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Kaya! It’s Bunuru and the hottest time of the year.  People gathered around lakes and wetlands gathering food such as reptiles and frogs.  Zamia seeds were collected with Wattles and Banksia collected for their tasty nectar.  The plants in the corridor continue to grow everyday even in this hot weather and activities are still happening every week.  Read on to find out more....

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Community Questionnaire Now Open!

The Rehabilitating Roe 8 project invites community feedback on the rehabilitation and community engagement activities being undertaken in the corridor.  This is your chance to answer a brief questionnaire and provide feedback on community participation, what you want to see in the corridor and how you feel you've been a part of it.  Also our chance to see what we need to improve.  Don't delay and please share with your family and friends.  Survey will remain open until 5pm 20th March 2020.

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Hands Healing the Land-Boojar- Moort- Kaartdijin

Join our first community science conference Hands Healing the Land on 15th May 2020 at Tompkins on Swan.  This all day event will have speakers from a diverse range of projects share their experiences bringing people together who undertake land care, natural resource management and citizen science project.  Audience includes community volunteers, scientists and academics, local and state government agencies involved in landcare.  Registrations open now through Humanitix.  Conference prices have been subsidised to keep fees low.
 

Call for short presentations and posters!

Do you have a story or know someone who does?  We'd love to hear from you. 
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We want to celebrate how people are getting better outcomes for our planet.
 
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Citizen science reveals threats.

Greening Australia completed stage 1 of a citizen science fauna monitoring project in the corridor in December.  Participants learned about using motion sensor fauna cameras and a vegetation assessment ap to describe local vegetation within the Forrest rd section of the corridor.   The monitoring will be undertaken again and then participants will come back together to review results.  However early monitoring results have revealed a range of animals active in this space including Quenda and bobtails but also predators such as cats and a fox.

This program has been featured in the latest edition of Bushland News

Kids go batty!

There's nothing better than walking through the bush at night!  So thirty plus adults and kids discovered on the bat night stalk held in February.  With expert guide Joe Tonga participants using bat detectors and UV torches were able to learn about the wonderful world of micro bats that are common around our wetlands.  Many people are still in the dark about the existence of these little furry creatures and the valuable role they play in regulating insect populations. These ever popular events show case the importance of learning about our natural environment and how vital our remnant wetlands and bushlands are.
 

Weed mapping guides management responses.

Works have been completed mapping weeds within the corridor during November 2019.  This annual program surveys weeds that require management.  Some of these weeds are listed Weeds of National Significance (WONS) or declared pests under the Department of Agriculture.  Weeds come in all shapes and sizes including grass weeds and woody weeds.  Some can be easily removed through hand pulling while others may require several years of chemical control such as Arum lilies and Perennial Veld Grass.  Volunteers and contractors are working through the year targeting specific weeds to ensure greatest effect in control.  
Dieback gets the boot!
Boot cleaning stations have been installed at several pedestrian entry gates across the corridor.  This is a preventative measure to help control the spread of Dieback (Phytophthora cinnimomi).  Dieback is a water mould that is spread in soil.  Water does not kill Dieback and in fact can aid in it's spread. Banksia, Jarrahs and Grass trees (Xanthorreas sp.) are particularly susceptible to Dieback.  We encourage all reserve visitors to use the brushes to remove any soil from other areas that may contain Dieback.  Thanks to volunteers from Conservation Volunteers Australia who helped to install these stations.
Volunteer update
Volunteers have been continuing their efforts in the corridor with hand weeding in Malvolio bushland and at the Corner of Stock and Forrest affectionately known as S7.  Volunteers have been targeting small seedlings of Geraldton Wax which are coming up after a large stand of them was removed last year.  Also on-going hand weeding of Perennial Veld Grass to help reduce it's occurrence.  More volunteering opportunities through Conservation Volunteers Australia and Cockburn Community Wildlife Corridor are available.
 
Corridor Works Update
Limestone track installed.
Limestone has been installed around the existing firebreaks in the section of the corridor from Malvolio Rd to North Lake Rd.  These works will improve access for pedestrians and emergency vehicles, reduce weed growth, reduce the use of herbicides in the corridor and increase protection from diseases such as Dieback.  
Perimeter fencing Stock and Forrest
Fencing will be installed around the perimeter of the section of the corridor Stock Rd, Forrest Rd and Owen Place in Hamilton Hill.  The conservation style fencing will match existing fencing around the corridor and reduce the impacts of unauthorized vehicles, arson and dumping rubbish.  These works will commence prior to the Easter holiday period.  We hope this will encourage more pedestrians to walk through this space.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Guided Indigenous Walk

21 March 2020
Free event
9.30am-11.30am
North Lake Reserve

Join experienced guide from Bindi Bindi Dreaming on a journey of discovery about Aboriginal culture and use of the bush for medicine and food.  Suitable ages 5+.  No pram access.

 
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Art and Yarning
9 May
Free event
9.30am-12noon
Come sit, relax, enjoy learning about Noongar culture with art and yarning and create a personal artwork influenced by Noongar culture.  Places limited. Ages: 5+
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Hands Healing the Land

Booja-Moort-Kaartdijin

Community Science Conference

15 May 2020

Tompkins on Swan

8.30am-4.00pm

Tickets available from Humanitix 
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The Rehabilitating Roe 8 project acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands on which we conduct our business.  We pay our respects to ancestors and Elders, past and present.  We acknowledge that the Rehabilitating Roe 8 project area is Whudjuk country and pay respects to Elders and Nyungar people past, present and future.
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