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Water in our drying climate

Water in our drying climate

Nature Conservation Margaret River Region’s Environmental Sundowner Series is back with an evening that tackles the issue on everyone’s lips – water in our drying climate. Facing the Big Dry will be held on Tuesday, July 30 from 6pm-8pm at Nala Bardip Mia (Margaret...
Landholders team up for Arum Lily Blitz

Landholders team up for Arum Lily Blitz

If there’s one thing these Augusta residents have learned, it’s that tackling the threat of invasive weeds as part of the Arum Lily Blitz is a team effort. Scott Godley owns a wetland bush block in Augusta where the toxic lilies once dominated the landscape,...
Beach clean-ups to care for coast

Beach clean-ups to care for coast

A group of young environmental champions is running a series of beach clean-ups – with the collected rubbish to be used in a new art project. Locals Ruth Szandtner, Bronte Halden, Lili Palmer, Vivi Corteen-Hartley and Riley Hughes are among 12 candidates in Nature...
Not so Sweet Pittosporum

Not so Sweet Pittosporum

Its flowers may be aromatic but there is nothing sweet about Sweet Pittosporum, which is a serious weed tree and is being targeted now in Nature Conservation Margaret River Region’s woody weeds campaign. To help in the fight against this and other weedy trees that...
Snake-neck turtle conservation

Snake-neck turtle conservation

Students from Margaret River Primary School are on a mission to protect our native snake-neck turtle – and they want the community to lend a hand. The Year 6 students are working with Nature Conservation Margaret River Region’s youth education program Our Patch to...