The Department of Parks and Wildlife’s Land for Wildlife conservation program is partnering with NRM WA to help participants manage their bushland for wildlife habitat.
Land for Wildlife is a voluntary scheme to encourage and assist private landholders to provide habitat for wildlife in bushland on their property.
There are currently 1941 registered landholders, with a total of 286,614 hectares of bushland being managed as wildlife habitat through the program.
Parks and Wildlife Director General Jim Sharp said the collaboration with NRM WA regional organisations would benefit private land managers and the State’s biodiversity conservation.
“This agreement and partnership arrangements with the NRM organisations is an exciting development for private land conservation in Western Australia,” Mr Sharp said.
“Parks and Wildlife has run Land for Wildlife since 1997 and will continue to administer the program through coordination of property assessments, registering and supporting new participants and communications including the Western Wildlife newsletter.
“NRM regional groups have expertise in providing land management support to landholders, community engagement and information dissemination, and considerable local knowledge about land management practices and local biodiversity conservation.
”NRM WA chair Jim Sullivan said the services each NRM organisation will provide to Land for Wildlife members would be determined in coming months.
“It is anticipated that NRM bodies will work with landholders in each region, linking them into networks and local communications,” Mr Sullivan said.
“The NRM representatives will also be a source of information about local grant opportunities and landscape issues relevant in the region, such as salinity or acid sulphate soils.”
For more information or to become a participant, visit www.dpaw.wa.gov.au/landforwildlife, or call the program coordinator on 9219 9527.
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