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Western Australia has the enviable position of having one of the few biodiversity hotspots in the world. And this should be protected at all costs. So, the post Covid-19 recovery […]
Continue readingCelebrate International Day for Biological Diversity
Celebrate with a Guided Walk… Visit Neerabup National Park which is a connector for biodiversity but is under pressure from development in the Northern corridor. Join the UBC sponsored guided […]
Continue readingStories from the Urban Bush Telegraph
We share with you some of the stories from the Autumn 2020 edition of the Urban Bush Telegraph. You might like to visit these bushland sites sometime in the future. […]
Continue readingCelebrating Black Cockatoos
Black Cockatoos of Jirdarup The Friends of Kensington Bushland invite you to their walk and talk about the Black Cockatoos of Jirdarup (Kensington Bushland) Sunday 22nd March 2020 – 3 […]
Continue readingSpring Walks
It’s almost Spring – and there are many Spring walks in the coming weeks. Here are a few to tempt you. Baigup Wetlands Come to Baigup Wetlands on the Swan […]
Continue readingTawny Frogmouth in Underwood
It was such a surprise to almost bump into this Tawny Frogmouth in an Allocasuarina tree in Underwood Bushland, Shenton Park. Maybe she was a female. She wasn’t giving much […]
Continue readingSaving Urban Bushland
Saving Urban Bushland – piece by piece, year after year, again and again As presented to the Nature City Seminar June 2019 Why is saving urban bushland from destruction so […]
Continue readingTwo great urban bushland events
The winter rains have finally arrived on the Swan Coastal Plain and our thoughts turn again to protecting our urban bushland. We now have the details for some great urban […]
Continue readingUpdates: Bushland Campaigns
Over the past six months, we have highlighted a number of local bushland campaigns aiming to protect urban bushland. Where are those campaigns now? There have been some wins, some […]
Continue readingCampaign to save Anstey-Keane continues
In Perth’s south-eastern suburb of Forrestdale is a rare and fragile nature reserve known as Anstey-Keane Dampland. It is a 311 hectare oasis of heathland, dampland and banksia woodland surrounded […]
Continue readingNo new WA Regional Forest Agreement
The WA Regional Forest Agreement (RFA) signed 20 years ago by Prime Minister John Howard and Premier Richard Court exempted the WA logging industry from Federal environmental laws. The RFA […]
Continue readingLOST: The battle to save Lemnos Bushland
The clearing of Lemnos Bushland commenced in early February! The understory has been ripped clean. It is heartbreaking. And utterly despicable. LandCorp has let us down!. They have stopped at […]
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