About the plan to plant 22,000 trees at Uki Mountain Bike Park

The following is an Executive Summary provided by Tweed Future Forests' Uki Mountain Bike Park Revegetation and Habitat Restoration Project.

Our proposal is to plant 22,000 trees on 5 Ha of council controlled land at the Uki

Mountain Bike Park.

The park sits on a 56 Ha parcel of land that houses the Uki Waste Water plant and a 4Ha tree plantation for the Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary to feed their Koalas.

These additional 22,000 trees will help with connectivity to wildlife corridors on Mt Nullum, offer habitat and a food source for threatened species including Koala, Grey Headed

Flying Fox, Glossy Black Cockatoo and Wompoo Fruit Dove.

At the same time as supporting these threatened species, thousands of tonnes of carbon

dioxide will be sequestered in the forest and the soils, helping to cool the environment

through carbon sequestration and the shade from the tree canopy.

The planting adjoins a 5.8Ha previously regenerated site, with the work being carried

out over a 5yrs period, 13+yrs ago. Also on site are 250 Koala trees planted by Bilambil

Public School in 2023.

The red polygon shows the proposed 5Ha planting area; the blue polygon shows the 5Ha proposed bush regeneration area; the pink polygon shows the 5.8Ha restoration site undertaken in 2013.

This proposal aligns with:

• NSW Koala Strategy

• Federal Threatened Species Strategy

• National Landcare Program

• Climate and carbon reduction initiatives

It is proposed that the steering committee, ‘Tweed Future Forests’, collaborate with a

local community incorporated body sourcing funds then coordinating the works.

TFF will report back to the incorporated entity and granting body.

It is envisioned that the preparation and planting be undertaken by contractors in the

first year and then adaptive maintenance be carried out for the following five years until

the site has canopy cover and no longer requires maintenance.

For more details, contact tweedfutureforests@gmail.com.