Restoration works complete in West Macgregor Grasslands

Work to upgrade the Jarramlee-West MacGregor Grasslands Nature Reserve has now been completed.

The work includes a new cultural garden to showcase the rich cultural significance of the area.

The project has been informed by years of planning to protect existing grassland, while rehabilitating ground issues at the site.

Native grassland methods have been employed to restore the degraded land, revegetating the area with 25,000 plants and 130kg of native grass seed.

Jarramlee Nature Reserve protects part of the second-largest recorded population of the vulnerable Golden Sun Moth in the ACT.

The newly restored site will help increase the habitat for the Golden Sun Moth, which relies on temperate grassy ecosystems for survival.

The remediation work also includes the establishment of a Ngunnawal interpretation space and native ‘entry garden’ for community to visit and enjoy. The space and garden features breakout spaces showcasing carved seating logs and boulders with engraved locally native animal and plant totems such as the wedge-tailed eagle and platypus (or Maliyan and Malunggang in Ngunnawal language).

There is also a large central ground map, which is an interactive space that interprets the continuing connection Ngunnawal people have to the native grasslands, river systems and mountain ranges of the region.

Further information on Jarramlee Nature Reserve is available on the ACT Parks website.

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