Tag: Restoration

Communicating How Home Gardeners can green W.A.

Welcome to our fourth webinar where we are luck enough to be joined by Nancy Scade; where they will be presenting on how we can communicate to home gardeners can green WA! A topic of native plant survival many of us are interested in from past failed attempts! But not only will Nancy be helping us in our gardens, but discussing the impacts of our garden choices and how choosing local flora does much more for our environment than just look fantastic!

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Webinar: Prescribed Burning: the War on the Wild

Please join us for our webinar with guest speaker Dr. Philip Zylstra, Adjunct Associate Professor from the School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University.

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Guest Speaker: Dr Michael Just – Overcoming barriers to the use of seed in ecological restoration

What is the secret to unlocking some of our hardest seeds?

Michael Just is a seed biologist working with difficult-to-germinate flora in Western Australia. He has extensive knowledge of restoration planning particularly on mine sites and on native seed supply.

As a Research Officer at Curtin University his research has focused on informing ecological restoration through studies of difficult-to-germinate species from the Midwest and Southwest of Western Australia. He has studied seed development, dormancy and germination of the intractable Rutaceae species.

Michael is the Lead Researcher for a five-year project to develop cost effective methods for rehabilitating SCP 3a Corymbia calophylla-Kingia australis woodlands on heavy soils (a threatened ecological community).

Michael will be bringing samples of seeds and pellets for everyone to see.

Please join us to hear from Michael and meet up with other nature and wildflower enthusiasts.
Entry only $3 with supper provided and door prizes.
Members and non members welcome!

TAFE students receive FREE entry this month. 

 

Come and Learn about WA Native Community

DPaW invites you to attend the Banksia Woodland Management Workshop on Friday 16th June 2017 from 10am – 4.30pm at the McNamara Conservation Science Centre, Department of Parks and Wildlife (17 Dick Perry Avenue, Kensington, WA). SEE VENUE CHANGE BELOW

Department of Parks and Wildlife is planning a packed program with 21 speakers giving 5, 15 and 20-minute talks for community and professional land managers of Banksia woodland. One of the speakers is the patron of Murdoch Branch Dr Joe Fontaine. Joe will also talk on outcomes of PhD project undertaken by one of his student Pawel Waryszak. Pawel and Joe spent 4 years surveying and analysing the outcomes of multiple experimental treatments in the restoration project that utilized  topsoil salvaged from under cleared Banksia woodland at the Jandakot Airport. The topsoil, that contains large native seed bank, was transferred to two restoration sites, at Anketell Road and Forrestdale Lake, with aim to rehabilitate degraded paddock. Come, learn and show your support for this unique WA ecological community.

The workshop is planned to start with an overview of Banksia woodlands on the Swan Coastal Plain and more details about its very recent federal listing as a threatened ecological community. Parks and Wildlife staff will then share outcomes from five years of the Banksia Woodland Restoration Project, as well as research on fire recovery and weed management. To follow, sessions will showcase studies from respected academics and researchers on the topics of dieback, groundwater, genetics, fire, and fauna, and feature case studies of Banksia woodland management from local government and community perspectives. An opportunity for informal discussion will follow. The workshop is a free event with lunch, afternoon tea and refreshments provided but registration is critical.

On Tuesday 20th June 2017 (10am – 12 noon),  Parks and Wildlife staff offers also a guided tour to Banksia woodland restoration site at Anketell Road in Oakford (self-drive).

To register, contact Julia Cullity at Julia.Cullity@dpaw.wa.gov.au or on 9442 0320 (please indicate whether you will be attending the workshop, field trip or both). Registrations close Friday 2nd June 2017.

STOP PRESS:  CHANGE OF VENUE AS AT 29 MAY 2017

Due to a huge response of interest, we have changed the venue of the Banksia Woodland Management Workshop.

  • Banksia Woodland Management Workshop
  • The University Club of Western Australia, UWA
  • 9.45–4.30pm Friday 16 June 2017

Parking may be limited. Additional free parking at Parks and Wildlife Crawley office is available 1km from the venue. Please see reception for a parking permit.

Please confirm that you can make this change of venue. And if you haven’t already responded, please let me know if you have any special dietary requirements and if you would like to attend the post-conference field trip on Tuesday 20 June 2017.

Cheers

Julia Cullity

Community Bushland Coordinator

P: 9442 0320| M: 0400 017 977| E: julia.cullity@dpaw.wa.gov.au