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Manning Coastcare
Manning Coastcare’s focus is the conservation of the biodiversity of the coastal habitat and wildlife corridor on the mid-north coast of NSW in publicly owned coastal Crown Reserve Land /State Park between Crowdy Head and Hallidays Point. We are particularly concerned with protecting the littoral rainforests of the area and are a community-based, not-for-profit Incorporated Association made up of member groups and individuals. We also organize field days and workshops on a range of topics. Sometimes the restoration work we support is voluntary and sometimes we pay suitably qualified contractors. We strive to develop our skills in the control of high priority weeds such as Asparagus weed and Bitou Bush. Our funding is mostly from the State government through Landcare NSW and the Hunter Local Land Services. In 2006 Manning Coastcare was incorporated as Manning Coastcare Group Inc - a not-for-profit legal entity # 9885445 under the Associations Incorporation Act of NSW (ABN 73302754263).
Days/Hours Open
Our Landcare Coordinator, Helen Kemp, is funded to work the equivalent of one day a week.
Helen may be contacted on 0410 606 463 or helen.manningcoastcare@gmail.com
Check out what we are doing on our Facebook Page facebook.com/manningcoastcare
Join Manning Coastcare
We welcome new members, both as individuals and groups, with membership just $1 a year. Download our membership information form here or contact Helen to find out about joining a local group.
Money can be transferred to our St George account - BSB 112 879 Account 0337 5588.
Subgroups and Connections
A number of subgroups, as follows, are associated with Manning Coastcare and more can form as required. All subgroups are represented on the Manning Coastcare Committee. Click through to find out more about each of our groups.
Manning Point Coastcare
In addition, Manning Coastcare Supports:
Old Bar Beach Sand Replenishment Group
As the name suggests, this group is focused on increasing the sand on Old Bar Beach. The Old Bar group of Manning Coastcare work closely with this group and Midcoast Council to erect sand trapping fences, pedestrian fences and install signage as appropriate.
Contact: Elaine on 0407 229 145 or casablanca11@bigpond.com
Open Letter to Stephen Bromhead MP regarding the potential permanent openings of the Manning River
The Committee of Manning Coastcare Group Inc. is concerned at the groundswell of public information and opinion which appears to be biased towards hypothetical economic, commercial and recreational outcomes from the proposed permanent openings of the Manning River, with little accuracy in terms of likely environmental and ecological impacts.
Click the image below to dowload and read the full letter addressed to our local MP, Stephen Bromhead.
References
Over our 20+ year history, Manning Coastcare has been involved in the development of a large number of resources. Some of these can be found below, with more regional resources available on the MC2T resources page.
Flora
Native Dune Species of the Manning Coast
Common Weeds of the Manning Coast
Bush Tucker Plants of the Manning Coast
Fauna
Regional
Previous work of Manning Coastcare
Working at Harrington and Crowdy Head
Organisation Documents.
Strategic Plan
Our Strategic Plan 2016 to 2019 can be viewed here.
Constitution
Check out our Constitution.
Policy
Manning Coastcare Group takes governance of our not-for-profit organisation seriously and has a number of policies in place with respect to our management. Members may find the following policies of interest.