Wingecarribee Bushcare and Rivercare

Wingecarribee Bushcare and Rivercare is a group of community volunteers and Council environment teams who work together to restore natural areas on Council-owned or managed land.

More than 250 people from across the Shire participated in Wingecarribee Bushcare and Rivercare in 2024, with 751 hours of volunteering achieved and 3339 native plants planted.

Bushcare and Rivercare Working Bees

Our Bushcare and Rivercare working bees occur regularly across the Shire.

You must be registered as a volunteer and complete an induction before you can begin any work if you would like to participate.

Find out more and check this month's schedule on the Bushcare Working Bee event page.

New volunteers are always welcome.

Apply Online to Join Bushcare and Rivercare

If you have any questions about joining our volunteer team contact our Environment Officer for Bushcare and Citizen Science by phone on 4868 0888 or by email at mail@wsc.nsw.gov.au.

Volunteer for biodiversity

Our Shire is fortunate to have a diverse number of ecological communities and is a biodiversity hotspot with many iconic species, including Koalas, Platypus, Glossy-black Cockatoos and Mittagong Geebung. 

Bushcare and Rivercare volunteers form a vital component of our community's efforts to protect and restore those natural areas.

Each year, our community's Bushcare and Rivercare volunteers plant up to 5000 native plants at more than 30 bushland reserves, wetlands, and riparian areas across an area over 3000 ha, with tube stock propagated by volunteers and Council teams at the Wingecarribee Native Plant Community Nursery at Moss Vale. 

The Wingecarribee Bushcare and Rivercare program complements private land conservation to improve the overall biodiversity outcomes for the Shire.   

If there is a locality or reserve you would like to see rehabilitated or restored, please let us know. We will investigate whether bush regeneration is feasible for that site.