MARCH: WESTERN SHIELD PROJECT Globally unique and one of the largest threat abatement programs in the world, the Western Shield program aims to halt the decline of Western Australia’s native fauna. Such is the task of zoologist Dr Michelle Drew from the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (DBCA) who ...
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Leighton films a Sea Lion Our speaker, Leighton De Barros, has 30 years’ experience in the television industry, as producer, director, writer and cinematographer. He has worked on a great many films broadcast on television, has won 15 industry awards and been nominated for Emmy awards four times. He is ...
Read more →MARCH: WOODLAND AND FOREST HEALTH Our speaker was Professor Giles Hardy, Professor in Forest Pathology at Murdoch University. His main research interests are the impact of diseases on the health and functioning of ecosystems, both natural and managed. Within this field he has focussed mainly on the biology and control ...
Read more →CONTENTS NORTHERN SUBURBS BRANCH MEETING REPORT KWINANA/ROCKINGHAM/MANDURAH BRANCH FEBRUARY MEETING REPORT MAIN CLUB FEBRUARY EXCURSION REPORT DARLING RANGE BRANCH FEBRUARY EXCURSION REPORT KWINANA/ROCKINGHAM/MANDURAH BRANCH FEBRUARY EXCURSION REPORT VALE STAN TELFORD NORTHERN SUBURBS BRANCH MEETING REPORT SAVING AND SAVOURING THE HELENA AND AURORA RANGE Our speaker for February was ...
Read more →Foreword As the Murdoch University 2016 winner of the Serventy Memorial Prize, I am honoured to write this article for the WA Naturalists’ Club. During my studies for a degree in Conservation and Wildlife Biology I came to understand the enormity of conservation issues currently facing the world. One that ...
Read more →MARCH 2018 CONTENTS MAIN CLUB MEETING REPORT DARLING RANGE BRANCH MEETING REPORT NORTHERN SUBURBS BRANCH MEETING REPORT DARLING RANGE BRANCH MENTORING GROUP KWINANA/ROCKINGHAM/MANDURAH BRANCH EXCURSION REPORT BOOK REVIEWS UNUSUAL ECOLOGICAL PHENOMENA SURVEY YUNDERUP RECORDS FOUND! VALE ROB WALLER YOUNG NATURALISTS PROGRAM 2018 BUSSELTON NATURALISTS CLUB 2018 PROGRAM NEW MEMBERS ...
Read more →As in previous years, our walk along the coastal path was a combined event with the Retired and Leisured Group. Despite being a rather secluded car park, ten members found our starting point and a few took the opportunity to grab a drink from the coffee van before we departed—having ...
Read more →A small band of six members attended our excursion to Lake McLarty on November 26 last year. It is a freshwater lake and associated nature reserve located south of Mandurah, with an area of 219ha. It is an integral part of the Peel–Yalgorup System, one of the largest and most ...
Read more →Gilbert Marsh was a well-known Club member who died on 22 June last year. Born in England in November 1925, he came to Australia with his farming family when he was three years old. Despite some tough times, in 1946 Gilbert managed to graduate from UWA. In 1957 he was ...
Read more →Twenty students from Year Six and two teachers, from Good Shepherd Primary school in Kelmscott, were taken on a nature walk around their property by an expert group of DRB members. Joff Start and Mike Green took half of the group bird watching and the other half were led by ...
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