SNRMP 22084

The overall goals of this project are to recover and enhance magnificent dune biodiversity at
Guilderton which is currently being threatened by invasive weedy Pyp Grass, and encourage community (children & adults including Yued community) stewardship through opportunities
for coastcare participation and learning.

Goals

• 6ha of Pyp Grass weed to be sprayed on dunes by a spray contractor, directed by the
GUILDERTON PYP GRASS (Ehrharta villosa) MANAGEMENT PLAN 2016 ;
• Monitor spray and planting sites and promote findings to public via social media and news
articles.
• Grow 1,500 native seedlings using seed gathered by Guilderton community in 2020,
and organise 1,500 tree guards;
• Organise and run 1 community volunteer planting day in conjunction with the Guilderton
Community Association with 50 community volunteers to revegetate 1ha of degraded
dunes;
• Organise and run 1 Yued Aboriginal dune rehabilitation activity in conjunction with the
Yued community (mainly Moora) with 12 Yued workers to revegetate 0.5ha of degraded
dunes and hand remove weed species;

Activities

-Engage a suitable Pyp Grass spray contractor to carry out spraying activities; Target 6ha
of Pyp Grass, as identified in the Guilderton Pyp Grass (Ehrharta villosa) Management Plan.
Spraying using Verdict™ 520 which kills the Pyp but not the native vegetation;
-Monitor spraying and publicise results.
**Community stewardship**
Offer a community planting opportunity
-Grow/order native seedlings using Guilderton volunteer collected seed (from previous
SNRMP project);
-Organise and run a community volunteer planting day in conjunction with the Guilderton
Community Association with community volunteers to revegetate 1ha of degraded coastal
dunes with native seedlings;
**Aboriginal engagement**
-Provide opportunities for Yued community to be involved with dune restoration activities;
-Organise and run a Yued dune rehabilitation activity as a paid opportunity to get Yued
involved. Yued works crew will plant 500 seedlings on dunes and remove weeds.
*Monitoring**
Sprayed sites and planting sites will be monitored long term and promoted to public

SNRMP Funding $29,892

co-contributions $55,586

Total funding $85,478

Volunteers 73

SNRMP 21099

This project will support 7 landholders to restore 61ha of degraded farmland and protect
73ha of Eucalypt woodland which will result in extending the WA Eucalypt Woodland
Threatened Ecological Community, and create forage and breeding habitat for Carnaby’s
Black Cockatoo and Malleefowl. Assessment will be carried out on Cyclone Seroja’s damage
to the catchment’s natural assets. Salmon Gum natural regeneration limitations will
be investigated. MCC will engage with the community, local school children, and Yued
community by offering hands-on activities to learn biodiversity conservation knowledge and
skills.

On-ground activities to include:
-MCC will directly engage 7 land managers to carry out biodiversity conservation activities
on their land. Activities will include fencing off and protecting critically endangered remnant
Wheatbelt Eucalypt woodland, and restoring Wheatbelt Eucalypt through revegetation and
fencing activities.
Monitoring activities:
– Monitoring of revegetation and fencing activities to gauge success of activities;
– Installation and monitoring of wildlife camera traps to assess wildlife present at project
sites.
Research and Assessment:
– Conduct assessment and compiled recommendations report of Cyclone Seroja damaged
natural assets in north end of catchment;
– Research Salmon Gum (Eucalyptus salmonophloia) natural regeneration limitations in the
catchment through consultation with leading Eucalypt woodland advisors, local landholders,
Aboriginal community and literature; Create recommendations report of techniques to
encourage Salmon Gum natural regeneration
Community upskilling and involvement:
-Children are the future landcarers, so this project will work with Central Midlands High
School to help impress conservation knowledge and skills through practical and informative
activities. Subjects will include native flora ID, Carnaby’s cockatoo, and collecting,
processing and planting native seedlings.
-The project will engage the Aboriginal community to provide paid opportunity to work on
country through seed collecting and planting activities.
– Community to view revegetation projects on Explore Moore biodiversity bus tour of
catchment to encourage stewardship of local natural assets
Promotion:
– Promotion of all activities through social media, local newspapers and a short online video
to showcase project activities and to encourage more involvement with conservation of the
catchment’s natural assets;

SNRMP funding $150,322

Co-Contributions $239,471

Total Cost $389,793

Volunteers 147

SNRMP 21074- Recover, enhance & promote Guilderton’s coastal dune biodiversity

Guilderton has magnificent dune biodiversity but this is being threatened by invasive weedy Pyp Grass. This project will remove 6ha of Pyp Grass (Ehrharta villosa) through herbicide spraying to allow native biodiversity to return and thrive. Community stewardship opportunities will be offered through a community planting day which will revegetate 1ha of the dune using native seedlings grown from native seed stock collected from the Guilderton
dunes by volunteers in 2020. Children will be actively engaged with a new eco-activity resource and accompanying event encouraging learning about local ecology, estuary and coastal habitats and processes, and local Aboriginal culture.

**Pyp Grass control**

Following the MANAGEMENT PLAN 2016 endorsed by the Land manager (Shire of Gingin) and regional NRM group (NACC).
MCC will:
-Engage a suitable Pyp Grass spray contractor to carry out spraying activities; Target 6ha of Pyp Grass, as identified in the Guilderton Pyp Grass (Ehrharta villosa) Management Plan.
Spraying using Verdict™ 520 which kills the Pyp but not the native vegetation;
-Monitor spraying and publicise results.

**Community stewardship**

Offer a community planting opportunity MCC will:
-Grow/order native seedlings using Guilderton collected seed;
-Organise and run a community volunteer planting day in conjunction with the Guilderton Community Association with community volunteers to revegetate 1ha of degraded coastal dunes with native seedlings;
Create a new Guilderton local eco-activity resource aimed at children
-Work with local Guilderton volunteers and Yued community to design the

Moore River Estuary Adventure Kids Nature Activities booklet;

-Print copies for Guilderton tourist office to hand out to children, upload to MCC, GCA and Shire website for widespread use;
-Run launch event of booklet by holding a children’s and parents estuary nature interpretive walk and Aboriginal stories in school holidays

SNRMO Grant $28,821

Co-contribution $59,577

Total funding  $88,398

Volunteers Engaged 105

State Natural Resource Management Project – SNRMP 21087

This project will engage with a variety of stakeholders and community members of all ages,
and provide opportunities to build enthusiasm, skills and capability to sustainably manage
soil and land resources better. Activities will include:

• Employing coordinator to manage project and plan activities;

• ‘Digging Deeper’ practical workshop x 3 (Moora, Coorow, Gingin) delivered by Gaia
Permaculture and Tucker Bush: topics including healthy soils, making compost, wicking bed
construction, native bush tucker plant benefits & planting and beneficial insects. Aimed at
general community;

• ‘Healthy soils, healthy food’ practical workshop at Central Midlands High school, delivered
by Gaia Permaculture : topics including healthy soils, making compost, wicking bed
construction, native bush tucker plant benefits & planting and beneficial insects. Aimed at
CMHS Horticulture students to build their skills and knowledge of healthy soils;

• ‘Farm soils 101’ practical workshop (Miling) delivered by Gaia Permaculture and Lyn
Abbott: topics including healthy local soils 101 – chemistry, biology, creating better farming
soils which are self sustaining and create healthier food plus visit to Jorobi compost facility.
Aimed at local farmers;

• Educational visits to Jorobi Natural Fertiliser composting facility, Dalwallinu

• Education workshops by The Worm Shed, Bindoon to raise awareness of healthy soils and
practical knowledge. Aimed at general/school community;

• Create a ‘Moore Healthy Soils, Healthy Environment’ community resource pack. A practical
resource booklet to highlight types and characteristics of local soils and how to create and
maintain healthy soils, including a composting 101 guide Aimed at general community

SNRMP funding $30,000

Co contribution $80,024

Total Project Value $110,024

Volunteers 248

 

Presentations

Andrea Gaynor – Wheatbelt History

Mike Griffiths – A Journey through Wheatbelt Ecology

David Bowran – Changing Climate/weather and future wheatbelt farming

Carmen Lawrence – Environment and health

Mike Bamford – The Wheatbelt sustainable production, conservation and lifestyle

Malcolm French – Eucalypt Treasures of WA

Mike Norman – A view of Midlands roadside verge maintenance

Eddy Wajon – Restoring damaged ecosystems

Roz Hart – Why Fungi?

Good soil health has direct links to a healthy environment and positive community health.
This project will provide opportunities for community and school children to explore good soil health and the benefits associated through a series of workshops.

These will include a Heavenly Hectares event, Introduction to Permaculture workshop, Digging Deeper soil, composting and native plant practical workshops, new backyard insect ID, and Busy Bees and insect citizen science event

Healthy Soils Resources

Beneficial insects folded booklet

Companion planting chart

Compost Tea

Composing Handout GAIA PERMACULTURE

Edible weeds and Foraging around Perth, Australia

Herbs for soil Fertility

Introduction to Permaculture – Workshop handouts

IMP Workshop handout

Session 2 – Soil & Weeds

Session 3 – Water saving_Reuse

Session 4 – Healthy Plants

What the Buzz Resource Pack

What the Buzz

Amount Funded – $32,835.00

Project Value – $127,020.00

Guilderton has magnificent dune biodiversity but this is being threatened by invasive weedy Pyp Grass. This project will remove 5.96ha of Pyp Grass (Ehrharta villosa) through herbicide spraying to allow native biodiversity to return and thrive. This project is the 3rd stage of works detailed in the Guilderton Pyp Grass Management Plan. 2ha of severely degraded sections will be revegetated by community volunteers using native seedlings grown from native seed collected by community volunteers on the Guilderton dunes.

Amount Funded – $34,984.00

Project Value – $88,618.00

Pyp Grass at Guilderton Video

Much of the Moore River catchment’s natural assets are fragmented and native biodiversity threatened. This project will conserve and restore 164ha of critically endangered Wheatbelt Eucalypt and Banksia woodlands on 8 properties, and remove weedy Juncus acutus from the Moore River.
MCC will engage with an extensive variety of stakeholders and community to organise an assortment of activities to share biodiversity conservation knowledge and skills to a wide audience of all ages.

Activities will include school children making bat boxes, and planting native seedlings, Aboriginal ecological knowledge sharing, The Last Stand 2 and Bioblitz events, and Weed knowledge sharing events.

Amount Funded – $452,268.00

Project Value – $711,461.00

For a higher resolution copy of this report please contact Moore Catchment Council

The Last Stand was a 5 day community environmental information event to raise awareness of the wonders and woes of the Midwest Wheatbelt wildflower country between Calingiri & Carnamah.     Flyer
Featuring…

• Wed 5th Sept –  ‘The Last Stand Symposium’.  An array of speakers and discussion on the wonders, issues and solutions of the Wheatbelt natural environment.  Symposium

• Wed 5th – Sun 9th – exhibition including:  Displays – art (local artists), photography (local photographers), information on value of natural environment, case studies, hands-on displays (weeds, insects etc), local aboriginal displays and information, school interaction, films, free native seedlings and more  Timetable   
• Interactive/hands-on – ‘Tree of Life’ (potted dead tree, invite participants to write environmental thoughts on paper leaves and attach to tree), bush tucker (participants to try bush tucker plants), insect display (Spineless Wonders bring display), Supervised Children’s creative nature art activities

This event was proudly supported by Lotterywest..

Opening Hours

Wednesday 5th Sept to Saturday 8th Sept – 10am – 5pm

Sunday 9th 10am – 2pm

Why hold it?

The Midwest natural environment is uniquely wondrous and a drawcard for eco-tourists, but its future is threatened.  The Wheatbelt Eucalypt Woodlands are now classed as ‘critically endangered’ because of continued clearing and fragmentation of this ecological community. The perception that the wheatbelt remnant environment will be ok is far from true.

Shire remaining remnant vegetation figures are Moora 14%, Dalwallinu 12%, Victoria Plains 14%, Wongan 5% and all in decline.

This free to attend community information event will showcase the many natural wonders of the Midwest wheatbelt and also highlight the issues in hope that conservation for the future can be achieved.

Featuring…

• Wed 5th ‘The Last Stand Symposium’ 10am. – 5pm . A array of speakers and discussion on the wonders, issues and solutions of the Wheatbelt natural environment. RSVP required see form below for Registration

Speakers include:

Click on Pictures for powerpoint presentation

Dr. Carmen Lawrence (President Conservation Council & former Premier) 

Eddy Wajon (Wildflower Society & Roadside Conservation Committee) 

Malcolm French (Wheatbelt Eucalypts), 

Tony Hughes-D’Aeth (Literary History of Wheatbelt), 

Paul Barber (Rail reserve vegetation  condition), 

Declan Doherty (Environmental Defender Office)

Jenny Borger 

Adam Peck (Birdlife Australia) 

Rob Boase 

Aaron Gove ( Astron Environmental Services)   

Fred Mogridge (Yued Elder)

plus other local speakers.

• Thurs 6th –  11am John Horsfall – co-author of Noongar Bush Medicine talking about Bush Medicine of the South-west
• Sat 8th – Wheatbelt words 11am – 1pm 

John Kinsella and friends (Wheatbelt poets),

• Displays all week – art (local artists), photography (local photographers), information on value of natural environment, case studies, hands-on displays (weeds, insects etc), local aboriginal displays and information, school interaction, films, free native seedlings and more 

Organising committee

Moore Catchment Council and a number of concerned community members from the region.

Link to Photo Gallery

YouTube Video’s

Tony Hughes

Carmen Lawrence

John Kinsella

Eddy Wajon

Malcolm Finch

James Quinton

Paul Barbor

Adam Peck

Colin Headland

Carnaby’s Black Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus latirostris) are endemic to WA but are rapidly in decline with total population estimates to be less than 60,000.

The Moore River Catchment has 7 of the 23 designated Important Bird Areas (IBAs) that support Carnaby’s. Past and continuing clearing of Carnaby’s breeding and forage habitat is threatening their future survival.

This project aims to raise the Carnaby’s population through increasing and protecting breeding and priority forage habitat, and installing artificial breeding nests.

Community will be engaged through Carnaby’s monitoring. The project will appoint a local Working on Country Yued works crew.

Key Achievements

• Protected 11ha Moore native Carnaby’s forage habitat on one farms through 2km of fencing;
• Created 11ha of new forage and breeding habitat in the southern Moore catchment (forage species: Swan coastal sandplain Important Bird Area (IBA) for Carnaby’s, and breeding species: Moora IBA for Carnaby’s) using 11,000 native seedlings planted on 11 properties;
• 5 new artificial nesting hollows installed at the Gillingarra Town reserve;
• New Public information brochure for planting Carnaby’s forage habitat produced for Shire of Gingin;
• 10 films of Carnaby’s breeding activity and artificial nest installation for social media;
• Using pole camera and remote camera trap cameras to monitor Carnaby nest activity. Information fed to Birdlife Australia, and in wider promotion of Carnaby’s and planning of future projects.

Amount Funded – $40,000

Co-contribution – $61,370

Project Value – $101,370