Restoring Country Through Seed Collection
The Wheatbelt NRM Noongar Boodja Ranger Team is undertaking large-scale native seed collection across Wheatbelt farmland working alongside local landholders, partnering with Yued Aboriginal Corporation and Caravel Minerals to enable revegetation and restoration.
Seed collection is a critical first step in restoring degraded landscapes. By harvesting native seed locally, we ensure future revegetation projects are based on species that are well adapted to local soils, climate and ecological conditions. This work directly supports long-term outcomes for biodiversity, soil health and landscape resilience.
The spring 2025 collection program has seen the teams work carefully across agricultural properties, identifying and harvesting native species at peak maturity.
Importantly, this work is being carried by Aboriginal rangers, thereby supporting cultural knowledge, local employment and strong connections to Country.
For landholders, seed collection provides a practical pathway to contribute to restoration while maintaining productive land use. It also builds a reliable seed supply that will underpin future projects across the Wheatbelt, including woodland recovery, habitat restoration and erosion control.
For more on Caravel Minerals and our seed collection, visit their website here.
Published eNews #410, January 2026