by Trevor Paddenburg | Jul 28, 2025 | Arum Lily Blitz, Citizen Science Weed Mapping, Environmental Weed Control, News & Events
If there’s one powerful lesson learned when it comes to controlling arum lilies, it’s that tackling this invasive and damaging environmental weed is a team effort, says Nature Conservation Margaret River Region. And nowhere is that more apparent than among...
by Trevor Paddenburg | Jul 16, 2025 | Arum Lily Blitz, Bush Regeneration Team, Cape Naturaliste Conservation Enterprise, Citizen Science Weed Mapping, Environmental Weed Control, Events, News & Events
Want to protect local bushland and your backyard from one of the South West’s most damaging weeds? Two upcoming workshops will equip locals with the skills, tools and confidence to fight back against the invasive arum lily—and be part of one of WA’s most successful...
by Trevor Paddenburg | Jul 16, 2025 | Arum Lily Blitz, Bush Regeneration Team, Citizen Science Weed Mapping, Environmental Weed Control, News & Events, Protecting Biodiversity and Habitat
With a property just a stone’s throw from the Margaret River, local GP Graham Velterop and his wife Toni say that keeping invasive arum lilies at bay is a key responsibility for landholders like them. The couple are just two of hundreds of landholders who are now part...
by Trevor Paddenburg | Jun 6, 2025 | Arum Lily Blitz, Bush Regeneration Team, Cape Naturaliste Conservation Enterprise, Citizen Science Weed Mapping, Environmental Weed Control, News & Events
Invasive arum lilies which threaten our special nature are in the firing line like never before, thanks to conservation groups, local governments and a growing army of landholders. Nature Conservation Margaret River Region’s hugely successful Arum Lily Blitz launches...
by Trevor Paddenburg | May 12, 2025 | Advocacy, Arum Lily Blitz, Citizen Science Weed Mapping, Environmental Weed Control, News & Events, Protecting Biodiversity and Habitat, Woody Weeds
Preserving existing bush, planting natives, creating a wildlife garden, stopping weeds, rethinking burning and lobbying for the environment are some of the ways we can care for the special nature of our region. That was the advice a packed audience heard at Nature...
by Trevor Paddenburg | Apr 4, 2025 | Arum Lily Blitz, Citizen Science Weed Mapping, Conserving the Margaret River, News & Events
Volunteers had a masterclass in weed mapping to help boost our bush and biodiversity last week at Nature Conservation Margaret River Region’s latest monthly Friends of Wooditjup Bilya event. A small army of volunteers learned how to use Nature Conservation’s citizen...
