South West Catchments Council (SWCC), together with their regional partners are conducting a survey to gain knowledge on where Carnaby’s Cockatoos are located in the South West. Information gathered from the survey will be used to guide on-ground activities to improve the nesting success of the species through the...
A pre-release facility or ‘Possum Finishing School’ for rehabilitated possums developed near Capel has begun to welcome its first students. The Possum Finishing School is part of a joint research project involving the South West Catchments Council (SWCC), Fostering and Assistance for Wildlife Needing Aid (FAWNA), The University of...
Keep your pets inside at night….so possums feel safe to forage, feed and thrive Article by Nicole Lincoln, GeoCatch Possums have graced pavements across the City of Busselton this year in the form of spray chalk cartoons carrying the ‘Pets away, Possums play’ message. The cartoons have been spotted...
More than 30 people from across the region joined Wadandi/Pibulmun cultural custodian Iszaac Webb at Barrabup Pool Nannup this week to learn more about native plants and trees and the pollination benefits to agriculture. Participants relaxed in a magnificent bush classroom fringed by tea-trees while Mr Webb of the...
FAWNA: Western Ringtail Monitored Release Project Update By Suzanne Strapp, FAWNA Inc. President The University of Western Australia’s Associate Professor Roberta Bencini has been working with Sirtrack, a New Zealand company specialising in Radio Telemetry, to find a light and safe radio collar for the 40 western ringtail possums...
More than 60 budding citizen scientists from Bunbury and beyond discussed black cockatoo and possum conservation strategies at a SWCC workshop in Gelorup this week. The crowd heard BirdLife WA Carnaby’s Black Cockatoo Project Coordinator Adam Peck explain why black cockatoos are threatened and why the Great Cocky Count...
The South West Catchments Council has launched an education campaign to help residents live harmoniously with possums and make their gardens safer for possums to play. Creating a possum-friendly garden with peppermint trees is one way residents can help protect the critically endangered western ringtail possum. Due to habitat...
People who possess native fauna for the purpose of rehabilitation for more than 72 hours now require a Fauna Possessing (other purposes) Licence from the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (DBCA). This change came into effect on 1 January 2019 when the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 and Biodiversity Conservation Regulations 2018 replaced...
With more mammal and bird species threatened with extinction than ever before in Australia’s South West region, the South West Catchments Council (SWCC) has begun a new five-year conservation project to reverse this trend. SWCC’s recently published South West Environmental Snapshot reported a 22% increase in the number of...
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While no farmer likes to see their land degraded, the cost of revegetating can sometimes outweigh productivity benefits. But a new project launched by the South West Catchments Council (SWCC) is aiming to tilt the cost/benefit ratio in the farmer’s favour. SWCC program manager Dr Mike Christensen said the...
Testing the reliability of phosphorus recommendations: Preliminary results from the uPtake project 25 February, 2021
Preliminary results from two years of pasture tria...
Growing with Grazing Matcher 25 February, 2021
Rosa Glen sheep producer Kevin Silverthorne can’...
Wellington National Park survey finds stable native species populations 17 February, 2021
A recently completed wildlife monitoring snapshot ...
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