Healthy Environments

Last week, the Australian Government released its list of 100 priority species as part of the 2021-2031 Threatened Species Strategy.

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.

Just like Christmas, the seedling order period comes around pretty quickly. This means it’s time to get orders in for 2022 plantings.

Federal Minister for Agriculture, David Littleproud, announced last week that plans to pay farmers for the biodiversity benefits that they deliver has taken another step forward with the Australian Government kick-starting the legislation process.

The year that was saw us working with the Wheatbelt community on 106 projects throughout the Avon River Basin.

Did you see the video that we posted on our socials just before Christmas?

Last year’s COP26 talks in Glasgow dominated the news cycle towards the end of 2021 and it wasn’t areas like the Great Barrier Reef or rainforests that were an Australian focus.

Did you know Malleefowl chicks have a very high mortality rate of around 80%? Especially in the first few weeks after they emerge from their mound. Predation is one of the main reasons for this.

Do you live in Dumbleyung, Kent, Kulin, Lake Grace or surrounding Shires and want to play a part in helping Carnaby’s Black-Cockatoos?

Carnaby’s Black-Cockatoos are some of the few threatened species that people across many areas of the Wheatbelt – whether on farms or in towns – can support by planting food or habitat plants around their gardens or on their farm.