The Midwest’s Environmental and natural resource management group is looking for people who enjoy observing the coast. The NACC wants to find people who are interested in helping coastal managers keep an eye on changes that occur along the coastline, as part of project to monitor our changing beaches.
Grants of up to $15,000 are now available to help local communities and land managers rehabilitate
and improve management of the Northern Agricultural Region’s (NAR) coastline, through Round 2 of
the Northern Agricultural Catchments Council’s coastal grants program.
Vandals have struck the rehabilitation projects in the dunes north of Drummond’s Cove. The Buller Dunes have been the site of extensive work over the last two months aimed at protecting the fragile area from 4WD vehicles.
More than ten cubic metres of rubbish – enough to fill a large truck – has been picked up from a small section of Geraldton’s beaches over the past nine months, thanks to a handful of dedicated volunteers.
It will not be news to many that the federal government has scrapped the notion of an emission trading scheme (ETS) for the next three years, however, despite losing this incentive to plant trees, growers are continuing to plant oil mallees in the Northern Agricultural Region (NAR).
It will not be news to many that the federal government has scrapped the notion of an emission trading scheme (ETS) for the next three years, however, despite losing this incentive to plant trees, growers are continuing to plant oil mallees in the Northern Agricultural Region (NAR).
The dunes north of Drummond’s Cove have been the site of extensive work over the last two months aimed at protecting the fragile area from 4WD vehicles.
Urban and Regional Planning students from Curtin University visited Geraldton recently to hear and see firsthand some of the planning challenges facing the Northern Agricultural region, including how Geraldton would handle fast future growth.
Ancient lagoons, islands, dunes, reefs and shorelines were explored and explained during a community workshop in Green Head recently, presented by top Western Australian coastal experts Ian Eliot and Bob Gozzard
Farmers in the Northern Agricultural Region (NAR) have put in a huge effort to protect native vegetation areas on their farms, including protecting habitat where the endangered Carnaby’s Cockatoo is found
Farmers in the Northern Agricultural Region (NAR) have put in a huge effort to protect native vegetation areas on their farms, including protecting habitat where the endangered Carnaby’s Cockatoo is found
The Northern Agricultural Catchments Council (NACC), together with the City of Geraldton-Greenough and Coastwest are embarking on a Coastal Monitoring Program that will help the community and decision makers to better understand our ever changing coastline. And they’re calling on the community to help to observe and report changes
Members of the Ledge Point community got together for Clean Up Australia Day and picked up more than six cubic metres of rubbish...
A training program aimed at helping farmers strengthen farming practices and make farming businesses more profitable will be piloted in the Northern Agricultural Region this month.
The Oil Mallee Association of Australia (OMA) has elected prominent Narrogin identity Lex Hardie as its new President. Mr Hardie, who is continuing his business interests in Perth after farming at Narrogin for over 45 years, will bring to the role his experience in rural affairs and new industry development.