by Trevor Paddenburg | Sep 14, 2023 | News & Events
Saving a critically endangered frog, reducing the impacts of pets and replanting habitat for native bandicoots are just a few of the incredible ways Margaret River region students are connecting, respecting and acting for the environment. And their hard work was on...
by Trevor Paddenburg | Sep 12, 2023 | News & Events
Just a few years ago this section of the Margaret River foreshore was just grass and weeds – but thanks to local school students it is now packed with native plants and becoming a forest with habitat for wildlife. It’s just one of several sites that local students...
by Trevor Paddenburg | Sep 12, 2023 | News & Events
The incredible work of school students protecting nature and biodiversity across the Margaret River region will be on display this week at Nature Conservation Margaret River Region’s annual Our Patch presentation. Our Patch involves more than 200 Year 6 students from...
by Trevor Paddenburg | Sep 5, 2023 | News & Events
They might only be 10 years old but these citizen scientist students from Margaret River Primary School are working on a new app to help beach-goers identify hundreds of species of marine plants and animals. This week the Year 5 class explored Prevelly’s Back Beach,...
by Trevor Paddenburg | Aug 29, 2023 | News & Events
Registrations for the 2023 Tangaroa Blue WA Beach Clean-up have opened, with an exciting new format to encourage more volunteers and see more litter removed from local beaches. The event happens at beaches across the state, but in the South-West Tangaroa Blue and...
by Trevor Paddenburg | Aug 29, 2023 | News & Events
Art and conservation will combine in an ambitious new project that will see a giant creeping “weed” made from hundreds of recycled plastic bottles installed in a popular section of Margaret River bushland. Called “Insidious”, the artwork is designed to boost awareness...