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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

The Margaret River region’s reefs and seagrass meadows are home to just as much biodiversity as Ningaloo Reef – and deserve the same protection, some of the state’s leading marine researchers say. Coinciding with National Science Week, two leading marine experts...

A new batch of inspiring nature and wildlife gardens will be open to the community when the annual Open Nature Gardens Weekend returns on October 14-15. Hosted by Nature Conservation Margaret River Region, it’s the third time the popular event returns after sell-outs...

It’s being called the “Battle for Boranup Forest”, with volunteers needed to help Nature Conservation Margaret River Region survey the extent of invasive arum lilies returning to bushfire-affected Boranup. In December 2021, wildfire burnt through more than 7800 ha of...

Augusta Primary School students have rallied to the aid of Western Ringtail possums, learning about the endangered animals, building dreys, removing weeds and planting trees to create habitat. It’s all part of Nature Conservation Margaret River Region’s dedicated...

Locals and visitors can enjoy a pint and help save our endangered cockatoos thanks to a collaboration between Nature Conservation Margaret River Region and Margaret River Brewhouse. Margaret River Brewhouse is donating $1 from every pint of Ruckus – their popular...

More success stories are emerging as Nature Conservation’s Arum Lily Blitz ramps up, including at Deepdene near Augusta where landholders, volunteer groups and government agencies are combining forces to fight the toxic weed. Former market gardener Peter Wren has been...

One of our region’s worst weed trees is blooming now and the message from Nature Conservation Margaret River Region is to show no mercy when it comes to eradicating it. The worst weedy trees in the region are in the firing line thanks a new two-year Woody Weeds...

Nature Conservation Margaret River Region’s professional services team is growing, with new staff available to help landholders protect nature and biodiversity on their property. The region’s peak environment and conservation group is best known for its youth...

Learn how to tackle arum lilies at a local workshop that will put the spotlight on the toxic weed and how to control it in your backyard or back paddock. The City of Busselton is teaming up with the region’s peak conservation group, Nature Conservation Margaret River...

The worst weedy trees in the region are in the firing line thanks a new two-year Woody Weeds Campaign launched today by Nature Conservation Margaret River Region. And everyone from suburban gardeners to bush block owners is urged to get on board and help stop the...

Nature Conservation Margaret River Region is teaming up with the Undalup Association’s Wadandi rangers to protect bushland and biodiversity in our area. Rangers Meeka Rees, 21, and Kaylene Gray, 42, joined Nathan Hammer and Jackson Res from Nature Conservation’s...

IF there’s one thing these Margaret River residents have learned, it’s that tackling the threat of invasive arum lilies is a team effort. Ann Ward, Federico Butron and Neil Tumelty are neighbouring landowners on Kevill and Connelly roads close to the Margaret River in...

Locals can learn more about the fascinating world of fungi at two Nature Conservation Margaret River Region events designed to put the spotlight on the vital role fungi plays in our region’s landscape. Nature Conservation is teaming up with ecologist Roz Hart – a...

An 18-month campaign fighting the invasive weed tree Sweet Pittosporum – which threatens our iconic karri forest – has been a success with hundreds of the weedy trees removed across our region. Nature Conservation Margaret River Region was behind the initiative, which...

After five years, Nature Conservation’s hugely successful Western Ringtail Possum Citizen Science Project has come to an end, with volunteers logging more than 700 hours mapping and monitoring the adorable marsupials. Ringtails, known as Nguraren by the Wadandi...