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Farmer Jo Bear talks to ABC Radio about why restoring wetlands just makes sense for her farm

Standing amongst a woodland of Black Boxes on his property in Yando, northern Victoria, in what was once the bottom of a Creek line, Bradley Haw talks to Elaine Bayes and Damien Cook about his journey to restore wetlands on his property.

It’s a sign that anything is possible when you see a bird species that was locally extinct flocking in great numbers at your local wetland. In a time of doom and gloom about Australia’s great contribution to species loss, the large and magnificent Magpie Goose is flourishing for the first time in 120 years in many wetlands throughout northern Victoria and in other parts of the state.