By the late 1970s, Waddy Forest farmers, David and Fiona Falconer, recognised the long-term viability of their grain-growing property was being threatened by dryland salinity. Areas of the farm were becoming increasingly unsuitable to grow crops and pastures, bare salt … Read More
NARvis Summary Document Updated
NARvis Summary Document Updated The Northern Agricultural Catchment Council (NACC) is excited to announce the 2016 update of Northern Agricultural Region’s NRM Strategy as now delivered on the NARvis website. The update is the culmination of input gathered from a … Read More
Recovery of seabird colonies on Rat Island (Houtman Abrolhos)
A recent paper published in the Journal of the Royal Society of WA, illustrates the recovery of a number of breeding seabird colonies on Rat Island since the eradication of black rats and cats. After being absent from the Island … Read More
Protecting our National Parks – New 10 year plan for Kalbarri NP
The State Government has released a 10-year management plan for Kalbarri National Park, one of Western Australia’s most visited and environmentally diverse areas. Environment Minister Albert Jacob said the park’s spectacular landscapes received more than 300,000 visits a year. “Kalbarri … Read More
Hooded Plover at Jurien Bay
Until recently, little was know about the distribution of the Hooded Plover along the coastal regions north of Perth. Previously only recorded at Leeman Lakes, Philippa Schmucker has discovered another site at the CSR Gypsum Mine at Sandy Cape. The new … Read More
Map of Life
Helping to address the issues of evaluating species for conservation is a new tool called Map of Life. Recently announced in a Google Research Blog post, Map of Life allows users to locate species information either by selecting a search area … Read More
Free trees for Carnaby’s
Moore Catchment Council are giving away free trees and bushes to residents and landowners around Calingiri to help feed Carnaby’s Black Cockatoos. There is also funding available to fence off planting sites. For more information view the flyer or contact Rachel at the … Read More
The First Ecological Land Units Map of the World
Created by the US Geological Survey (USGS) and Esri, this new map is the most detailed global ecological land units map in the world. Created at a high resolution (250 m) it provides a great platform to better understand and the world’s … Read More
Corridors for climate change blog
View the Corridors for Climate Change Blog archive for information, thoughts, ideas and passion about improving biodiversity, through multi-purpose conservation corridors, on a landscape-scale within the Northern Agricultural Region. Together with best management practices, the aim of the corridor is to … Read More