Healthy Environments

A dose of good advice goes a long way when tackling difficult revegetation sites like saline waterways. Supported by the Department of Water and Environmental Regulations’ Clean Waterways funding and Wheatbelt NRM, 14 community members took advantage of the opportunity to learn from two of the wheatbelt’s most experienced and knowledgeable native seed propagators in Rob and Beth Boase.

By now, we all know of the ongoing long-term damage caused by historic clearing of at least 70% of the Avon River Basin.

Last month, Beverley D.H.S students from Kindy to Year 10 participated in National Tree Planting Day.

Just like Christmas, the seedling order period comes around quickly. This means it’s time to get orders in for 2024 planting projects.

Feral cats kill over 1.5 billion native mammals, birds, reptiles and frogs, and 1.1 billion invertebrates each year in Australia. Predation by cats is a threat to over 200 nationally listed threatened species and they have been implicated in 28 mammal extinctions.

A well-executed baiting program is the most cost-effective method of controlling fox populations to protect your valuable native fauna and livestock from predation.

Land-use change has reduced the natural habitat for hollow-nesting animals throughout the agricultural regions of Australia.

In April and May, Wheatbelt NRM supported Black Cockatoo Crisis screenings in York and Toodyay inspiring around 200 community members to help protect local black-cockatoos from racing towards extinction.

The Healthy Soils, Healthy Rivers program has wrapped up for another season marking the eighth year of support for landholders and community groups from the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions to manage nutrients in the Swan-Avon Catchment.

The Wheatbelt community and our Healthy Environments team have been hard at work this year looking after the region’s black-cockatoos, malleefowl,