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Bindjareb Boodja Green Jobs
On the 15th of January, 6 new recruits joined Indigenous Managed Services to deliver the training and employment outcomes for the PHCC GreenJobs project. The Green Jobs Plan is an investment by the State Government in environmental projects as part of the WA Recovery... Restoring Tunbridge Gully
The Tunbridge Gully restoration project in Boddington is showing great signs of success with the new seedlings planted over the last few years dominating throughout the area. This joint project between South32, the PHCC, Friends of the Reserves – Boddington... How to Find Numbats in Your Neighbourhood
Through the Numbat Neighbourhood Project we have been working in collaboration with Tangents TV to create a video to help Landholders determine if they have numbats living in their on-farm habitat. To view the video please follow this link to the our Youtube channel... Koompkinning – Pumphreys Bridge
Pumphreys Bridge is one of eight priority sites on the Hotham and Williams Rivers, which were chosen for river restoration activities recommended in the recently completed River Action Plan (RAP) (Urbaqua, 2020). PHCC is currently seeking funding to move from planning... Cockatoo Calls across the Catchment
Black Cockatoos are one of the most recognisable local wildlife across our catchment. We are lucky to have all three species of Black Cockatoo reside in our catchment. These are the Forest Red-tailed (Calyptorhynchus banksii naso) with its distinctive red striped tail... Dealing with the spread of Phytophthora Dieback
Of all the threats to the Peel-Yalgorup Ramsar 482 wetlands and its hinterland, Phytophthora Dieback is one of the most serious and most difficult to manage. It spreads in many ways but four-wheel-drive vehicles and off-road motorbikes are arguably the biggest cause... PHCC and Friends Celebrate World Wetlands Day in Style
After a brief hiatus thanks to WA’s snap lockdown in February, PHCC and partners celebrated World Wetlands Day in March with guided tours of the wetlands, the Dandjoo Gabi Wonga Sundowner and the WA Wetlands Management Conference. PHCC hosted the Dandjoo Gabi Wonga... Clean Waterways are No Accident!
In response to the death of Luca, a young member of Mandurah’s resident Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin population, a group of committed community members have come together to develop and launch a positive behaviour change campaign to inspire litter prevention for... Is there an Acid Demon Beneath Lake McLarty?
Lake McLarty is an “ephemeral” wetland – meaning that it naturally dries out for a few months most years. Due to Climate Change, these dry phases have been longer and this has the potential to affect the quality of the lake’s water and sediments when the first... All Things Hotham-Williams Rivers
Dedicated river health studies and river action plans have now been completed for the Hotham and Williams Rivers in our upper catchment. PHCC is moving forward to seek funding and plan for on-ground actions. Now that the Hotham-Williams River Action Plan (RAP)...