4th WA coastal conference
Western Australia's coastline stretches 27 000 kilometres. It is a massive and much loved coastline and each town along it requires a special coastal management plan.
View ArticleThe impact of climate change on our coastline
The intensity of weather events and the rising sea level are two of the most important challenges for the future of Australia's coastline.
View ArticleIndigenous concerns about the future of WA's coastline
The Roebuck Bay working group from WA's Kimberley is concerned that not enough thought is given to how our coastline will look in 40 or 50 years.
View ArticleWalk through the valley of the giants
One of the main attractions in the Denmark area is the suspended tree top walk through the Valley of the Giants.
View ArticleArt to bee sure
Scottish artist Emma Herman-Smith has been spraying pictures of bees all about the place in WA - from Mount Melville to Wave Rock to the sign to the Kalgoorlie Super Pit.
View ArticleFlora Friend: Peppermint tree
The Western Australian peppermint tree (Agonis flexuose) is a dark leafed tree which exudes a beautiful pepperminty smell. Each week in 'Flora Friend or Foe' Sylvia Leighton talks to ABC presenter...
View ArticleWood you believe it? The world's largest forest is here
In case you didn't know, Thursday 5 June was World Environment Day. So, it's probably a good day to reveal that WA is home to the largest and healthiest temperate woodlands left on the planet.
View ArticleProtecting wildlife after the bushfires
The public is being asked to help save wildlife affected by the Victoria's recent bushfires.
View ArticleProfile- Annette Henderson
Few would have had the opportunity to live in a remote mining camp near the Congolese border nor would many have had the chance to meet great apes and care for a baby gorilla first hand.
View ArticleRoad map leads to conservation
A new map of the Wheatbelt will mean more environmental conservation...
View ArticleA local icon - the Wagin Banksia
The Wagin community already keeps an eye on a rare animal, now they're looking after an endangered plant too.
View ArticleEndangered phascogale
Former farmers Mel Bristow and Brian Price are dedicating their retirement to saving the endangered red-tailed phascogale.
View ArticleGreens call for action against dieback
Greens Senator Rachel Siewert says not enough is being done to tackle the plant disease dieback on Western Australia's south coast.
View ArticleThe story of our endangered Banksias on National Threatened Species Day
The beautiful Banksia plant is one of the Great Southern's most treasured icons, but did you know that some local Banksia species are endangered?
View ArticlePotoroos thrive on island home
Bald Island located 1.5 kilometres off the South Coast just east of Albany is proving to be a home in the sun for the critically endangered Gilbert's Potoroo as the Department of the Environment's...
View ArticleWA Govt warned to rethink national park walk trail
The Western Australian Labor Party says it is time the State Government backed down from plans to build a 45 kilometre walk trail through the Fitzgerald River National Park.
View ArticleBaby humpback whale dies on South Coast beach
A one day old Humpback whale calf came ashore to die last week on a beach in Bremer Bay. Conservation officers say that as the population of whales recover from the effects of whaling, numbers of the...
View ArticleFrom parking fees to planting trees
The seemingly ever-increasing number of cars in the peak hour crawl in and out of Perth is one of the most visible indicators of the city's growth.
View ArticleFunds to tackle wattle infestations
The Wilson Inlet Catchment Committee has been allocated state funding for conservation work in the Great Southern.
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