Trust funds three environmental projects
Central Coast Council's Protection of the Environment Trust has awarded more than $15,000 to three environmental projects on the Peninsula.
The Crommelin Native Arboretum at Pearl Beach has been awarded $12,000 "to undertake both Parts A and B of the project titled Land Survey Ecological Report on the Pearl Beach Arboretum".
A request was to be made to mention the Trust in the Crommelin Native Arboretum newsletter.
The Peninsula Environment Group has been awarded $1320 "to undertake community education components of the project titled Woy Woy Peninsula Community Garden - Promoting Protection of Flora and Fauna".
The Trust committee stated it "would like to ensure that the PEG use only local provenance".The group was awarded another $3230 for a "Umina Coastal Sandplain Woodland Species Corridor".
The works were to be "undertaken in accordance with the written approval from Council's Section Manager, Parks and Reserves dated 9 December 2022" and consultation with the manager "during the detailed planning and implementation of the project".
SOURCE:
Central Coast Council agenda 2.12, 26 Apr 2023