by Trevor Paddenburg | Aug 18, 2025 | Cape Naturaliste Conservation Enterprise, Environmental Weed Control, News & Events, Protecting Biodiversity and Habitat, Woody Weeds
One of the Cape’s most recognisable tourism businesses is playing a hands-on role in local conservation and biodiversity, with Empire Retreat and Spa tackling revegetation and weed control as part of the Cape Naturaliste Conservation Enterprise (CNCE). When the new...
by Trevor Paddenburg | Jul 16, 2025 | Arum Lily Blitz, Bush Regeneration Team, Citizen Science Weed Mapping, Environmental Weed Control, News & Events, Protecting Biodiversity and Habitat
With a property just a stone’s throw from the Margaret River, local GP Graham Velterop and his wife Toni say that keeping invasive arum lilies at bay is a key responsibility for landholders like them. The couple are just two of hundreds of landholders who are now part...
by Trevor Paddenburg | Jun 18, 2025 | Advocacy, News & Events
A highly experienced leader with a background in heading up large conservation organisations in Australia and New Zealand is the new head of Nature Conservation Margaret River Region. Aaron Jaggar is today confirmed as the new chief executive officer of the Margaret...
by Trevor Paddenburg | May 19, 2025 | Conserving the Margaret River, News & Events, Protecting Biodiversity and Habitat
We’re still on a high from Sunday’s incredible community tree planting day, with 170 local legends, 1800 seedlings planted and almost 800m of the Margaret River or Wootijup Bilya on its way to be restored. It was one of the biggest volunteer community...
by Trevor Paddenburg | Apr 21, 2025 | Bush Regeneration Team, Environmental Weed Control, News & Events, Woody Weeds
There’s been a big win for the Leeuwin Naturaliste National Park at Redgate thanks to a coalition of landholders teaming up to remove woody weeds from their land and protect the nearby bush. Four landholders near Boodjidup Creek have teamed up with Nature...
