Blackheath Area Local News article

Govetts Leap Catchment Group: Collaborating to Protect our Wilderness from Weeds

Keith Brister is on a mission. He and his fellow Bushcare volunteers spent years “achieving the impossible”, protecting Blackheath’s stunning natural bushland, only to see the weeds return when COVID restrictions limited Bushcare. But Keith did not despair. Instead, he asked what else could be done, and set about doing it.

Keith Brister weeding in the Govetts Leap Catchment as part of a Bushcare team
Photo: Tracie McMahon
Keith Brister weeding in the Govetts Leap Catchment as part of a Bushcare team

Read the full article at Blackheath Area Local News.

Story and photographs by Tracie McMahon