Bush Blocks Guardians Inc. (BBG) was formed to facilitate purchasing land for conservation in the Wheatbelt, which has undergone extensive clearing reducing most bush to small, isolated remnants. In 2021 BBG purchased 666ha to be preserved and rehabilitated in the Eastern Wheatbelt. The block was selected as two of its boundaries border one of WA’s most important nature reserves and it supports a large diversity of habitats, flora and vegetation. 200ha had been farmed which we are carefully revegetating using locally collected seed from about 50 species. We have professional ecologist members conducting systematic fauna and flora surveys to gain an understanding of baseline diversity. This will help determine effectiveness of efforts to rehabilitate cleared areas and control non-native species such as cats, foxes and rabbits. We have also identified many First Nations heritage sites and quite unique granite rock structures.

This talk will briefly give an overview of how the group came together and some of our achievements, and ecologist Sam Lostrom will detail our extensive fauna surveying program and plans for the future.