The Regent honeyeater is a critically endangered species.
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The Regent Honeyeater Project is into its third decade.
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While its numbers in the wild are still thought to be less than 400, if not for the hard work of project volunteers, there is a good chance the species would already be extinct.
Project co-ordinator Andie Guerin said volunteers recently took part in a tree planting day at Winton Wetlands as part of conservation efforts.
“We have partnered with the previous Winton Wetland Committee of Management and the Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority,” he said.
“We do planting, it's revegetation, currently of grey box gum tree habitat.
“We've been going out each weekend and putting the trees and guards out there.”
Mr Guerin said the planting of these native trees will also support populations of other endangered animals like the Squirrel Glider.
Andie Guerin and the Regent Honeyeater Project volunteers spend many hours at Winton Wetlands planting native trees and shrubs.
“We do that regularly, and we’ll get between 10 and 30 volunteers, some local, some coming up from Melbourne.”
The group can plant up to 10 hectares on a successful day.
Mr Guerin said while the project has been going for 30 years, he has been involved for 15, and has overseen some changes to how the group operates.
“One of the big things we've changed is the number of trees we're planting per hectare,” he said.
“We used to plant quite a lot per hectare as we needed quick results, and we wanted to suppress a lot of the weeds.
“But these days we're planting fewer trees per hectare and a lot more shrubs.
“Which would be closer to the habitat that was originally there.”
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