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Rehabilitating Injidup Spa
Nature Conservation Margaret River Region, in partnership with DBCA, held two volunteer busy bees at Injidup natural spa this winter as the first steps in rehabilitating one of the south west’s most popular “secret” spots. The beloved natural spa is suffering from erosion and vegetation loss, which…
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WA Fairy Tern Network Awarded
The WA Fairy Tern Network has been recognised at the 2022 Western Australian Coastal Awards for Excellence in the Science and Research category. The WA Fairy Tern Network supports and promotes solutions to protect the threatened Australian fairy tern across their breeding range in WA’s…
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CoastSnapWA
Coastal communities in Western Australia between Rockingham and Busselton in Western Australia have been involved in scientific and environmental research to monitor the changing coastline. CoastSnap, a University of New South Wales initiative, was introduced into WA by the Peron Naturaliste Partnership and the University…
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Community led stewardship in Perth’s northern coastal corridor
This year Perth NRM was excited to receive funding from the Western Australian Government’s State NRM Program to deliver a three year coastal restoration and community engagement project across Perth’s northern suburbs. The intent of the project is to address the degradation and vulnerability of…
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Perth-Peel coastal walk – website and book
The Perth-Mandurah metropolitan area now extends over 200km, from Dawesville in the south to Two Rocks in the north. This is a longer distance than the Cape to Cape walk between Capes Leeuwin and Naturaliste. Most of the Perth-Mandurah coast is developed with foreshore reserves…
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A Successful Partnership at Trigg Beach
In March 2018, the Friends of Trigg Beach became aware that the State Government had purchased a vacant block of land at Trigg Beach a few metres from the famous Trigg Point. A privately owned beach house, one of three built in the early years…
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A new coastal protection project in Cockburn
C.Y. O’Connor Beach in the City of Cockburn has a rich recreational, industrial, and cultural history. As urban expansion and the impacts of storms increases pressure on the natural environment of the beach, the City of Cockburn, in association with the community, has implemented innovative…
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Improving peer support for Coastcare
The Community Capacity Assessment 2021 project, funded by the Western Australian Government’s State NRM Program and implemented by Perth NRM, has undertaken interviews, workshops, and online surveys to determine the current circumstances of Environmental Groups and Coastcare Group in the Perth region. The data collected reveals the enormous and…
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Penguin Island Update
In November 2021, a group from Millennium Kids, comprising adults, children and youth board members, went to Penguin Island to find out more about the little penguins and their declining numbers. On the island, we met up with Erin Clitheroe, a scientist who has been…
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