September | 2019
Successful Environmental Campaigns
Join members for a panel discussion focused around securing success in environmental campaigns. We will also be considering UBC membership fees. Notice of General Meeting to discuss Special Resolutions to increase UBC Fees For some time now, the Committee has been discussing the long-term financial viability of UBC. For those who have attended recent AGMs you will remember that the financial reports over the past few years have shown a Net Loss. Operating expenditure has exceeded income. Hence UBC has…
Find out more »October | 2019
Anstey-Keane Walk
Join UBC and Friends of Forrestdale for a walk through the urban treasure of Anstey Keane damplands. It is the second most floristically diverse Bush Forever site on the Swan Coastal Plain and has more plant species than Kings Park. More importantly, its vegetation is in excellent condition. It is an area of high biological importance. You will be guided by locals, David and Bryony who love this bushland and are fighting to stop human incursions. They will show us some special…
Find out more »November | 2019
The fire ecology of Banksia woodlands
Russell Miller is a PhD candidate, Murdoch University, Kings Park Science and will discuss his research on the fire ecology of Banksia woodlands. Banksia woodlands have a long association with fire. Over tens of thousands of years, our local plant species have developed strategies not only to tolerate but sometimes benefit from recurrent fire. A fundamental concept in fire ecology is that plants are adapted to certain fire regimes (i.e., frequency, seasonality, and intensity) but if populations experience fire outside…
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