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Defending Dryandra – Feral Hotspots Project

Defending Dryandra – Feral Hotspots Project

PHCC has been successful in our Feral Cat Management Grant Application!  The Defending Dryandra – Feral Hotspots Project will be delivered over 3 years and will involve targeted feral cat control by a pest animal control contractor and camera monitoring at known feral...

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For the Birds

For the Birds

Each year PHCC partners with Birdlife Australia to coordinate the National Shorebird Count in the Peel-Yalgorup Ramsar listed wetland system. Shorebirds are one of the world’s most endangered group of birds. Many species of migratory shorebirds come to the...

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Healing our Rivers

Healing our Rivers

March was a busy month on the banks of the Hotham and Williams Rivers, where bank rehabilitation was carried out at two locations, in partnership with the Wilman (Dryandra) People Corporation and thanks to assistance from the Shires of Wandering and Williams. The...

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Rabbit virus release for 2024

Rabbit virus release for 2024

European rabbits have a huge impact on the natural environment and agricultural activities. It is estimated that rabbits cost Australian Agriculture $216 million in production losses each year. PHCC is supporting landholders with rabbit control by providing rabbit...

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Landscape Rehydration in Quindanning

Landscape Rehydration in Quindanning

We recently held a Landscape Rehydration workshop on a property in Quindanning in our Hotham-Williams subcatchment. The Mulloon Institute’s Lance Mudgway provided technical and practical in-field demonstrations to landholders on how to retain on-farm water through...

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Win-Win for Our Farmers and the Estuary!

Win-Win for Our Farmers and the Estuary!

Farmers involved in the 2023/24 Healthy Estuaries WA Nutrient Management Program recently came together at the Meadow Springs Golf and Country Club to receive their soil test results and nutrient maps, and to learn how to use this data to guide their fertiliser...

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Fertiliser spreaders fail to perform!

Fertiliser spreaders fail to perform!

The performance of farmers’ fertiliser spreading equipment was tested during an Accu-Spread workshop recently held in the Peel-Harvey region. All the spreaders that were tested, even a near-new model costing thousands of dollars, failed to produce an even spreading...

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We acknowledge the Noongar people as Traditional Custodians of this land and pay our respects to all Elders past and present