Glenrac Secures funding for Honey Locust Control

GLENRAC has recently secured funding through the Australian Governments Biodiversity Fund for the control of honey locust on the Mann & Severn Rivers. GLENRAC will receive $109,3000 over three years and will target 110km of river frontage on private and public lands.

Honey locust (Gleditsia tricanthos) is a highly invasive tree capable of smothering native vegetation and severely altering the habitat of threatened species. The honey locust plants form impenetrable thickets and the trunks are protected by large thorns. Honey locust has been identified as an emerging weed threat along both rivers and the adjoining conservation areas of National Parks.

This project will build on control works already completed by landholders, with funding previously distributed to landholders along the Mann River from the Northern Rivers CMA. The project will offer landholders to participate to a collaborative and coordinated weed control program to prevent the further spread to downstream catchments.

The project area will encompass the Mann River from the headwaters to the junction of the Henry Rivers and the Severn River, from the headwater to the junction of the McIntyre River. If you are a landholder on the Mann River or Severn Rivers and would like to know more about this project please contact GLENRAC on 02 6732 3443.