Lake McLarty is an internationally important wetland located in south-west Australia and an integral part of the Peel‑Yalgorup wetland system, Ramsar 482. Over recent years the lake’s condition has deteriorated due to reduced rainfall,...
This project is a collaborative scientific venture involving more than twenty researchers and land managers from four universities, two State Government departments, two local governments and PHCC. It investigates the links between...
In the Wetland Yarns Project the PHCC brings together Noongar People, scientists and artists to share their knowledge and stories about wetlands with school students. The Project was developed and trialled in 2017 by the PHCC and included...
The Parkfield Lake remodeled an unsightly, degraded artificial lake that suffered from flooding and algal blooms into an attractive nutrient stripping wetland with surrounding parklands removing an estimated 75kg of phosphorus per year. ...
In winter, a large network of drains help farmers in the Mayfield Catchment battle waterlogged conditions. But in spring, as the land dries out, those drains funnel away much-needed water as well as valuable nutrients. This ...
Most river reaches in the Peel-Harvey Catchment are in a poor condition after more than a century of uncontrolled stock access, riverbank erosion and weed invasion. With this in mind as part of its Rivers to Ramsar Project, the PHCC...
Mayfield catchment landholders have a long history of Landcare and provided critical information for the Subcatchment Implementation Plan (SIP) for Water Quality Improvement. This Healthy Waterways project, conducted in the Mayfield...
Lying to the east of the Harvey estuary, Lake Mealup, straddles public and private lands. Collaboratively managed for its conservation values, and culturally significant to Noongars, it forms an integral part of the Peel-Yalgorup Ramsar...
Initiated by Greening Australia WA and facilitated by PHCC’s Rivercare Program, this water quality improvement project implemented water sensitive urban design principles, to retrofit the 3 drains that received 50% of the town of...
Bordering the Murray River and Marrinup Brook, within the catchment of the Ramsar-listed Peel-Harvey Estuary, Gordon McLarty’s property in Meelon, south east of Pinjarra, Western Australia, was the site of extensive waterway, riparian...