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Case Study: Upper Nerang Revegetation Project (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) |
 | | The centre has received an Australian Government Envirofund grant of $43,400 and Mr Rebgetz is using the children who stay there, Greencorps workers and soon, volunteer inmates from a local correctional facility, to tackle the biggest clean up of all, seven kilometres of river. |
 | | The centre asked a vegetation expert to list all of the native plants that should be present in the area, and he came up with a list of nearly 300 species. |
 | | The centre is essentially like a school, catering for day visits or overnight stays for 5,000 children a year, and with the Envirofund grant, there is now a Greencorps group of 10 enthusiastic, young people permanently based there. |
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