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man pointing to a boom acress part a lake to control water hyacinth

‘Getting rid of water hyacinth at Keralup Farm, Serpentine River’

Landcare SJ Project Update March 2019 SUCCESSFUL State NRM Small Community Stewardship Grant ‘Getting rid of water hyacinth at Keralup Farm, Serpentine River’ By Kristy Gregory, Project Management Officer  Landcare SJ This project will continue the efforts to eradicate the…
feral pigs

War on Feral Pigs in Serpentine Jarrahdale

By Kristy Gregory, Landcare SJ Project Management Officer . Landholders in Keysbrook have declared war on feral pigs over spring and summer, with a family group of 1 boar, 3 sows and 21 piglets successfully caught in November 2018. Since…
bushland next to rail line Mundijong

Partnership, patience, and hard work the key to a healthy rail corridor

Partnership, patience, and hard work the key to a healthy rail corridor by Natural Resource Management Officer Kristy Gregory [perfectpullquote align=”full” bordertop=”false” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””]That’s what it took to achieve simultaneous outcomes for bushfire safety and the natural…
cooton bush growing by the road

2 hours + 5 people =500 cotton bush plants removed. Declared weeds are everyone’s business.

That’s what it took to remove cotton bush at the corner of Mundijong and Kargotich roads and at the intersection of Mundijong and Lightbody roads. Staff from Landcare SJ and the Peel Harvey Biosecurity Group were quick to rally together…
a man rescuing a possum

Landcare SJ says au revoir to Chris Kennedy

Today, 18th December, is the last day of the project that Chris Kennedy has been coordinating, ‘Measuring NRM Success in SJ’, funded by the State NRM Program. Chris has completed the huge task that Sarah Way began back in May…