The Williams Wildlife Warriors are a group of local Williams children who meet after school to learn all about the wonders of their local environment. PHCC was invited to be local experts and we spoke about native fauna, how important the Williams River is and PHCC’s role in restoring it and we looked for and learnt about aquatic macroinvertebrates.

Christine, PHCC’s Farmers for Fauna Coordinator, spoke to the Wildlife Warriors about the amazing threatened fauna they have in their local area including woylies, red-tailed phascogales and numbats. We spoke about the threats to these animals and about how waterways are important wildlife corridors for these animals. The taxidermy woylie and red-tailed phascogale had their first outing and were a big hit with the Warriors.

The Warriors were keen to learn about the Williams River which flows through their town. Kristy Gregory, PHCC’s River Restoration Coordinator, spoke about the river environment and how the landscape of the Peel-Harvey Catchment is all connected by its creeks and rivers. PHCC’s Thelma Crook used the catchment model to illustrate how land use activities can have downstream impacts, and the importance of restoring and looking after our precious waterways.

We then took a walk down to the river to look for macro aquatic invertebrates. The students loved looking at and learning about the macro invertebrates and what their presence can tell us about water health. It’s comforting to know that Williams has a keen group of Wildlife Warriors who will grow up to have the local environments best interest at heart. >>

This project is supported by the Peel-Harvey Catchment Council through funding from the Australian Government’s National Landcare Program, Newmont Boddington and South 32 Worsley Alumina

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