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  • Sustainable Agriculture
    A Total Change of Mindset

    Things were looking grim around Mt Hampton due to the drought; the land was getting dryer and dryer, there had been little rain for two years and none forecast to come.

  • Aboriginal NRM
    Rangers share the amazing Wheatbelt with the Governor

    The Noongar Budjar Rangers were happy to spend time last week with the Honourable Kim Beazley AC - Governor of WA at an event with the Shire of Northam at the BKB Centre.

  • Healthy Environments
    Cats – The killing machines

    We know feral cats are an enormous problem for our native wildlife, with the Threatened Species Hub saying they kill more than three billion animals per year.

  • Healthy Environments
    What woodland is that?

    There are over 70 different sub-communities of the Critically Endangered Eucalypt Woodlands of the Western Australian Wheatbelt ecological community.

  • Aboriginal NRM
    Rangers return for nut planting

    The Noongar Budjar Rangers have returned to Aldersyde to revisit the site where last year they planted over 34ha of sandalwood hosts.

  • Sustainable Agriculture
    Smart Farms success in the Wheatbelt

    It was exciting to see some success for WA agriculture organisations as part of the Smart Farms Small Grants recently announced in a media release from the Minister for Agriculture, Drought and Emergency Management, David Littleproud.

  • Sustainable Agriculture
    Soil Health Strategy Discussion Paper – Your Opportunity

    The Soil and Land Conservation Council (SLCC) has released the Western Australian Soil Health Strategy Discussion Paper, the aim of which is to gain stakeholder input to determine goals and principles and prioritise key actions as part of the development of the state Soil Health Strategy.

  • Aboriginal NRM
    Warrine flourishing in dry autumn

    Bush Walkers in the region might have noticed a scrambling vine with small yellow flowers standing out as a green beacon in the dry autumn landscape.

  • Healthy Environments
    Malleefowl watching breaks up the long haul

    Thank you truckies, for reporting malleefowl!

  • Sustainable Agriculture
    Ground cover link to soil carbon explored

    Our optimising mixed farming project is working with farmers to increase ground cover across the year.

  • Water
    Lake community facilities set to be improved

    We are finally at the last stage of our $3.7 million dollar Living Lakes project.

  • Community Engagement
    Conservation and land management can stimulate economy

    Thousands of local jobs could be generated through a $4 billion combined federal and state economic stimulus package in the conservation and land management sector, according to a coalition of conservation, farming and land management organisations.