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...

The Wadandi Track will get a boost this Saturday, June 24 with volunteers needed to help plant, weed and care for a section of the popular walking trail near Cowaramup. Nature Conservation Margaret River Region is teaming up with the Friends of the Wadandi Track, and...

The Arum Lily Blitz is back – with an ambitious goal of signing up a record number of landholders to help eradicate the region’s worst weed from more bushland than ever before. Now in its 5th year, Nature Conservation Margaret River Region says the Blitz has reached a...

Margaret River now has an incredible new community native garden that is open for everyone to enjoy, while doubling as an educational space for waterwise gardening, growing natives and creating wildlife habitat. The tranquil, biodiverse and waterwise garden has been...

The region’s peak conservation group has applauded the efforts of three amazing youngsters who prove you can never be too young to do your bit for the environment. Frankie and Floyd Smith, both 10, and their younger sister Pearl, 8, teamed up to raise almost $400 for...

Planting and brushing is making a big difference to rehabilitating much-loved North Point at Cowaramup Bay, and a community busy bee Sunday, June 11 from 10am-12noon will continue to build on the good work. Nature Conservation Margaret River Region is once again...

Planting and conservation season is in full swing with the cooler weather, and volunteers can get their hands dirty at another community busy bee to celebrate World Environment Day. Nature Conservation Margaret River Region is teaming up with the Friends of Barrett...

Locals can have fun in nature and help protect Nguraren Kalleep Reserve at the next Nature Conservation Margaret River Region community planting busy bee on Sunday, May 21 from 1pm-3pm. “We’re calling for volunteers to come down and help care for this beautiful...

It’s the big one! Nature Conservation’s annual Wooditjup Bilya community planting day returns on May 28 from 10am-12noon, with an army of volunteers needed to plant 2000 native seedlings. It will build on five years of riparian planting along the Margaret River near...

Nature Conservation Margaret River Region has a mammoth Mother’s Day planned with a conservation busy bee to care for Darch Brook on Sunday, May 14 from 1pm-3pm. Mums, their families and everyone else in the community is urged to join in, with volunteers needed to...

There’s a double dose of coastal conservation this Sunday with volunteers needed for two Nature Conservation Margaret River Region beachfront busy bees. The first is at Gas Bay from 10am-12noon on Sunday, May 7. The meeting point is the carpark at the end of Gas Bay...

The world’s best surfers highlighted coastal stewardship by helping plant native species and restore coastal dunes on the Gnarabup coastline today, ahead of the start of the Margaret River Pro. Nature Conservation Margaret River Region teamed up with the World Surf...

Nature Conservation Margaret River Region hosted a Coastal Forum at Surfers Point on Tuesday evening, which highlighted the hard work and many successes of the groups, individuals and stakeholders who are dedicated to protecting the Margaret River coastline.  It also...