Invasive Species in the Ballina Shire
We all experience at various levels pesky invasive species in the beautiful Ballina Shire environment, whether it be Asian gekkos, Indian miners, hares/rabbits, cane toads, cats or weeds such as camphor laurel, golden rain shower tree, privet, lantana, mother of millions, Singapore daisy – to name a few.
Introduced invasive species can aggressively colonise an area pushing our native animal and plant species to the edge of extinction. Plants, such as camphor laurel has already infiltrated our environment suppressing natural regeneration and creating mono-cultures. Animals such as cats – domestic and wild – prey on our unique wildlife killing thousands each year. As well, cane toads have damaging our waterways and kill native animals that eat them. Invasive species are killing our environment.
Unfortunately, this problem is growing bigger all the time. It is not something that we can leave to someone else to control. We can all play a part in reducing, if not eliminating, introduced species from infesting our environment.
What can you do?
Trap Cane toads and tadpoles.
Keep domestic cats indoors – especially at night
Trap Indian Miner birds
Plant local native plants
Remove/Control introduced plants and dispose responsibly. (i.e. Golden Rain shower tree, Mother-of-Millions, Singapore Daisy, Wandering Trad (Jew), Camphor Laurel, Privet, Lantana to name but a few.)
More resources:
Download the ‘Invasive Species poster’ here
