The Coochiemudlo Island Wetland Weed Control Project will be launched on Saturday, February 1, with a working bee from 2.30 to 4.30pm at the melaleuca Wetlands, in celebration of World Wetlands Day.
Healthy Land and Water, Coochiemudlo Island Coastcare and Redland City Council will work together over the next four years to control weeds at the Coochiemudlo Island Melaleuca Wetlands, as part of the Healthy Land and Water Moreton Bay Ramsar Wetland Project.
A Healthy Land and Water spokeswoman said the project would employ chemical-free weeding techniques, including saturated steam and hand removal methods to get rid of weeds from the wetlands.
"Avoiding chemicals prevents them from leaching through the sandy soils and into groundwater and Moreton Bay," she said.
"The project will help to reduce threats and restore habitat in and around the 19-hectare freshwater wetlands, which forms part of the Moreton Bay Ramsar site.
"The wetlands are of high cultural and ecological value and are home to more than 170 recorded native plant species including endangered orchids and fungi. The wetlands also provide habitat to more than 100 bird species, native animals and invertebrates."
Coochiemudlo Island Coastcare has been caring for the Island's environment since 2013 and its 75 members are passionate about undertaking ecosystem protection without the use of chemicals.
If you would like to help them rehabilitate the wetlands, contact Coastcare on coochiecoastcare@gmail.com.
This project is backed by funding from the federal government's National Landcare Program.