These had caused a large fish kill downstream from the junction of Maori and Byron Creeks so a group was formed to address the problem. Our charter is to re vegetate 6km of Byron Creek with native species to improve water quality.
Welcome to the Bangalow Land and Rivercare website. This website has been created to document, inform and hopefully inspire people to become more involved in their environment.Caring for Bangalow
Bangalow Land and Rivercare Group was formed in 1998 by a few locals who were concerned with water quality and algal blooms in Byron Creek. 
These had caused a large fish kill downstream from the junction of Maori and Byron Creeks so a group was formed to address the problem. Our charter is to re vegetate 6km of Byron Creek with native species to improve water quality.
Welcome to the Bangalow Land and Rivercare website. This website has been created to document, inform and hopefully inspire people to become more involved in their environment.
These had caused a large fish kill downstream from the junction of Maori and Byron Creeks so a group was formed to address the problem. Our charter is to re vegetate 6km of Byron Creek with native species to improve water quality.
Welcome to the Bangalow Land and Rivercare website. This website has been created to document, inform and hopefully inspire people to become more involved in their environment.
Latest News
3rd Apr
Cane toads still a problem 7
Those of us who were around in the 1960s (and who can remember anything at all!) would recall the incredible numbers of toads in those years. You’d be kicking them off the path to get in the front door. They were thick on the roads, and the stories of dogs and other critters dropping after a poison spray from a toad were widespread. Continue reading »
19th Mar
The Big Scrub 1
The enormous subtropical rainforests of the north coast of New South Wales grew almost exclusively on the red brown krasnozem soils that were derived from the basaltic lavas that flowed from the Mt Warning volcanic centre and surrounding vents. These soils have deep profiles and the chemistry of the basaltic rocks is reflected in their high nutrient contents and moisture-retaining clay minerals that are an essential ingredient to sustain rainforest trees through dry periods. Continue reading »