Smelter in the Park

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Smelter in the Park

• A Plan for environmental care at Portland
  Aluminium Smelter
• Inviting in the community

All Photos supplied by PA
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Community programs to show their commitment to
the environment

• Various programs have been established over the
  years to make visible to the public the Smelters
  commitment to the environment. Some of the
  programs were set up by the Smelter to engage the
  community in Alcoa events, such as the Alcoa
  Frogwatch Program. Other efforts involve Smelter
  staff or sponsorship in response to community
  concern or partaking in national environmental
  events.

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Education
TOP RIGHT School children participating in the
1 million tree project sith PA staff. BOTTOM
RIGHT Community Open Day. BOTTOM LEFT Lyndelle
undertaking a Hop to it lesson as part of the
Alcoa Frogwatch Program.
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Environmental Education Resource Kit (EERK)
A Resource Kit was developed by a group of local
organisations to assist with including
environmental education in school curriculum. The
kit contains units with classroom based
activities, as well as outdoor activities and
fieldtrips. BELOW EERK Development Team RIGHT
Front cover BOTTOM Launch of the Kit.
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Coastal Heathland and Coastal Wattle

• Community concern was raised about the Coastal
  Wattle (Acacia sophorae) overrunning coastal
  heathland communities around Portland, and
  resulting in the loss of other species in these
  areas. The Coastal Wattle was also beginning to
  increase in the remnant heathland within and
  around the Smelter Parkland. PA were part of a
  committee along with members of the Department of
  Conservation and Environment, City of Portland,
  Australian Conservation Foundation and the
  Portland Field Naturalists, who investigated
  factors influencing the rapid spread of the
  wattle. Trial plots were set up on PA grounds and
  research conducted to help understand how to
  control and reduce the wattles numbers.

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Landcare sponsorship

• PA sponsors Landcare programs in the area.
  Through these programs PA supports landowners in
  re-establishing vegetation (Hill, 1999). Greening
  Australia assisted PA in establishing a regional
  seed back in Portland where local seed can be
  stored, purchased and exchanged by the public. An
  information service is available to landowners
  and school children with information about native
  plants, soil types, land management problems and
  revegetation techniques.

This is a direct seeding machine sponsored by PA
and made available to local Landcare groups.