Nature Conservation Margaret River Region’s Environmental Sundowner Series is returning on February 13 with an evening at the Margaret River HEART that puts the spotlight on our local marine environment. Beyond The Waves: Margaret River’s Unique Marine Environment...

In a big boost for nature and our environment, the region’s peak conservation group has been awarded a Lotterywest grant that will allow it to have an even greater impact in 2024. Nature Conservation Margaret River Region this week announced it was successful with a...

Nature Conservation Margaret River Region’s Arum Lily Blitz has come to an end for the year and 2023 has gone down as the most successful yet, with major inroads made into fighting our region’s worst invasive weed. The 2023 blitz kicked some major goals including...

The Margaret River Region’s peak environment group has won a prestigious conservation award against a field from across Western Australia. Nature Conservation Margaret River Region was awarded the Len Howard Community Group Award for 2023 at the annual Conservation...

IT’S a tree that most of us wouldn’t recognise - but Nature Conservation Margaret River Region says Blackwood is a weedy wattle that should be removed from gardens and bush blocks because it’s such a big threat to biodiversity and harder than most to control. As part...

More than 200 students from across the region descended on Mokidup or the Ellensbrook Homestead site for a huge day of environmental education, celebrating our wonderful waterways and their fantastic fauna.  The Year 3 kids, from 11 classes spanning six local schools,...

Nature Conservation Margaret River Region’s hugely successful new marine education program is set to return next year after securing funding for 2024 - with local kids to be the big winners. The Waatu Kaatijin or “ocean learning” program was rolled out at the start of...

The next free event is just around the corner in Nature Conservation Margaret River Region’s exciting new initiative aimed at inspiring locals to cherish and care for the Margaret River. The Friends of Wooditjup Bilya (Margaret River) program features a guided...

Monitoring results have shown an incredible success rate for arum lily control – giving new hope to landholders who are controlling infestations on their properties. Staff from Nature Conservation Margaret River Region and volunteers have been studying a control site...

Dog poo has a massive impact on our coastal environment – and Margaret River Primary School students have launched a campaign to congratulate people doing the right thing and ensure everyone picks up after their pets. As part of a new educational marine program called...

Victorian Teatree is the latest problem weed tree that being targeted now in Nature Conservation Margaret River Region’s Woody Weeds Campaign. The worst weedy trees in the region are in the firing line as part of the two-year campaign, with everyone from suburban...

The community is invited to Nature Conservation’s free end-of-year get together to celebrate the conservation successes of 2023 – while members are also urged to attend the Annual General Meeting earlier in the day. The not-for-profit conservation group will hold its...

The next free event is just around the corner in Nature Conservation Margaret River Region’s exciting new initiative aimed at inspiring locals to cherish and care for the Margaret River. The Friends of Wooditjup Bilya (Margaret River) program features a guided...

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. The worst weedy trees in the region are in the firing line as...

Dozens of locals keen to care for nature turned out to see the unveiling of an art installation made from hundreds of recycled plastic bottles near the Old Settlement and Barrett St Reserve on Sunday. Titled “Insidious”, the installation is 150m long with hundreds of...

What a huge weekend for conservation, with dozens of volunteers joining Nature Conservation Margaret River Region and Tangaroa Blue for WA’s largest beach clean-up. Teams of volunteers, friends and work colleagues nominated beaches up and down the Capes region to pick...

More than 300 people flocked to see some of the region’s most inspiring nature and wildlife gardens that were open to the community as part of the annual Open Nature Gardens Weekend last weekend. Hosted by Nature Conservation Margaret River Region, it was the third...