Ecoscapes
Investment: $5 554 254
On-ground achievements
- Dale -83ha revegetation and 150 ha remnant vegetation fenced (2005-08); 20 ha riparian revegetation and 37 km of fencing for 15 sites (2008-09)
- Wongan Hills - 70 ha revegetation and 67 ha remnant vegetation fenced (2005-08); 28 ha biodiversity revegetation and 39km fencing (2008-09)
- Westonia - 18 ha revegetation and 725 ha remnant vegetation fenced (2005-08); 39 km fencing of 1697 ha remnant vegetation across 13 sites and 10 ha direct seeding demonstration (2008-09)
- 84ha tree cropping (2008-09) aimed at reducing threats impacting on biodiversity assets
- Tampu - 97ha revegetation and 990ha remnant vegetation fenced (2005-08)
- Lake Bryde - construction of a surface water conveyance structure to alleviate inundation and water logging. 20.3km of fencing to protect remnant vegetation on private land (2005-08)
- Tarin Rock - 12 ha revegetation and 124 ha remnant vegetation fenced (2005-08)
Community engagement and capacity building
- Tree cropping workshop, sandalwood workshop, flora id workshops, Rivercare workshop for Dale catchment, school engagement activities
- Media articles, project newsletters and fact sheets
- Water quality monitoring across the Dale River catchment
- Community surveys
Publications
- Department of Environment and Conservation (2009) Conservation Management Plan for the Wongan Hills Ecoscape, Department of Environment and Conservation, Bentley, WA
- Department of Environment and Conservation (2009) Conservation Management Plan for the Tampu Ecoscape, Department of Environment and Conservation, Bentley, WA
- Department of Environment and Conservation (2009) Conservation Management Plan for the Westonia Ecoscape, Department of Environment and Conservation, Bentley, WA
- Department of Environment and Conservation (2009) Conservation Management Plan for the Dale Ecoscape, Department of Environment and Conservation, Bentley, WA
Did you know?
The Avon NRM region is part of the South West Botanical Province of Western Australia, which is recognised as one of the world's biodiversity hotspots due to its more than 5 000 different types of plants, of which more than 400 are confined to the Wheatbelt.
