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Help wanted to clean up reserve

 

Rubbish will be removed from the Hillview St Reserve at the corner of Railway St, Woy Woy, as part of Clean-Up Australia Day on Sunday, March 3.

The move to clean up the reserve is an initiative of a group of local residents that formed recently to protect and improve the quality of the reserve.

The group is encouraging residents and community groups to spend even a few minutes helping on the day.

"Illegal dumping has been a major threat to the quality of the reserve," said group convenor Mr Mark Snell.

"This is a good opportunity for families to spend time together, enjoying and learning about our environment and recognising the importance of proper waste disposal.

"Gosford Council staff have promised assistance with the removal of car bodies and the provision of gates and bollards to discourage future dumping," he said.

The group is planning to ask Gosford Council to name the reserve.

Suggestions from the community are currently being sought by the group.

"The committee favours the idea of it being called Burrawang Reserve because of the significant stand of burrawangs in the reserve," said Mr Snell.

A study commissioned 10 years ago to prepare a management plan for the reserve suggested that a name be chosen to "reflect the nature conservation value of the reserve".

Mr Snell said that he hoped that as well as becoming a valued passive recreational facility, the reserve would provide education about the local bush with the use of interpretive signs.

"Cleaning up the reserve is a first step towards this," he said.

For further information, telephone 4341 9301.

Media release, February 6