UBC Point Peron PER Submission has been Lodged

Hands off Point Peron

Hands Off Point Peron (HOPP) group are opposed to the Mangles Bay Marina Based Tourist Precinct proposal at Point Peron to take 77 hectares of public land in the Rockingham Lakes Regional Park and use it for private canal housing, marina and commercial development. This land was transferred from the Commonwealth to the State of Western Australia in 1964 subject to its future use being ‘restricted to a reserve for…

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Schools Cockie Resources

Kids Learn about Cockies

Cockie activity sheets have been designed for a wide audience – from merely as a colouring sheet for lower primary school children to a sheet that requires more research by upper primary children into colours and textures etc. of the birds and surrounding vegetation. For upper primary, secondary school and others, the rear of the sheet has facts in a condensed form about each of the species.

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EPBC Nomination for Perth's Threatened Banksia Woodlands

Perth's Banksia Woodlands are Endangered

The sustainability of the biodiversity of these species-rich Banksia Woodlands is now critically dependent on maintenance of banksia 'island' linkages. These linkages are essential as wildlife corridors for seasonal movement of fauna (eg. small bird species, invertebrates), and to act as refugia and corridors for recolonisation after catastrophic events such as fire, hailstorms in a fragmented landscape.

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Endangered Black Cockatoos

Black Cockatoos are Threatened by excessive Landclearing

Underwood Avenue Bushland is threatened by a University of WA development application. It is a significant feeding site for endangered Black Cockatoos.  Photo Marg Owen. 

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Urban Treasures

Visit Your Local Bushland Soon

Western Australia's South West is a world-renowned biodiversity hotspot, with Perth having a number of magnificent regional parks, many with world recognised environmental values.  So, start your exploration of the State's amazing bushlands…

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Anstey Keane Dampland Under Threat

Another 'Bush for a Day' Site

This area is under threat from urbanization, including the proposed extension of Keane Road right through the middle of it. Cutting a jewel in half makes it relatively worthless.  It does not make two equal parts of half the value each of the whole. The same would apply to the Anstey-Keane Bush Forever site. The larger…

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Perth's Banksia Woodlands

NEW. Four new Videos

Banksia woodlands are highly important, diverse, species-rich environments. They have declined substantially and face serious threat. There is an urgent need to understand the diversity, venerability and vulnerability of Banksia woodlands and their remarkable biota. There is also a need to achieve substantial change in policy and management if we are to make a difference to Banksia woodland conservation and management.

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Endangered Black Cockatoos

Pave Paradise and put up a Parking Lot - No Way!

NEW - Media Release!!  A good crowd turned up for the Rally to Save Monash Avenue Bushland. The QEII hospital redevelopment is beginning. See the devastation along Winthrop Ave, the massive removal of trees............

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Habitat Destruction through Land Clearing

UBC >> Bushland Issues

Perry Lakes Stripped

From consultations with the public on the Perry Lakes redevelopment, the Landcorp personnel of the redevelopment plan wrote; “There was a strong desire to retain as many trees as possible at the perimeter of the site and retain significant trees within the site especially around the rugby field.” However for stage 3 over thirty mature trees along Underwood Avenue and Meagher Drive were destroyed. Good planning could have seen many…

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Friends of Mosman Park Bushland

Bushland Groups >> North of the river

Vegetation Rehabilitation is Important

...from our website...What an extraordinary sight - a wall of 30 planters worked their way across the ground, moving from one hole to the next, each planter in silent encouragement with the next. Passers-by even joined in! The mayor, three councillors, our young citizen of the year and our environmental volunteer of the year didn’t let up until our mission was completed. The 1000 plants were in and watered just…

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Lake Nowergup/Carabooda Valley Community Group

Save the Tuart Woodland. Oppose the Concrete Plant!

The community has been campaigning against a proposal by WA Limestone to establish a new limestone quarry and concrete batching plant on seven hectares of virgin native bushland on Wanneroo Rd less than 500 metres from Lake Nowergup. The wider community support has been significant and sustained with bipartisan support from all local members of Parliament.  Photo John Baas

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Save Beeliar Wetlands

Bushland Groups >> South of the river

Stop Roe 8!

Roe Highway Stage 8 is the proposal to build a 5.5km, six lane highway from Kwinana Freeway in Bibra Lake to Stock Rd in Coolbellup. At the current cost per km it would be the most expensive piece of road ever built in WA. Every kilometer of ROE highway stage 8 could cost you 128 million dollars to a total of almost 3/4 of a billion dollars and destroy irreplaceable…

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WA Naturalists' Club (Inc)

Bushland Groups >> Statewide - Regional

The WA Nats Club has recently launched its new Website

The Western Australian Naturalists’ Club, noted as one of the oldest conservation groups in Australia, is a lively organisation designed to cater for all the environmentally conscious members of the community. Founded in Perth in 1924, the club is a respected and vibrant society that provides for a wide span of interests for the amateur and the professional. All branches of natural history and conservation are covered in a full…

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Friends of Allen Park Bushland

Bushland Groups >> North of the river

Friends Groups do Great Work

We aim to preserve a special pocket of coastal bushland in Swanbourne with a view to regenerate degraded areas, control erosion, remove exotic species, protect wildlife by improving the habitat for fauna, flora and fungi. Amidst Dryandra shrubland, beds of…

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Weed Invasion in Bushland

UBC >> Bushland Issues

Pink Gladiolus is a Major Problem in Wetlands

Pink Gladiolus issuperficially attractive but it is also one of our most visually intrusive weeds.     Photo John Baas. 

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Join a Guided Walk

Join a Tour

In April 2007 the Urban Bushland Council put forward a proposal to increase the capacity of Friends groups to raise awareness of local bushland. We believed that providing organised walks with skilled guides would bring more people into the bushland and in turn give them more understanding of the values of these special areas. Walking in the bush with a skilled guide opens up a whole new world. 

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Perth Urban Bushland Fungi Project

UBC >> Current Activities

Perth's Fungi are Poorly Understood

The Perth Urban Bushland Fungi (PUBF) project was developed in response to the growing interest in the community about biodiversity conservation and in particular, about the lack of information of local fungi. There are many times more fungi than plants in our bushlands. These fungi have crucial roles for bushland health, such as nutrient recycling and beneficial partnerships with most native plants. Prior to this project very few bushland areas…

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