Over 100 volunteers attended our recent Treendale Reserve planting days to help re-establish western ringtail possum habitat along the Brunswick River. Attendees included students from Bunbury Regional Community College, Treendale residents, Greater Bunbury residents, Bankwest Bunbury staff and some even travelled...
A class of twenty rehabilitated western ringtail possums have been released at a property in Gracetown following a term spent at the Possum Finishing School, preparing them for life in the wild. South West Catchments Council are working with Fostering and Assistance for Wildlife Needing Aid (FAWNA), the University...
The South West Catchments Council is offering grants for incorporated community groups to hold events that support community engagement in the conservation of the western ringtail possum, numbat, woylie, chuditch and malleefowl. Who is eligible to apply? All incorporated organisations operating in the South West NRM region are eligible...
A recently completed wildlife monitoring snapshot has identified Wellington National Park as important habitat for several threatened mammal species. Results suggest native species populations are stable and widely distributed across the park, whereas introduced predator populations are in low densities and limited in range. These positive results emphasise the...
Professor Graeme Samuel’s independent review of the Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act 1999 was publicly released in January 2021 to strong support from the natural resource management sector. The review presents compelling evidence that the Act, in its current form, is ineffective at enabling protection of Australia’s...
World Wetlands Day is celebrated every year on February 2nd, as this date marks the anniversary of the signing of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands in Ramsar, Iran in 1971 – 50 years ago today. The Convention aims to halt the worldwide loss of wetlands and conserve those that...
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(via GeoCatch) Kitty Cat School came to Busselton for all cat owners wanting to give their cat a healthy, happy and enriched life. Similar to puppy school, Kitty Cat School connects cat owners with expert cat behaviourists and local vets to provide the best available cat care advice. “This...
South West Catchments Council facilitated a focus group session on Saturday 21st November 2020 to discuss the benefits and barriers of indoor cat ownership. “It was great to hear from local Bunbury region cat owners about the rewarding experience of owning an indoor cat, especially the companionship benefits,” said...
South West Catchments Council participated in the annual Dolphin Festival family event on Saturday 17th October 2020, holding a stall to promote western ringtail possum conservation and related projects in the Greater Bunbury Region. This year stall visitors could enter a draw to win a ‘possum salad bar plant’...
By Stephen Newbey. SWCC and Birdlife Australia recently ran two ran two cockatoo training workshops, one in conjunction with Katanning Landcare, and the other with Blackwood Basin Group. The training included: How to identify potential cockatoo nesting sites; Survey methods of nesting sites; How to use ‘Cocky Cam’ to...
