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Macedon and Mount Macedon Landcare volunteers participated in the Macedon Forest Restoration project, helping plant around 900 snow gums on Saturday 29 August. Source:  Star Weekly The project, run by the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (DEECA), is helping restore the native forest to the sites of former pine plantations at Mount Macedon. Macedon and Mount Macedon Landcare president Kate Lawrence said the project is helping bring new life back to the area. “We spent the morning planting the seedlings, [which] the Landcare group had harvested from Newham snow gums, as well as some seeds that were harvested on top of the mountain,” she said. “One of the aims DEECA had … they wanted to get the snow gum subspecies from lower down so that they would be more resilient in the changing climate.” Ms Lawrence said the planting day followed last year’s planting at the Barringo Road precinct, which also part of the restoration project. The project, which saw 94 hectares of pine plantations returned to the government, is restoring the site so it can be added to the Macedon Regional Park. DEECA has fenced off the new growth to protect the trees from wildlife.

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