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Say goodbye to Sydney Golden Wattle

Say goodbye to Sydney Golden Wattle

One of our region’s worst weed trees – Sydney Golden Wattle – is blooming and the message from Nature Conservation Margaret River Region is to remove these weedy invaders now while they are easy to identify. The worst weedy trees in the region are in the...
Landholders team up for Arum Lily Blitz

Landholders team up for Arum Lily Blitz

If there’s one thing these Augusta residents have learned, it’s that tackling the threat of invasive weeds as part of the Arum Lily Blitz is a team effort. Scott Godley owns a wetland bush block in Augusta where the toxic lilies once dominated the landscape,...
Beach clean-ups to care for coast

Beach clean-ups to care for coast

A group of young environmental champions is running a series of beach clean-ups – with the collected rubbish to be used in a new art project. Locals Ruth Szandtner, Bronte Halden, Lili Palmer, Vivi Corteen-Hartley and Riley Hughes are among 12 candidates in Nature...
Snake-neck turtle conservation

Snake-neck turtle conservation

Students from Margaret River Primary School are on a mission to protect our native snake-neck turtle – and they want the community to lend a hand. The Year 6 students are working with Nature Conservation Margaret River Region’s youth education program Our Patch to...
Caring for our special shore birds

Caring for our special shore birds

Do you know an oyster catcher from an osprey or a kestrel from a Pacific gull? Nature Conservation Margaret River Region’s Caring for Coast program is putting the spotlight on our region’s special coastal bird species – and wants every local to be able to identify...