Nature Conservation Margaret River Region’s Sundowner Series is back with a must-see event on Tuesday, November 7 that puts the spotlight on our native flora and why our region is like nowhere else on earth. Everyone is welcome to join Nature Conservation and Undalup...

The program has been finalised with seven new inspiring nature and wildlife gardens open to the community when the annual Open Nature Gardens Weekend returns this weekend. Hosted by Nature Conservation Margaret River Region, it’s the third time the popular event...

Free guided biodiversity walks for the community will accompany the unveiling of an art installation made from hundreds of recycled plastic bottles in bushland near the Old Settlement from 2pm Sunday, October 15. Titled “Insidious”, the installation is 150m long with...

Snap off an arum lily to boost our bush – that’s the message from Nature Conservation Margaret River Region as arum lilies reach peak flowering. Nature Conservation’s Arum Lily Blitz is now in full swing as over 1600 landholders across the Capes Region join a suite of...

There’s been a groundswell of registrations for the 2023 Tangaroa Blue WA Beach Clean-up, with volunteers putting their hand up to clear litter from most beaches across the Margaret River region. In fact, there’s been so much interest that organisers Tangaroa Blue and...

Volunteers will continue rehabilitating one of the Margaret River region’s most famous natural attractions – Injidup Natural Spa – at a community busy bee this Sunday, with everyone welcome to come and lend a hand. Nature Conservation Margaret River Region is calling...

Nature Conservation Margaret River Region today launches an exciting new initiative aimed at caring for the Margaret River, with a packed 12-month calendar of events to inspire and educate locals about the iconic waterway. The Friends of Wooditjup Bilya (Margaret...

Dozens of locals, visitors, families and kids attended a weekend of free workshops to help create an art installation made from hundreds of recycled plastic bottles that will be installed in local bushland. Titled “Insidious”, the installation is designed to boost...

Free tickets are still available to a series of art workshops this weekend as part of an ambitious project that will see a giant creeping “weed” made from hundreds of recycled plastic bottles installed in local bushland. Titled “Insidious”, the installation is...

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...