Amaroo Conservation Reserve
Amaroo Conservation Reserve Overview
Amaroo Conservation Reserve is an 18-hectare conservation reserve protecting some of Victoria's most significant native grassland ecosystems and threatened species. Since 2020, Australian Ecosystems has delivered the ongoing ecological management of the reserve, implementing a comprehensive land management program designed to restore biodiversity, improve habitat quality and protect nationally significant flora and fauna.
The reserve supports two species listed under the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act (EPBC Act): the Matted Flax-lily (Dianella amoena) and the Golden Sun Moth (Synemon plana). A major achievement of the project was the successful translocation of four Matted Flax-lily plants from nearby development land into the reserve, with all plants surviving and thriving more than five years later.
Our works include ecological burning, targeted weed control, native seeding, supplementary planting, pest animal control, habitat management for the Golden Sun Moth, monitoring of threatened flora, protection of mature River Red Gums, fencing and ongoing ecological monitoring.
Objective
- Protect nationally threatened Matted Flax-lily populations.
- Enhance habitat for the endangered Golden Sun Moth.
- Restore indigenous Plains Grassland and Plains Grassy Woodland communities.
- Reduce invasive weeds and pest animal impacts.
- Increase native vegetation cover through seeding and planting.
- Improve long-term ecological resilience using ecological burning and adaptive management.
- Deliver a healthy conservation reserve for future generations.
Services Delivered
- Ecological burning
- Weed & pest animal control
- Native seeding & planting
- Threatened flora monitoring
- Habitat management
- Fencing & ecological monitoring
Project Partners
Restoration Results
Through adaptive management and long-term stewardship, the reserve continues to improve in ecological condition, providing critical habitat for threatened species while creating a resilient conservation asset that will protect biodiversity for generations to come.
The translocated Matted Flax-lily plants have survived and thrived more than five years on, and continued ecological burning, weed control and monitoring have strengthened the indigenous grassland communities and the habitat that supports the Golden Sun Moth.