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Information BulletinInformation Items from the Technical Services DirectorateT25City ofArmadale Bushcare and Environmental Working GroupAnnual Report October 200910 October 2010fungicide, phosphite, to protect them from Phytophthora dieback. Many thousands of treeswere injected with his effective fungicide.In June we were awarded a Federal Caring for Country grant. This grant will be used toprotect areas of the Midgegoroo National Park adjacent to Araluen Estate from dieback. Theprogram wi II also invo lve an education campaign involving the development of 2 newpamphlets in an attempt to engage the residents of Araluen.In JlUle we ran a native plant stall. We sold over a thousand seedlings and had the opportunityto inform residents about the benefits of growing local plants and the need to treat theirblocks to protect them from dieback.'· Report provided by Roleybushcare 18 November 2010.3.3 Groups that report separatelyThe BlUlgendore Park Working Group, Armadale Settlers Common Working Group and theArmadale Gosnells Landcare Group prepare annual reports that are communicated directly toCouncil. These reports are not included in this rep0l1.4. Summary of volunteer contributions of environmental volunteers4.1 Volunteer hoursFor the 2009/2010 reporting period, 172 volwlteers reported approximately 5,045 volwlteerhours from across 20 community environmental groups. In addition to thi s contribution, theArmadale Gosnells Landcare Group fW1her coordinated 343 volunteers from community,corporate and school groups to undet1ake 3,299 hours of environmental projects on City ofAnnadale lands. Tills results in a total volunteer contribution in the City of Annadale inexcess of 8,344 hours. This is a slight increase Irom 2008/09 which had a contribution of8,153 hours.Many of the volunteer hours were contributed undel1aking activities such as planting trees. Tn2009/2010, the Armadale Gosnells Landcare Group planted over 62,000 plants in the City ofAnnadale and Bungendore Park Working Group planted 450 plants in Bungendore Park.This recorded vollmteer contribution to the conservation and improvement of the environmentin 2009120 10 equates to a value in excess of $201,007 per annwn in-kind contribution intothe City (based on the national volunteering Australia rate of $24.09/Iu· calculation).4.2 Funds AttractedThe following table lists some of the external grant funds received by communityconservation groups in the 2009/20 10 reporting period.In excess of $247,000 has been attracted by volunteer groups to the region in 2009/2010. Thishas substantially increased li·om 2004/2005 when $60,000 W0l1h of grant funds were receivedand from 2008/2009 when $2 17,000 wOl1h of funds were received. Tills is considered to bean underestimate, as a l1lunber of groups have subnlltted grant applications whi ch have notyet been deternlined and others that have recei ved funds that have not been reported toBEAC.9