Wagga Wagga Biodiversity

Work Charles Sturt has been doing

A total of approximately 147 hectares at Charles Sturt University Wagga Wagga have been identified and mapped as areas of significant conservation value. These areas were formally ratified in April 2017 as biodiversity zones. There are nine biodiversity areas totalling 85 hectares and another nine areas on the University Farm totalling 62 hectares. These zones contain remnant communities of Box Gum Woodland and Inland Grey Box. The Farm and Houlighan's Creek provide fantastic wildlife/biodiversity corridors. These areas are managed by a cross-divisional team including Facilities Management, CSU Farm, Faculty of Science and Sustainability at Charles Sturt.

Charles Sturt University is encouraging features of significance for the Grey-crowned Babbler including:

  • large old trees containing hollows
  • large trees, which flower more profusely than younger trees and are of greater value to nectar-feeders and insectivorous species like the Babbler but also for other birds, bats and Squirrel Gliders;
  • areas with native grasses
  • fallen timber
  • presence of a shrub layer, preferably native but including exotic species provide shelter, nesting sites and feeding niches; and
  • rocky outcrops

What you can do in Wagga Wagga

Get involved in active local works and community groups such as:

Lead your own sustainability/biodiversity event on campus with the help of an onsite Student Representative and Clubs Officer.

Revegetation works

Every year, Charles Sturt University coordinates strategic revegetation works in accordance with the Biodiversity Management Plans as part of Tree Planting Day events. Specialised revegetation works occur across campuses which:

  • increase biodiversity function of a campus biodiversity area (e.g. reduce the loss of species and improve the ecosystem);
  • increase the connectivity of vegetation corridors across the campus;
  • rehabilitate highly disturbed sites;
  • encourages partnerships with staff, students and external community groups including the Wagga Wagga Urban Landcare, Rotary Club, the South Wagga Anglican Church and the local Sikh community;
  • noxious weed removal; and
    • as much as possible, exclusion of introduced species from the biodiversity zones.

Wagga Wagga Biodiversity history

Biodiversity areas on the core campus, as well as on the farm holdings to the west contain significant remnant communities of Box Gum Woodland and Inland Grey Box. The Charles Sturt University farm and Houlighan's Creek to the west, provide fantastic wildlife/biodiversity corridors on the campus.

Wagga Wagga Campus biodiversity maps: