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Community Landcare has a part to play in the conservation and management of the biodiversity assets in urban and rural areas including the local government area of Campbelltown, on Kaurna Land, SA. The principal environmental asset is the Wadmore Park / Pulyonna Wirra (Kaurna Name), where Campbelltown Landcare Group has been working since 1994 under the Management Plan for Wadmore Park. There are many other places in the Council area where groups, such as The Gums Landcare Group, Friends of Lochiel Park, enjoy working together and protecting the environment for future generations, whilst considering Kaurna knowledge and consulting with Kaurna representatives.The Campbelltown City Council has a number of staff associated with the role of biodiversity planning and interaction with community volunteers. The Council's biodiversity planning focus is to protect the small fragments of native species largely restricted to Council reserves and roadsides. Protecting and expanding areas of indigenous vegetation in association with community landcare volunteers is an important component of this strategy.

Recently a network of groups, Campbelltown Landcare & Environment Action Network (CLEAN), has been instigated by the community groups to bring the learnings and resources of the groups closer together, sharing the benefits of membership of the Landcare Association of SA. The Campbelltown Landcare Group (CLG) has a long-standing partnership with the Tarcowie Landcare Group in the Mid-North of SA (Ngadjuri Aboriginal Nation area), where major revegetation projects have been undertaken and a great camaraderie has developed with the city and country communities. Many thousands of tubestock have been grown by members and planted across SA. The Gums Landcare Group, despite the COVID-19 shutdown, has managed to work with students and staff of the St Joseph's Tranmere, Catholic Primary School, to implement a project with our Aboriginal Patron called 'Adopt a Family Tree', significantly increasing community understanding of the spiritual, physical and biological importance of trees, especially the Karra Redgum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis). Community Landcare Groups and Friends of Council reserves have enjoyed a supportive and beneficial partnership with the Campbelltown City Council, in the eastern suburbs of Adelaide (Tandanya), South Australia. The community groups can and do provide a deeper advisory service to Council and access to external funds that are used to improve local assets. Community volunteers and school groups, take responsibility for their local environment and join with friends and colleagues from further afield to implement approved actions in Council reserves.

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