HAVE you ever tried bushwalking with a purpose? Learn all about the threatened Malleefowl bird, their amazing nests and how to monitor them at a free training workshop in Ongerup next month. Monitoring Malleefowl will not in itself save them, but it is an extremely important tool in understanding...
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SWCC is looking for qualified individuals with integrity, a collaborative leadership style, and strong communication and negotiation skills, who are committed to seeking election to the Board of Management at its Annual General Meeting on 16 November 2018. Applications close 4pm, Monday 15...
RESEARCHERS from the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science’s Bee Research Institute are looking to Western Australia for ways to halt the decline of honey bees. Professor Qingyun Diao and Doctor Chunsheng Hou visited the South West region last month, home to one of the world’s healthiest honey bee populations....
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The South West Catchments Council (SWCC) is Australia’s first regional NRM organisation to be awarded an RPA Remote Operator’s Certificate (ReOC) by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA). SWCC was issued with its ReOC on Thursday, 9 August 2018 under Section 101.335 of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998....
A five-year vision of creating a ‘one-stop-shop’ for environmental information on the South West region has come to fruition for the South West Catchments Council (SWCC). Launched on Friday with help from project partners, the South West Environmental Snapshot is an online resource that provides a contemporary overview of...
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Scientific field surveys carried out in the Southern Wheatbelt have revealed red-tailed phascogales (Phascogale calura) and koomal (Trichosurus vulpecula hypoleucus) are alive and well in Dongolocking! It was just one, of a few, welcome surprises which also showed kunapalari frogs (Neobatrachus kunapalari) – a species more common in arid...
Fourteen South West cattle and sheep producers looking to improve their productivity and pasture utilisation have signed up to the new Grazing MatcherTM initiative. The producers have formed two small groups that will meet eight times over 12 months in sessions facilitated by three agricultural consultants. Grazing MatcherTM is...
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SWCC has launched a crowdfunding campaign to save the Western Ringtail Possum, which could be wiped out within the next 20 years if current trends continue. The Western Ringtail Possum needs you EXTINCTION. If we don’t act now, the Western Ringtail Possum is likely to become extinct in the...
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With urban population on the incline in the South West, Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD) is becoming increasingly important to reduce the quantity of nutrients and pollutants entering waterways. Stormwater can transport environmentally harmful substances into waterways, such as rubbish, sediment, hydrocarbons and excess nutrients. This can impact on...
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Small grants of up to $1000 are available to landcare and community groups for activities that build community capacity and engagement in natural resource management and landcare. Expressions of Interest are now open for 2017-18! To download a copy of the EOI pack, click here. For more information email [email protected]
