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Landcare is good for your health (and here’s the data to prove it)
A study by KPMG Australia and Landcare Australia of more than 1,000 volunteers has found that there are substantial wellbeing benefits to being involved in landcare projects.
Healthy Environments

Checking in on school tree planting
In July 2020 we worked with a number of schools around the Wheatbelt for Planet Ark’s School Tree Day, a part of the National Tree Day celebrations.
Operations

The Countdown To Dowerin Field Days
We are excited to be hitting the road again for the 2021 Dowerin GWN7 Machinery Field Days.
Water

A Tale Of Two Lakes
All eyes have been on the skies this month with many Wheatbelt towns recording above average rains.
Healthy Environments

Did Someone Say Free Trees?
Do you want to attract small birds and honeyeaters to your garden?
Healthy Environments

Prime real estate for Black-Cockatoos
During the last breeding season, we were out and about surveying potential Black-Cockatoo breeding hollows as part of our collaboration with Birdlife.
Aboriginal NRM

Heal Country! Our celebration of NAIDOC Week
This year we celebrated the NAIDOC Week theme of Heal Country! quite literally by joining staff member Jermaine (Bomber) Davis and our Noongar Boodjar Rangers in a native planting day on Gogulgar Bilya (Avon River).
Sustainable Industries

Signs of success in Newdegate Pasture Trial
Nick Kelly of Hollands Track Farm in Newdegate is seeing some encouraging results in his perennial pastures project that was implemented late last year.
Sustainable Industries

Threatened Species Progress Report has feral predators in its sights
In June, the federal Department of Agriculture, Water and Environment released its five-year progress report on their national Threatened Species Strategy.
Healthy Environments

Five years on, how are our threatened species faring?
In late June, the federal Department of Agriculture, Water and Environment released its five-year progress report on their national Threatened Species Strategy.
Operations

Wheatbelt sponsors sought for innovative fine payment scheme
We are proud to be the first Northam sponsor offering unpaid work opportunities for the Department of Justice’s Work and Development Permit Scheme – and they are looking for more sponsors in our region.
Healthy Environments

Our Arid Bronze Azure Butterfly Appears in Top 10
Online publisher of research-based news, The Conversation, has recently released an article outlining 26 species of Australian butterfly that are at the greatest risk of extinction – and the Wheatbelt’s Arid Bronze Azure Butterfly is sitting at number seven.

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