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We acknowledge the Noongar people as Traditional Custodians of this land and pay our respects to all Elders past and present Landcare matters Hotham-Williams sub-catchment update Edition 43 June 2020 NRM is the management of natural resources such as land, water, soils, plants and animals. It brings together land use planning, water management, biodiversity conservation and sustainability of industries such as agriculture, mining, tourism, fisheries and forestry. Red-tailed Phascogale Nest Box Installation Landcare Four new red-tailed phascogale nest woodland, on a small remnant patch of Funding boxes have been recently installed in the woodland on private property near Cuballing Opportunity Hotham-Williams sub-catchment. The and in the East Yornaning Reserve. This threatened Red-tailed phascogales are a addition means that 8 red-tailed phascogale Applications Close 31 August 2020 small carnivorous marsupial that inhabit nest boxes have been installed since 2018 Funding is available for landholders Wandoo (Eucalyptus wandoo) and Sheoak through the Numbat Neighbourhood Project, in the Hotham and Williams Rivers (Allocasuarina huegeliana) woodlands. They which is all about working together to Catchment for eligible landcare and were formally widespread throughout much protect threatened species. bushcare works including: of semi-arid and arid Australia but are now • Fencing to protect bushland and restricted to several isolated nature reserves waterways in the south-west of Western Australia, • Weed control including Dryandra Woodland, as well as • Feral animal control remnant vegetation on private property.1 • Dieback disease management • Restoration and revegetation Red-tailed phascogales generally nest in (seedlings and seed) the hollow limbs of wandoo trees, the nest • Wildlife habitat enhancement boxes installed were made by Wandering • Flora/fauna surveys Primary School students and provide a safe • On farm fodder/forage plantings place for the phascogales to nest and raise • Innovative pasture plantings their young in places where natural hollows • Black Cockatoo habitat projects 1 • Banksia Woodland projects may be limited. The four nest boxes were https://www.dpaw.wa.gov.au/images/documents/ installed in a satellite block of Dryandra conservation-management/pests-diseases/red-tailed- Interested? Contact us to discuss phascogale_2012.pdf your project ideas and eligibility against funding priorities COVID-19 We value the health and safety of our whole community and PHCC has made the decision to temporarily close our office to visitors. We are still working P: 6369 8801 / 0455 166 780 or and you can reach us via phone on 6369 8801 or 0455 166 780 or via email. E: [email protected] In the Peel-Harvey catchment we are ...Do you have a Dryandra frequented by 3 species of black cockatoo, Wanted Woodland Linkage Project you would like the Forest Red-Tailed Black Cockatoo assistance with? We’d love to hear from (with distinguished red tail feathers), and you! Contact Mel Durack or Christine 2 species of white-tailed black cockatoo, Townsend on 6369 8801 or 0455 166 780 the Baudin’s cockatoo and the Carnaby’s cockatoo. All 3 species are threatened (the whites endangered and the reds Coming Up... vulnerable). To help us protect these • Completion visits for 2019/2020 beautiful birds we need your help to identify landholders grants their nesting locations. Black Cockatoos • Expressions of interest for If you think you might know where black 2020/2021 landcare funding PHOTO: Birdlife Australia cockatoos are nesting in tree hollows within the Peel-Harvey, please contact Megan on Do you have an NRM event or Black Cockatoos... 6369 8800 or email megan.leroy@peel- information you would like us to Do you have black cockatoos hanging out harvey.org.au. If you are a landholder near a promote? Please contact Mel Durack at in your patch? We would love to hear from nesting site, you may be eligible for financial [email protected] or you! assistance to improve and maintain habitat. 0455 166 780 or 6369 8801 [email protected] www.peel-harvey.org.au These projects are supported by the Peel-Harvey Catchment Council through funding from the Australian Government’s National Landcare Program, Newmont Boddington and the Shires of Boddington, Cuballing, Wandering and Williams.
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