Healthy Environments

Healthy Environments

Scientists say they’ve found new populations of threatened trapdoor spiders in the Avon River Basin. Trapdoor spiders are one of the oldest in the arachnid family but are under threat from factors including habitat loss, salinity and uncontrolled grazing.

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Rare and vulnerable native plants and animals will be given a better chance of survival thanks to a new Avon Catchment Council grants program.

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A wet July has helped Wheatbelt landholders plant one million trees thanks to incentive programs run by the Avon Catchment Council.

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Camera traps are similar to security lights in that they are triggered by moving, warm objects.

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The secret life of some of the Wheatbelt’s rarest and interesting native animals will be on display at this year’s Dowerin Field Days.

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A Wheatbelt farming couple has made a discovery of at least 10 rare and endangered plants on their property south west of Dowerin.

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A project designed to educate school children in Narembeen about the local native flora now has a more permanent place in the curriculum.

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A survey of small fauna near the Wheatbelt town of York has led to the discovery of several undescribed species of insects and spiders.

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Students across the Wheatbelt are being given the chance to learn more about their own backyard.

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Over the past year landholders have helped protect and revegetate more than 4 million hectares of land in Western Australia.

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