Pine Trees posing major threat to biodiversity along the Kalgan River

An infestation of introduced pine trees along Albany’s pristine Kalgan River will be removed and the area’s biodiversity restored as part of a new project coordinated by South Coast Natural Resource Management.

WA’s First Marine Park

Environment Minister Donna Faragher will today announce the final stage in the creation of Western Australia’s first marine park in the south coast. 

The Walpole and Nornalup Inlets Marine Park is the 13th marine conservation area in the State but the first to be created since 2004.

Would it work here?

On a recent trip to South Australia, two things stood out as we were walking around the city. One was the lack of roadside litter and the other was the numbers of people with trollys or garbage bags looking for it.

DieBack Alert!

Dieback front in Banksia coccinea

ONE MILLION HECTARES OF WA’S SOUTH WEST INFESTED WITH DIEBACK

While the world debates the  broader issues of climate change and global warming, entire ecological communities in this region are under dire threat from the devastation of Phytophthora Dieback.
Formerly known as Jarrah Dieback,  Phythophthora cinnamomi, has created environmental havoc throughout large tracts of land in the south west of the state, especially in  high rainfall areas which are most vulnerable to its deadly impact.