Mary planting native trees at Pierces Creek
150 Greening Australia volunteers recently set a per capita record by planting 4,000 native trees and shrubs on the slopes around Pierces Creek, an important part of Canberra's water catchment.
The area, which was devastated by the 2003 firestorms, has been part of a revegetation program since 2004 and has seen over 3,600 active volunteers plant more than 120,000 native trees and shrubs in that time.
Greening Australia has a target for this year of planting 50,000 native trees and shrubs and the latest plantings took this year's total past 38,000.
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