Urban Bushland Council WA Inc

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 […]

Help Protect our Urban Bushland Quendas and other wildlife! Can we do more to save wildlife in our suburban bushland? Can we reduce the risks from fire, feral animals and urbanisation? Although much has been lost from our urban remnant patches, there is still much to protect. We also know how Quendas can improve bushland soil […]

POSTPONED: New dates Sunday 5 July or Saturday 11 July - check out new dates here You are invited to a UBC sponsored GUIDED WALK to say Farewell to Ocean Reef Bushland (ex- Bush Forever 325). This will be led by members of the Joondalup Community Coast Care Forum. In late 2019 the WAPC excised 26 ha […]

POSTPONED: New dates Sunday 5 July or Saturday 11 July - check out new dates here You are invited to a UBC sponsored GUIDED WALK to say Farewell to Ocean Reef Bushland (ex- Bush Forever 325). This will be led by members of the Joondalup Community Coast Care Forum. In late 2019 the WAPC excised 26 […]

New date Sunday 5 July  You are invited to a UBC sponsored GUIDED WALK to say Farewell to Ocean Reef Bushland (ex- Bush Forever 325). This will be led by members of the Joondalup Community Coast Care Forum. In late 2019 the WAPC excised 26 ha of bushland from Bush Forever 325. DWER has recently issued two […]

New date Saturday 11 July  You are invited to a UBC sponsored GUIDED WALK to say Farewell to Ocean Reef Bushland (ex- Bush Forever 325). This will be led by members of the Joondalup Community Coast Care Forum. In late 2019 the WAPC excised 26 ha of bushland from Bush Forever 325. DWER has recently issued two […]

Why indiscriminate burning will permanently alter our bushlands and why we need to rethink how we use fire in our landscapes. Our biodiversity is going up in smoke, harming our health, the plants and animals that make Perth and the South-west of Western Australia a world biodiversity hot spot. After making headway in the 1990's […]

Join David Pike’s curated walk at 8 am on Saturday 5th September through the Landsdale Conservation Park. This remnant bushland lies in suburban Darch and its biodiversity and rarity is a reminder that we need to protect it. David has been walking through and observing Landsdale bushland for 20 years. This site was prescribe burnt […]

Come to our next talk on Thursday 19th November, from 6pm. You will be able to hear Dr Anna Hopkins talk about soil microbes and bushland health. Anna's talk follows on from David Knowles presentation last month about the devastating effect of fires on insects. Continuing our series, we have asked Anna to talk about […]

This year UBC's theme is protecting our bushland from threats whether they are weeds, feral animals, fire, or incursions from developers.  Accordingly we have asked Judy Fisher to talk about the ways that Member Groups can protect and enhance biodiversity through on ground work. How the latest approach to saving worldwide biodiversity can save Perth […]