Merri Creek Management Committee

Restoration V Rehabilitation

What is the difference between Restoration and Rehabilitation? Most of MCMC's on ground work is rehabilitating degraded sites. But what is rehabilitation? Does it differ from revegetation or restoration? Merle & Merri can help you understand these terms.

Direct Seeding & Weeding - Coburg

Sunday 28 May, 10am-12.30pm
Merri/Edgars confluence (Melway 18 A10)
Parking off Outlook Rd, Coburg North (Jackson Reserve)
Come along for this weed workshop and direct seeding of indigenous grasses, which will complement years of ongoing works, including previous World Environment Day plantings. See poster.
Contact Ray or Monica at Merri Creek Management Committee
on 9380 8199 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Funded by generous donations from the public to the Merri Creek Environment Fund. You can help this innovative project even further by donating HERE.
Supported by Moreland City Council.

Sun Moths, Short Grass and Fences

GSM nice brightened During Merri Creek Management Committee’s surveys of Golden Sun Moth in summer 2016/17 we learnt three important things:

Golden Sun Moths (GSMs) don’t mind how much it rains, as long as the grass is kept short.
Small reserves make it hard for Golden Sun Moths to avoid predators.
Golden Sun Moths live on the Great Dividing Range.

Celebrating Merri Creek's Biodiversity in Film

Special BEST SONIA SIERRA small 600 x 450 Our new three minute film gives a snapshot of how Merri Creek Management Committee connects and communicates with local communities and celebrates local biodiversity.

Merri e-News goes web-based

To streamline the production of Merri e-News, we have started using AcyMailing, which is connected to our website. We are also using this system to notify people about events local to their suburb or field of interest. You can register and unregister for these notifications here. Register for as many areas as you like, or register for all events. You can also subscribe and unsubscribe to Merri e-News following the same link.

Another Pollinator Project - makes 7Bs!

P1200394sm Reservoir's endangered Matted Flax-lilies (Dianella amoena) are set to receive a boost through a $20,000 Melbourne Water Community Grant awarded to Merri Creek Management Committee. The project 'Blue Banded Bees Bridging Brex, Broadhurst and BT Connor' will see three Merri Creek sites in Reservoir planted with dense patches of flowering understorey plants to attract the Flax-lilies' primary pollinator, the Blue Banded Bee. Additional Flax-lilies will be planted to augment small isolated populations and to create new pollination 'stepping stone' patches.