Bruce Christie, Senior Land Services Officer What’s the best way to establish native vegetation? Opportunistic protection of regrowth is a valuable strategy for the establishment of native vegetation across landscapes. Land managers have recently reported an abundance of natural regeneration of native trees and shrubs, possibly a direct response from the low groundcover from the drought and then the recent above average rainfall. With stock pressure also being reduced these areas have had the perfect conditions for the germination and growth of trees and shrubs. This has given land managers a once in a decade opportunity to protect regrowth, allow damaged ecosystems to bounce back and save the costs of other forms of establishing vegetation.