Raglan/Mount Cole Roadside Rehabilitation Committee

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The Raglan/Mount Cole Roadside Rehabilitation Committee has been established to develop a rehabilitation program for roadsides in the Raglan-Mount Cole area affected by the February 2024 bushfire.

The committee includes community members who nominated to participate, along with representatives from Council and other stakeholders.

The role of the committee is to collaboratively develop a rehabilitation program for fire affected roadsides in the Raglan-Mount Cole area, with a focus on enhancing biodiversity, supporting habitat connectivity, and minimising the spread of invasive species.

Regular updates about the committee's decisions and activities will be included on this page. If you have any questions or feedback, please phone Council's Recovery Team on 1300 797 363 or email recovery@pyrenees.vic.gov.au.

A copy of the committee's Terms of Reference can be viewed by clicking the link below.

The next meeting is scheduled for 2 April 2026.

Post-bushfire Roadside Rehabilitation Plan

Under the guidance of the Committee, a Roadside Recovery Plan has been developed to support the rehabilitation of roadsides affected by the fire. The report provides recommendations on roadside rehabilitation as well as identifying listed threatened species and many locally and regionally significant flora species. This fantastic resource was endorsed by the Committee on 5 March 2026 and is now available for download(PDF, 52MB) (note: 52MB PDF file).

Roadside recovery clean-up

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Led by the Mount Cole Pyrenees Nature Group, community members came together on September 4th and 5th 2025 to clean up and monitor weeds on the fire-affected road reserve on Back-Raglan Road.

 The event was a huge success, with a significant amount of waste collected and valuable observations of weeds and native vegetation (including orchids popping up) recorded in iNaturalist.

Thanks to Landcare Coordinator Lyn Heenan for organizing the event and to everyone involved in the cleanup.

Stay tuned for more cleanup and monitoring events!

Community-led field studies

There are also community-led field studies underway to identify weeds and threatened species in the affected area. If you would like to contribute, you can use the iNaturalist app on your smartphone and join these projects:

  • Mount Cole Pyrenees Nature Group
  • Raglan-Mt Cole weed monitoring

 

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