FOUR Port community groups have banded together to help enhance a vital koala habitat between Soldiers Point and Salamander Bay.
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Port Stephens Council, Soldiers Point-Salamander Bay Landcare and Trees In Newcastle teamed up with 100 students from Soldiers Point Primary School to plant 400 eucalyptus trees in a grassy patch of Kent Gardens Reserve.
The two-hour effort was part of the Benapi Point Corridors Restoration project, which had received $246,000 in funding over six years from the NSW Environment Trust aimed at restoring the ecosystem balance between native plants and animals.
It also involved the Tomaree Koala Corridor Enhancement project, which aims to increase koala habitat corridors in council reserves by the planting of koala food and habitat trees.
Les Seddon, the council's natural resources coordinator, said the Benapi project targeted 97 hectares of natural bushland at Soldiers Point, helping to foster new vegetation growth and improve wildlife corridors through the reduction of invasive weeds.
The students who participated were from years 2, 3 and 4.
