The Byford Enviro-Link, BEL, start the summer with a new trailer and watering tank thanks to a very generous $4,000 donation by a local businessman. The new tank has 1000 L capacity which will ensure that each site can be watered fully. The 4 wheeled trailer is much more stable on rough ground. On Friday […]
Landcare SJ and the Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale have partnered together through the Community Funding Program to provide signs and doggy poop stations at different entrances to the Brickwood Reserve walk trail. This means walkers and their canines can enjoy the area while looking after it! The Friends of Brickwood Reserve group meet every month […]
Landcare SJ Officer, Kristy Gregory visited North Dandalup Primary School with Damien Grose from Tranen Revegetation Systems. He did a seed collecting session with the kids in their bushland.
A group of year 2 students spent time walking through the bush and learning about identification of native plant seed, ripeness and collection methods. Damien will process the seed for the school and give them some tips about germination so that seedlings can be grown in the school nursery.
Damian Grose from Tranen showing kids at the North Dandalup Primary School how to collect native seed. These seeds will be used to grow seedlings for native regeneration in the same area as part of the Rivers to Ramsar Project supported by the Peel Harvey Catchment Council through the Australian Government.
Professor Mark Olson from UNAM, Mexico’s National University, visited Serpentine Jarrahdale on 28 November to carry out sampling of native tree species as part of an international drought research project. Professor Olson’s study is focussed on the link between moisture, temperature and vegetation height under climate change. As outlined in the project proposal document “Plant […]
A total of $65,240 has been provided by the Australian Federal Government through the Peel-Harvey Catchment Council for the protection and enhancement of 4 significant bushland reserve in Serpentine Jarrahdale and north Murray. Brickwood reserve, Byford – 50ha Mundijong road and Duckpond reserve – 11ha North Dandalup Primary School reserve – 2ha Privately owned bushland […]
North Dandalup Primary school has 2ha of bushland reserve, mostly in good condition, containing several types of rare Marri Woodlands botanically classed as Threatened Ecological Communities. In the early days of settlement farmers knew that land containing certain species of plants and trees would have soil that would be successful for farming. As a consequence […]
Drainage basin planted in Jarrahdale near the Munda Biddi track A Green Army team planted 800 seedlings with Vanessa Slater from the Shire of Serpentine Jarrahdale and Kristy Gregory from Landcare SJ. This is a Shire of SJ project that has addressed the drainage issues in the Chestnuts area. The site is […]
Artificial nesting hollows are helping revive the numbers of the critically endangered Carnaby’s black cockatoo, after it lost part of its breeding heartland to bushfire in Western Australia.
Landcare SJ have been planting along Beau Sovereign Drive with North Dandalup Primary School for the past 8 years. A 1km wildlife corridor has been created connecting the vegetation along Readheads Rd to the North Dandalup River. The unsealed road reserve is surrounded by beef paddocks and so is an important conduit for native fauna […]