Healthy Environments

The following tips provide some basic site preparation techniques to ensure your newly planted seedlings have the best chance of survival.

Last month, the Noongar Boodja Ranger team visited the Wyalkatchem Golf Course where they undertook malleefowl mound monitoring to see if they could find any mounds within the patch of known malleefowl habitat.

The newest strain of rabbit calicivirus to Australia, known as the Korean variant (RHDV1 K5), is set to be released across the Wheatbelt again this winter in an effort to control pest rabbit numbers.

On 19 May our very own nature nurturers, Kate and Dimity spent the day with 15 primary school students from Tammin PS, years 3 to 6.

It’s no secret. The combination of habitat loss and increased exposure to a variety of threats across the Wheatbelt has meant that our Eucalypt Woodlands, Malleefowl, Black-cockatoos and many other species are facing challenges that they’re not equipped to deal with.

In early August 2021, the International Panel for Climate Change (IPCC) released its most troubling report yet.

Spring, autumn and winter are ideal seasons for cage trapping – particularly for feral cats.

Our Malleefowl monitoring cameras don’t stop. Earlier this year, our cameras caught the rare sight of a Malleefowl chick’s first steps (have a look here if you haven’t seen it already).

Wheatbelt NRM is on the lookout for landholders interested in partnering on a unique, local feral animal control initiative.

The 2021 harvest is kicking off one of the peak Malleefowl sighting periods. We’re asking anyone driving around the Wheatbelt, or spending time in harvested paddocks, to keep an eye out for these birds.