WA

Great Gardens and Landcare Solutions (the company)
To assist the community to reassess their approach towards a more comprehensively sustainable way of life by introducing techniques that will help them save on their energy bills, lessen the impact on the environment and can be easily implemented. Project Detail Background ...

Ningaloo Turtle Program
Turtle monitoring is an important aspect in the long term survival of turtle populations along the Ningaloo coastline. Monitoring helps determine the abundance of nests on specific sections of coastline and observe disturbance and predator threats on nests. Project Summary The Ningaloo ...

Wagin Woodanilling Landcare Zone
Over the past ten years, the Wagin Woodanilling Landcare Zone has brought the guiding principles of landcare to regional Western Australia and helped guide local landholders in sustainable resource use. Since its inception in 2001, the WWLZ has worked in the ...

Upper Great Southern Oil Mallee Growers Association
Revegetation with woody perennials in Western Australia has been an essential component in restoring ecosystem water, nutrient and energy balance. Large scale plantings across the whole farming landscape using the hardy ‘Mallee’ eucalypt species has been expanding since the 1990’s in ...

Newcourt Farm - Drought Fodder Plantation Trial
A Western Australian wheat/sheep farming family from the Mount Marshall Shire has been trialling the endurance of the native shrub Rhagodia in drought conditions to identify its suitability as drought fodder. Rhagodia is known to be suited to low rainfall ...

Baldivis Primary School
Since early beginnings of revegetation plantings to restore an area of bushland provided by the City of Rockingham in 2001; the Baldivis Children’s Forest has developed into a vibrant Environmental Study Centre, providing an extensive range of programs and learning ...

Geographe Catchment Council
The Geographe Catchment Council (GeoCatch) project, Peppies for Possums began in response to significant community concerns raised with GeoCatch about the future of the Western Ringtail Possum (Ringtail) in the Busselton area. The Busselton Dunsborough area has the largest remaining ...

Linda Vernon - Landcare Facilitator / Coordinator Award
Linda Vernon is a dedicated and well regarded Landcare professional in the Central Wheatbelt NRM district, working tirelessly within the community to identify and develop NRM requirements.  Throughout her career, Linda has assisted hundreds of landholders in improving the quality ...

Mingenew-Irwin Group - Innovation in Sustainable Farm Practices
Formed in the mid 1990’s by local LCDC’s, Mingenew-Irwin Group (MIG) is a not-for-profit, farmer owned and driven organisation committed to promoting and developing economic and environmentally sustainable agriculture through research, planning and demonstrating best practice. Project Detail Mingenew-Irwin Group has been ...

Rob and Jenny Warburton
With a vision of ‘everlasting agriculture’, Rob and Jenny Warburton are leading advocates for Landcare, recognised for their work and innovation within sustainable agriculture and natural resource management (NRM) in the Great Southern Region on and off the farm over ...

South Coast NRM
Developed to strengthen participation and engagement of Aboriginal people, Restoring Connections is a community driven project working with Noongar communities across the South Coast region of Western Australia to identify, protect and restore cultural places at risk of degradation. Project Detail South ...

Linda Vernon - Young Landcare Leader Award
Throughout the WA Wheatbelt, Linda Vernon has worked with a wide range of community and government groups, as well as landholders, to develop a range of natural resource management programs to provide long term, environmentally sustainable solutions. Project Detail Twenty eight year ...

Stirling Natural Environment Coastcare
The work of SNEC both in protecting the Stirling coastal zone and raising awareness of the need to conserve environmentally sensitive areas contributes significantly to the sustainable use and management of Western Australia’s coastal environment. Project Detail Stirling Natural Environment Coastcare (SNEC) ...

Wheatbelt NRM
Wheatbelt NRM Inc., (formerly Avon Catchment Council) supports the Avon River Basin community at the forefront of sustainable agricultural land management in Australia. The group has developed powerful networks comprising individuals, community groups, industry, government and the education sector. Through ...

Wilson Inlet Catchment Committee
WICC works with farmers, landholders and community groups to create long term solutions to reduce the effects of excess nutrients in the Wilson Inlet. Through the development and implementation of the Wilson Inlet Nutrient Reduction Action Plan and Upper Hay ...