TO PROVIDE WATERING STATIONS FOR ENDANGERED KOALASWe are only able to do what we do with the help of donations. Save Our Woodlands has 4 areas/projects/reserves that we are fundraising to protect in perpetuity. You may recall that we recently found koalas...
PETITIONS
STOP THE DESTRUCTION OF ENDANGERED KOALAS' HABITAT IN NEW ENGLAND, NSW, AUSTRALIA - BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE.Koalas are listed as an endangered species on Australia’s east coast. Surely the survival of this international icon is worthy of a global effort.Koalas have gone...
SACRED KING FISHER (VIDEO)
HELP US PROTECT SACRED KINGFISHERSThe Sacred Kingfisher is considered by the Maori people of New Zealand to have power over wind and water, hence the name “Sacred.”We are currently in a drought in New England, due to an El Nino weather pattern and the Indian Ocean...
KOALAS NEED YOUR HELP
WE THOUGHT KOALA COLONY PERISHED IN BUSHFIREKoalas are listed as an endangered species on Australia’s east coast. Surely the survival of this international icon is worthy of a global effort.SEPTEMBER 7, 2023: Until just days ago we thought all the koalas living on...
YOUR SUPPORT IS WORKING
WE HAVE AN EWOK LIVING IN #SOWL'S WOODLANDSWell maybe not quite an Ewok but close enough. Historically wombats were often found in our area but as agriculture expanded it was thought that they had died out -- BUT excitement... We spotted a wombat in Fig Tree Reserve,...
WILDLIFE FRIENDLY FENCING NEEDED
SAVE OUR WOODLANDS CURRENTLY NEEDS 4 KILOMETRES OF WILDLIFE FRIENDLY FENCINGWe are only able to do what we do with the help of donations. We have the volunteer manpower to install 4 kilometres of much-needed wildlife-friendly fencing but we need help to buy...
