Category: Conservation
‘Crop circles on the ocean floor’: WA scientist’s remarkable find
Todd Bond's research on WA's North West Shelf has uncovered some fascinating possibilities for oil and gas operators.
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Coal mine returned to farming land in WA’s South West
Griffin Coal has been rehabilitating mine sites at Collie for the best part of 40 years – but its latest efforts at the Ewington 1 mine are taking that work to another level. Griffin, which first started operating in Collie during the 1920s, has been concentrating recent rehabilitation work on transforming areas of open cut mining into workable and highly productive […]
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World-first possum finishing school prepares endangered creatures for life back in the wild
The school aims to prepare orphaned or abandoned young Western Ringtail Possums for life back in the bush.
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Alcoa steps up to help our iconic and threatened Black-Cockatoos
Bauxite miner and alumina producer Alcoa is taking a multifaceted approach to helping Western Australia’s iconic Black-Cockatoos.
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A new view for the world’s densest collection of rock art
Murujuga National Park is home to more than one million pieces of rock art, some of it more than 40,000 years old.
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Rehabilitating the South West’s tuart forest
Senior Environmental Supervisor, Greg Overton, talks us through the remarkable job he and his team have done to rehabilitate the old Ludlow mineral sands mine. The Greg and his team, working with the Ludlow Working Party, are aspiring to restore the area to what it would have looked like before the first loggers went in […]
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Creating a wetland wonderland at Schwenke’s Dam
When the opportunity arose to create unique and lasting wetlands in the heart of WA’s south west, local conservation groups jumped at the chance. The Waterbird Project at Schwenke’s Dam aimed to transform a historic mine void at Greenbushes into a haven for waterbirds and a space for recreation activities such as birdwatching and nature […]
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Putting things back to how you found them
Doral's Yoongarillup mineral sands mine just outside Busselton is a prime example of what a world-class rehabilitation project should look like.
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Harry Butler: The Original Conservationist
Dr. Harry Butler was Australia’s leading naturalist and environmental consultant. During his lifetime, he played a major role in environmental conservation in Australia, and his legacy continues.
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Examining the elusive microbats of WA’s South West
Take a moment to look at the size of your thumb and you may get an idea of just how small the body of Western Australia’s microbats can be. As the name suggests, microbats are small species of insectivorous bats that inhabit many of Western Australia’s diverse ecosystems including Jarrah Forests. Even though Microbats live an […]
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