Our Dairy for Healthy Estuaries project recently hosted visits to two dairy farms. Planning and environmental health officers from local governments visited the farms to observe best practice in the protection of waterways. Project offic...
The Department of Water and Environmental Regulation’s Healthy Estuaries WA team, along with partner catchment groups, is inviting community members to estuary forum events scheduled for October and November 2024. Jennifer Stritzke, He...
With support from the State Government’s Bindjareb Djilba (Peel-Harvey estuary) Protection Plan, project partner PHCC has recently published resources for future horticulture developments in the Peel-Harvey coastal catchment. Horticult...
Nutrient-rich manure (otherwise known as effluent) from dairy cows is a valuable resource to farmers. Through the Dairy for Healthy Estuaries project, Western Dairy and the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation (the department...
Sustainable development within the dairy industry is top of mind for the Dairy for Healthy Estuaries team which has been working with local governments in the dairying regions of Western Australia (WA). When dairy farms are upgrading or ...
A new scientific monitoring boat, named “Paarndi” by the local community, was launched in Albany/ Kinjarling this morning after being voted on by more than 200 community members....
Over 1000 people joined Leschenault Catchment Council on Sunday 19 May at the first ever Love the Lesch Festival in Australind. Visitors helped build possum hides, learnt how to improve their soil health and met three different species ...
Recent trials of phosphorus-binding clay in the Peel–Harvey estuary catchment have successfully reduced the amount of phosphorus available for algal growth....
This World Seagrass Day, seagrass scientists from the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation (the department) are not only celebrating successful Healthy Estuaries WA summer seagrass surveys in three estuaries, but also sowing ...
A record number of farms are participating in this year's Healthy Estuaries WA and Soil Wise fertiliser management program, which is improving the health of our waterways while helping farmers make significant savings....
Scientists from the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation took to the water and sky to monitor seagrass in Nullaki (Wilson Inlet) last month. Caitlyn O’Dea, Environmental Officer from the department’s Aquatic Science Branc...
We have had a record turnout at the DIY (do-it-yourself) soil sampling workshops held in eight catchments across south-west Western Australia (WA) this November. A total of nine training sessions brought together 190 landholders to learn...
Recent workshops held with agroecologist Mark Tupman and farmers around south-west Western Australia dug a little deeper into soil fertility. These sessions, supported by our Soil Wise program, examined the fundamentals of soil health an...
Our latest farm trials of the soil amendment Iron Man Gypsum (IMG) are continuing to build confidence in the effectiveness of IMG to improve soil nutrient retention....
