Healthy Environments

Bridal Creeper, regarded as one of the 20 worst weeds in Australia, is the target of an Avon Catchment Council (ACC) project that commenced recently working with Avon River Basin communities to map Bridal Creeper infestations and then together deciding the best method to control the weed locally and regionally.

The South West Australia Ecoregion (SWAE) is Australia’s only Global Biodiversity Hotspot, and is home to a variety of unique flora and fauna which are under serious threat.

Time is running out for farmers in the Avon River Basin to apply for free saltbush and tree seedlings.

The Royal Flying Doctor Service will again benefit from a program aimed at controlling feral animals.

Native bushland in the WA Wheatbelt will be better protected thanks to a $660,000 project funded by the Commonwealth Government.

WA farmers have begun a massive assault on foxes, which cause an estimated $200 million nation-wide in damage each year.

Landholders and interested community members will have the chance to learn how to better look after their local creeks and waterways through a series of workshops.

Wheatbelt farmers Kath and John Cousins want to leave a legacy for their children that isn’t a landscape of salt.

When Merredin farming family Pep and Jules Alvaro were first approached to put their 53 hectare bush block under a covenant they were reluctant.

Nearly half a million more trees will be planted in the Avon River Basin thanks to an incentive program from the Avon Catchment Council.