Fighting weeds on all fronts 4 The introduction of a State Weed Plan (SWP) for WA will allow for a coordinated approach from government agencies, industry and the community to the problem of weeds in our bushland and agricultural areas. ,,. ·. is no longer an issue restricted to , .,t the farmers, gardeners and land managers," said SWP steering committee chair and Executive Director of Agriculture Protection in WA, Rob Delane. "The community is becoming increasingly involved, and the growing . and complex issues are demanding more from limited resources. The problem can seem overwhelming, but the Plan will identify and prioritise weed problems and recommend Weedbuster's Terry Potter and Diane Mathews removing Arum lilly at Canning River. action." "It may also include recommendations ways to best assess weeding priorities, Weeds, introduced plants that have for more consistent and comprehensive and how to integrate action from the become naturalised in our bushland legislation and regulations to better local to the regional level. and farmland, are growing in number deal with weed control. and variety at great economic and "Local problems need local solutions," environmental cost. Weeds cost "Another concern that needs Mr Delane said. "Like the layers of an Australian agriculture more than $3 .5 addressing is the selling of weed seeds onion - from individual to community, 'ion annually. and plants through the internet and regional, state and national - each layer mail order." is needed." Broad public input and participation is needed for the Plan to succeed. The The Conservation Council of WA The SWP will be integrated with the SWP steering committee comprises representative on the steering 1997 National Weeds Strategy (which government departments, the nursery committee, Diane Matthews believes is now supported by a list of 20 weeds of industry and conservation group that biodiversity conservation on national significance) and CALM's representatives including the public and private land should be a Environmental Weeds Strategy. Environmental Weeds Action cornerstone of the plan. CALM's Strategy will include the Network, the Conservation Council "I would like to see the Plan include Weedbase CD-ROM which is a database and the Australian Association for standards for contractors working in of WNs environmental weeds housed at Bush Regeneration. There is also a weed control and in the use of the State Herbarium. Contact CALM's broader reference group which includes a range of stakeholders such as Telstra, herbicides, as well as recognition and Environment Protection Branch on support for the efforts made by (08) 9334 0437 for copies. · Fire and Emergency Services Authority, community groups" Ms Matthews said. Wildflower Society of WA and Copies of the National Weeds Strategy Westrail. "I would also like to see a central (NWS) are available from Steve repository for information sharing on (Agriculture Western Australia) on "Some of the issues that will form part of the Plan include a priority list of the weed identification, occurrences and (08) 9368 3729. Consult the NWS web effective control methods." site at www.weeds.org.au for further State's worst weeds, ways to assist information. groups to determine weed priorities, Individuals and groups are encouraged and ways to integrate weed control to submit ideas and solutions to the The draft State Weed Plan is expected with other landcare initiatives," Mr Plan. You might like to think about the to be released for public comment in Delane said. most effective weed control measures, continued page 2

,, Eco plan NEWS PAGE 1 withMargoO'Byrne, .1((-;7' Ecoplan Update DEP community involvement co-ordinator

~ The wonderful spring season is conservation groups (see article this pt with us again and while the page). Ecoplan looks forward to weeding work in local bushlands working with the UBC in this exciting Ecoplan will keep many people busy, the chance· project. to be out in the bush and see the ~ Don't forget the final seminars in contacts spectacular spring flowering should not the project management series be missed. ,t(_J' being held at the Swan Margo O'Byrne ~ Bushland Care days have kept us Catchment Centre. Thanks to all the pt active during the winter months. speakers and participants at these Westralia Square Many thanks to all the groups seminars, which have been very 141 St Georges Terrace who have put in a generous effort to informative and useful for participants. PERTH WA 6000 promote these days. I am aware that If you have any topics you would like while these days bring new people to covered in the next series, please Telephone: 9222 7052 the reserve and enable large tasks to be contact Margo. Fax: 9322 1598 tackled, they also mean extra effort for ~ Finally, we woulcl like to invite the regulars in the group. Thanks also margo_o'[email protected] readers of the newsletter to the to Alinta Gas for its ongoing support JII Ecoplan end of the year wind up. and to the Australian Trust for The hosts for this year's event will be Conservation Volunteers, especially to Ecoplan community the Friends of Korella Park so. keep Iggy Kim, Conrad Slee, Brian Crute contacts: some time aside on Sunday 14 and Loise MacKenzie for their constant November. For further information effort. Thanks also to Linda Taman South-East Region - contact Margo. who has worked hard to make sure the Brett Tiza rd 11' 9497 4038 Bushland Care days are organised and co-ordinated. South Region - Summer Ecoplan News ~ As you will see from our cover Denise Crosby and Re x Sallur Forward your news, activities and pt story, the State Weed Plan is '!I' 941 7 8460 about to be released fo r public regional reports for summer Ecoplan comment. The plan represents the News by 1 December 1999. Please North-West Region - keep your regional reports under 250 combined efforts of many government Lau rie Boyland 11' 9409 1409 departments, community groups and words. Thanks to all contributors! You can fax, email or post contributions to industry representatives to address the Eastern Hills Region - issue of weed management in WA. I Margo {see Ecoplan contacts on this Jenny Johnson '!I' 9295 4467 would urge everyone to use this page). opportunity to get a copy of the brochure and comment sheet, and to Attention group leaders Conservation Council of WA read and comment on the plan. A If any of your group members would tr 9420 7266 public workshop for the Perth area will like to receive this newsletter please let be held on 16 October (see cover us know so we can put them on the Urban Bushland project officer - article). mailing list. This newsletter is free to Isabella Jennings tr 9420 7207 all those interested in bushland, not ~ The Urban Bushland Council just group coordinators. And don't Environment Centre of WA pt has obtained NHT funding for forget to tell us if your address has 'ZI' 9225 4103 part-time positions working to changed. Contact Margo (see Ecoplan help members of community contacts on this page) . Greening Australia (WA)

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September, and finalised by the end of the year, fo llowing eight weeks public APACE '!I' 9336 1262 comment period. It wi ll be complemented by a Weed Action Plan which wi ll be • a working document to support the strategie in the Plan. Swan Catchment Centre Works hops for community groups and others who want to have their say on the SWP 11' 9220 5300 are being held across the Seate , including one in Perth in Ocwber. Urban Bushland Council - To register for the workshop, obtain copies of an information brochure or the Plan itself, Angela Carr ff' 9450 6579 contact Sandy Lloyd on (08) 9368 3760. Submissions to the SWP can be emailed to [email protected] .gov .au or posted to Sandy Lloyd , Agriculture Western Australia, Locked Bag 4, Bentley DC, WA 6983. The SWP web page at www .agric.wa.gov.au/programs/app/ wp has details of meetings and other information. Newsletter compiled by State Weed Plan Workshop, 2 pm Saturday October 16 1999, Cath Drake Theatrette Agriculture Western Australia, 3 Baron-Hay Court, South Perth

PAGE 2 Eco plan NEWS Ecoplan Econotes: Mapping weeds Register your weedy activities now! Dividing the bushland map into grids Mapping the distribution of weeds in The Environmental Weeds Action your bushland, coupled with an may be useful (say 50 square metres). Network is encouraging groups to under randing of disturbance and a Mapping one weed at a time i the organise activities such as talks, walks, knowledge of your local plants, can simplest. If there are everal people on work days, displays or adapt activities greatly help set priorities and the job, each person could map a already planned to help draw the eyes of enhance the effectiveness of bush different weed on a different clear our community toward the care activities. overl ay. Always be aware of the effects environmental weed problem during of trampling and the possibility of Obtain an aerial photo of the Weedbuster Week (10 - 17 October). spreading diseases such as dieback. bushland from DOLA and match a Sandy Lloyd can help you with ideas for copy of this with a clear overlay of Your weed map will clearly show activities and supply groups with an array bushland feature and tracks, and small isolated weed patches which can of publicity materials (call (08) 9368 vegetation types (depending on what be prioritised for eradication, and help 3 760). If you register your activity with is available). If possible, an A4 size you plan the yearly weeding calendar. EWAN you will be part of the on a ciipboard i practical, but you It will also help you monitor weed Weedbuster publicity machine! To may need a larger size if your control and spread, particularly if the register call Cath Drake on {08) 9382 bushland is over 100 hectares. mapping is repeated over a number of 2513. Take a look at the website at years. lf you can overlay a map of www.weedbusterweek.info.au Prioritise five or six of the most bushland condition, this gives further erious weeds for mapping which are insight into developing a weed weed that are very invasive, strategy that protects your good More NHT-funded currently or potentially widely bushland. You may be surprised with iiscributed and/or weeds that greatly the result! ' • positions impact the structure, compo ition and function of the bushland. Asse s Detailed notes and references can be The Natural Heritage Trust also funds the weeds across the seasons. obtained from Kate Brown, Environmental Weeds Action Network Environmental Weeds Action Network (EWAN) project officer Kate Brown (08) Take a sy tematic approach . Try project officer on (08) 9220 5311 . 9220 5300, and two new part-time tarting at one end of the bushland officers (Felicity McGeorge and Isabella and working your way across it in Web site: omen.com.au/-ewan Jennings) at the new Urban Bushland parallel tran ects at regular intervals. Council (UBC) Office. Cath and Isabella will be helping member groups achieve their objectives, particularly newly formed groups, and assisting with bush Bushcare network update care days. So, it should be easier for bushland groups to get that extra bit of Community groups involved in The metropolitan regional facilitator is help for projects. To contact the new managing and restoring native Tanya Stacpoole (08) 9334 0455, the UBC office call (08) 9420 7207. Enquires vegetation have access to a network of support officer is Anna-Marie Penna are welcome. nature conservation advisers (based at the Swan Catchment funded by The Natural Centre on (08) 9220 5300 and The UBC will be joining the Heritage Trust's Bushcare the Land for Wildlife officer is Conservation Council, the Marine and program. The advisers Bob Huston (08) 9295 1955. Coastal Community Network, Marine provide support, training, Tanya works at a strategic Conservation Society, and the Wilderness dnd technical and policy level and primarily gives Society in the new offices 2 Delhi Street, advice to the community, advice on regional priorities West Perth. industry and local and plans, funding government on native opportunities and project Learning opportunities vegetation management. design; whereas Anna-Marie They can assist with gives advice and runs Murdoch TAFE has developed a new bushland management, seed workshops on the more Natural Resource Management certificate collection, regeneration technical matters of bush care. course for next year. The course includes techniques, monitoring techniques, several units directly relevant to bush The regional facilitator for the designing projects, and funding care including ecology and control of Southwest, covering Rockingham to opportunities. weeds (southwest), bushland Manjimup and east to Lake Grace, is regeneration, roadside conservation, The Bushcare network operates on a Garry McMahon (08) 9725 5909, and nursery management (rehabilitation), regional basis. Each region has a the support officer is Neil Pemberton­ coastal rehabilitation techniques, plant Bushcare regional facilitator Owens (08) 9765 1555, and Jenny identification, managing and developing (administered by CALM), support Dewing (08) 9761 2318 and Cherie teams, and land rehabilitation. You can officer (administered by Greening Kemp (08) 9752 1677 are Land for do as little or as many units as you wish. Australia, WA) and Land for Wildlife Wildlife Officers. A land management skills unit and a officer (a program supporting land A guide to NHT grant applications proposed bush regeneration certificate owners to care for their bushland, also should be available in October from will offer good practical skills. Please administered by CALM). Keith Bushcare staff. The deadline for register your interest in the units so that Claymore from CALM is the State applications will be February 2000. there will be enough numbers for courses coordinator for all of the Bushcare to go ahead. Call Judi Jenkins on (08) positions. Pictured above: Committee member Mark Ballesteros and son Aron. 9310 0408 or the enrolment officer on (08) 9310 0444 for further information.

Ecoplan NEWS PAGE 3 neighbours. The Health, Ed ucation and Defence tree have been removed and Gerald ton carnation exotic weeds on the island and through the ] im acti vities. Rain into pring will help to extend Central Region Departments, and a little way away the University weed i currently the main foc us of attention. The Gord on Tra il has been fi nished, and further mapping planting and other acti vities into wetland areas late South West Region WA. The Health Department ha laid down sewerage C ity of Warmeroo supplied corrective serv ice labour of the island will be undertaken ro determine into the year. The spring rains should produce a South Perth bushlands and power lines a long our eastern boundary in what to remove some of the larger plants. In October, the regrowth following the removal of the figs, peppers bounty of wildflowers: a highlight during our bush Naragebup Environment Centre used to be a firebreak. They will soon construct a Friend will probably be foc ussing on weeding and lilies. Norm Wallace invited Kate and the care activities! The Mount Henry Peninsula Pre ervation Group has The Rockingham Regional Environment Centre is stabilised limestone path, which will provide easier gladiolus and freesi as. The Friends meet on Friends to visit the area of his farm where he has recently used $3000 of grant fu nds for contract pleased to announce a new name for the Centre. The access to the bush land for wheelchairs and a pleasant, Alexander Drive (look fo r Phylis' white van). removed per cent of the arum lilies. Robertson For further information ca!!]enny Johnson on spraying of veldt grass in an area of the Aquinas 99 Centre's Aboriginal cultural ad viser, Trevor Walley shorter loop trail mostl y on one level. They have also Bush Regenerati on is continuing to remove fi gs and (08) 9295 4467. Coll ege bushland that was burnt in late 1997. In from CALM has been researching a suitable name made a generous gra nt to the Friends of Shenton The Friends have been planting in wetland areas peppers ( with some help from Friends). 1998, there was good germination of native Stipa with Nyoongah word origins. After much discussion Bushland ro produce seedlings from locally coll ected which have been degraded by frequent fires and trail grass species, but in I 999 the area was 'swa mped' North Darlington Reserves Naragebup was chosen. 'Nara' means a cupped hand seed to revegetate this long, wide gash of bare sand. bike tracks. Regelia, cwo Hovea species and peas were A ubmissi n was prepared and forward ed to with veld t grass which had re-shooted from its and also represents the shape of Lake Richmond Pl enty of work is ahead collecting all the seed! We among the 2500 understorey plants the Friends have Australian Trust fo r Conservation Volunteers 'tufted', fibrous, underground root system. The Planting in May at the G reat Eastern Highway/Lionel (adjacent to the Centre). It also gives a sense of hope some seedlings will be ready for June 2001 which put in. The Friends of Yellagonga collected the seeds (ATCV) proposing a Green Corps work program herbicide, Fusilade, appears to be effective on veldt Road intersection, as part of our SCULP/ Alcoa nurturing. 'Geb' mean drink of water which will be the first planting season with the new coll ege and grew the plants fo r the Wanneroo Counci I. from November to May. The outcome will be known grass. It causes leaves and stems to tum purple-brown funded 'Gateway to North Darlington Reserves' represents a life sustaining feature of the lake and this occupied. This should give us a way ro involve the These planes are from wetland areas so will need within the next fe w months. and di e. project, have done very well with the recent rains. relates well to the Centre's mission statement, students in the care of the bushland almost on cheir limited watering over summer. We were very grateful Various small plants are already flowering. Cleaning to the Council for planting fl ooded gums in early A working bee was organised by the Friends of philosophies and objecti ves. 'Up', of course, means A I 00 square metre area of burnt bushland was boundary. 300 up litter is a continual process. August. G ingin Brook in July 1999 where debris was cleared 'place of'. unsprayed and the veldt grass plants were removed by Energy has also been directed to planning a biannual from the Granville area of the Brook and flood ed hand. This area will be monitored for native plant re­ We still haven't organised our vermin-proof bin The Centre recencly received a $50,000 donation workshop to be held in March/April 2000. We are More planting may not be necessary. Good natural gums and paperbarks were planted. Another working establishment and germination of environmental because we have been away in Canada and Alaska! fro m WMC Resources Ltd . This will build two large concerned about fauna of all sizes; how to encourage regeneration has occurred since a fence around the bee was arranged with Mrs Anderson and her weeds. The parts that we saw were wonderfully clear of litter. education displays. O ne will be an interactive the ones you want and how to get rid of the unwanted bushland was put in place five years ago. Naturally­ students from the Gingin Primary School. At the We wondered what the secret was. Those that we regenerated, four year old flooded gums are now suggestiol\ of the students, the Friends are planning a thrombolite learning centre and che other a we tlands In August, the Ciry of South Perth invited members ones. If there's a particular speaker you would poke co said that the on-the-spot fines fo r littering around two metres high. weekend in October where cudents and their parents (interior and exterior) display. Work has begun on of the C ity of South Perth Environment Association recommend, please contact Dani on (08) 938 1 3470. by mounties (Northwest Canadian Poli cemen) had will be invited to work in the Brook again. the designs. (COSPEA ) to discuss their environmental concerns. And if you want a copy of the proceedings of che All that is needed now is to discourage the trai I bikes contributed. There is also public acknowledgment seminar on Direct Seeding, send $10 to che Secretary, Mayor Suzanne Pierce, Deputy-Mayor Sally Cook and those who believe you need to bum the bush to The Friends display panels were on view in the that tourism is their life blood. In various places che The office will soon be moved into the and Councillor Cheryl Dibb rook comprehensive 117 Derby Road, Shenton Park WA 6008 and one clean it up! Council chambers for three weeks. The Friends Adopt-a- Highway Scheine (by corporate and other foye r/reception building which is being completed notes of the concerns raised for later action. will be printed in colour especiall y for you. we re most appreciative of Council's support for this sponsors) also helps keep highways clean. on-site and will also house a library, herbarium and For further information call Ph ylis on (08 ) 9349 9105. shop. The official opening of the Centre is planned For further information contact Janice Marshall (08) display. At this meeting a presentation of the book, The On 24 October, the Friends of North Darlington fo r larer in the yea r, but not confirmed as ye t. Stay 9381 1479 . People's Forest, was made 'in absentia' by COSPEA to For further informa tion call Richard Diggins on (08) Reserves will meet ro saucer new plants and add tuned! one of its original members, Andrew Thomson, in Teams of helpers 938 1 1529. mu l.ch, so that they are ready fo r summer wa tering. recognition of hi 2000 hours of voluntary work over After this w,; will be m~eting fo r a sausage sizz le and Courses and workshop on a range of nacura I the last fo ur years in bushland rehabilitation across North West Region During the wet season Bennett Brook Catchment social hour to discus what we would like ro do next. environment, Aboriginal cultural and some craft the metropolitan are a. The book contains comments Group (BBCG ) were busy planting at five different ropics have been creating great excitement. The about Andrew' father Jack (J ohn) Thomson who sites along the Brook. Groups such as the Hya tt Care 'Hills Region We recommend that you take a walk around our N yoongah song learning and dreaming stories Protecting Neerabup reserves th is spring. It has been a record year fo r was one of the first two forestry cadets to be Team, Joondalup TAFE students, West Beechboro workshop held recently was very much enjoyed by the appointed by the then Forests Department in 1917. It by David Wake, Quinns Rocks Environmenca! Group Primary School, Work, fo r the Dole, a 'Be Active' donkey orchids ( now fading) and Hibbertia and Ho11ea fa mily groups who attended. Courses will continue walking team and the Friends of Bennett Brook Activity in the eastern hills are now dominant and doing very well again . reveals Jack Thomson to be arguably tl1e first and through October to December (programs are Neerabup National Park is an important conserv ation mo t influential 'environmentally-aware fo rester' in participated. Over June and July more than 13,000 Seeding, planting, erosion control and stream Leschenaultia are also beginning to fl owe r. quarterly). A new workshop will foc us on migratory area in Perth's northwest corridor, covering over 1000 the history of Western Australia. seedlings were planted, and more rushes and sedges calming have been principal acti vitie of eastern hill bird identification for beginners. Call che Centre if hectare of tuart, jarrah and banksia woodlands and will be planted over the warmer months. Signs have For further information call Judy or Doug Lo11e on groups this winter. Less than average rainfa ll during you wo uld like a brochure on acti vities (available by limestone heathlands. It stretches some kilometres (08) 9299 6989. After three and a half years with the City of South 12 been install ed at all rehabilitation sites. If you wo uld June and July caused conceqi, but the longe r term mid-October) . Perth, environmental officer, Mark Taylor, resigned along Wanneroo Road from Burn Beach Road ro like to come and have a look at these sites contact fo recast is of rain well into spring will be essential fo r to take up a position of Environmental Projects Romeo Road, and varies from less than one to two the Bennett Brook Environmen t Centre. BBCG strong bushland regeneration before the summer. For further information call the CentTe on Manager with the City of Melvill e. He will be sorely and a half kilometres wide. The linear nature of the would like to thank everyone who helped out this South East Region (08) 959 1 3077. missed. park and its proximity to the rapidly urbanising area season. Wetland creation in Rocky Gully, Mundaring and around Quinns Rocks raises many issues. Parkerville has inspired another group in Glen Forest Friends of Forrestdale For further information call John Feldman on (08) 9368 In August BBCG and the Bayswater Integrated to restore a section of Nyaania Creek to a 'living 6 Neerabup National Park forms part of a belt of Catchment Group hosted a FrogWatch workshop at 1 The Friends of Forrestdale Lake are dedicated to the Bunbury Region 3739 (w) or (08) 9450 5661 (after pm). stream • remnant vegetation running from Yellagonga Regional the City of Bayswater offices. Frog Watch is a program conservation of bushland and wetland in Forrestdale. From Shirley Fisher Park north to Yanchep National Park and Wilbinga. It run by the WA Museum. The workshop focussed on An Ecoplan/Alinta Gas/ATCV work day in They are currently concerned about the misuse of Lot From vandalism to planting is also part of a link from the coast, including Burns frogs of the Swan Coastal Plain, frog rehabilitation Parkerville enabled over 2400 stems to be planted, 68 Anstey Rd, part of Perth's Bushplan site 342, which Bunbury's community nursery Beach bushland and the area around the Tamala techniques and the Chytrid frog fungus. The and the removal of watsonia and typha. Follow-up is vested in Landcorp. Over the past few months the Hollywood Reserve Park/Mindarie tip site, through to Shire View Hill and information given on the day was very valuable to all efforts by the Mundaring Lions Club, Green Corps, has suffered bouts of mindless vandalism. This has The Leschenault Community Nursery has despatched Lake Pinjar. who attended. Volunteers monitor frog populations Midland TAFE and community members have Following approaches by the Friends some years ago, 77,000 plants this season for landcare, revegetation ranged from a smashed drinking fountain and water Landcorp removed rubbish and constructed a fence and deaths caused by the Chytrid fungus across the resulted in a further 2000 stems being planted and and streamlining projects. There are 7000 plants left, meter, to machete swingers walking through the Maintaining and enhancing these ecological links or metropolitan area. BBCG is looking for volunteers to removal of exotic wattles to the mulching heap. and gate along Anstey Road to restrict access to the so the nursery will be open Thursdays for land holders Reserve mutilating and cutting down mature and 'greenways' is a challenge given the pressure for bushland. This was successful for a while, but recently take part in a Frog Watch program in their area of the to collect more plants. Seed collection workshops are immature trees and shrubs. Cyclists have also caused development of what is largely rural land. Some parts At Bugle Tree Creek in Mundaring, stream calming Catchment. Interested volunteers can be provided there have been many instances of rubbish dumping planned soon. damage to plants by tearing off branches that impede 0 are recognised in Perth's Bushplan, but their future is with a FrogWatch kit and support from BBCG. .,.-' vice trials are continuing. The best techniques will and tracks made around the fence from people their progress, cutting tracks and digging jumps, quite uncertain (for example, bush north of Bums adapted to other streamlining projects in the Shire entering from neighbouring lots. The Friends are unmindful of the plants or the elderly walkers who Beach). For further information call Sara at the Bennett Brook " / Mundaring and beyond. calling for support from Landcorp to fence Bunbury Naturalists' Club come to look and admire winter as it burgeons into Environment CentTe on (08) 9377 0444. neighbouring Lot 68 on the northern, eastern and spring. The pot smoking den, adjacent to the high Public infrastructure threatens the Park's integrity, but The Rocky Gully group in Mt Helena has created a western boundaries. The southern boundaries, which Over the last six months on every Tuesday, school, is a mess of bongs, plastic bags, paper, and better planning can avoid this whittling away of the wetland to increase retention of run-off from a road abuts Jandakot Botanic Park, is adequately fenced. Naturalists' Club members have been working on a 'stolen' chairs and benches smashed to kindling and bush. The Park itself is already the site of a quarry, Friends of Hepburn Heights and drain feeding the sub-catchment. Lessons from this The Friends are proposing to maintain the fences if regional herbarium for the Central Forest Region at concrete batching plant and water reservoir and will left for others to clear up. This is disheartening, but Pinnaroo Bushland community project are being documented to help Landcorp can supply the material. CALM in Bunbury. Members are building on an there are joys. be affected by the Mitchell Freeway extension, other groups planning similar works. initial CALM collection of 3000 specimens. They proposed east-west roads and a groundwater treatment We held two very successful bushland care days The Friends have been very busy lately with three have been sorting this collection and are almost ready Falls Park in Hovea and Alps St Reserve in Mt In mid-July, school was 'in'. Five classes from plant. Rubbish dumping and weed spread are key during winter. A big thanks to all the volunteers who projects. They are managing an oral history project to to start collecting fresh specimens that are not already Helena have been targeted for work by the Dieback Hollywood Primary School and one from Hollywood management issues, yet few resources are allocated to lent a hand during either or both days! The objective record memories and changes that have taken place in this collection. One sample of each specimen must Pre-Primary School, spent a day in the Reserve Action Group ( led by Sharon Kilgour). Consultants look after the Park and a management plan is of removing pelargonium from both sides of a at the Ramsar -listed Forrestdale Lake (funded by be sent to the State Herbarium in Perth to be have mapped the dieback-infected areas as a planting several hundred seedlings and small shrubs. apparently not a priority. limestone access path along the western boundary Cleanaway Community Liaison Committee and Edith checked for authenticity and numbered. Members precursor to compiling a dieback management plan. Kay Rae, a retired primary teacher and one of our was achieved by lunchtime on the second day. A site Cowan University). Secondly, the Friends are want the regional herbarium to be used as a reference The Wildflower Society, WA National Parks and This plan will serve as a model to help hills volunteers, talked to each class and answered which had extensive pelargonium removed two years involved in regenerating bush in the Forrestdale Lake collection for the public and for scientific purposes. questions. After the children had planted their Reserves Association and Quinns Rocks ago (also during a bushland care day) was revisited in community groups implement management strategies Nature Reserve under the supervision of CALM. seedlings, Kay and the students toured the Reserve Environmental Group are trying to protect Neerabup the afternoon and it was encouraging to see the and action plans using Bushcare funds. For Thirdly, the Friends have been helping consultants Club members have been involved in the relocation and listened to bird calls, looked at the fungi and National Park by raising community awareness of the results. The few small pelargonium that had re­ information on work days at Falls Park call Tim study water flow and quality (particularly nutrient and monitoring ( radio tracking) of western ringtail Park and its values, and writing to government found plants in flower. Everyone showed enormous established were easily removed. Beddington on (08) 9295 4334. enrichment) of the Lake and its catchment. Excessive possums. The possums were relocated from the Port interest and enthusiasm and many returned later to agencies about issues affecting it. Geographe development area to the Leschenault The monthly Hovea Conservation Park bush care nutrients have produced explosive populations of proudly show their parents. For further information call Tim Morald on (08) 9307 Inlet Peninsular, now a National Park. For more information on the Park and how you can help days are continuing to attract helpers and funding. midges in summer which are currently treated by 8371 pesticide spraying. It is with hope that we await the beauty of spring and phone Karyn Shaw (08) 9305 1405 or Renata Zelinova This year to date more than 1500 seedlings have been Katie Syme is the coordinator in WA of a national a vandal-free future. (08) 9305 9382 from the Quinns Rocks Environmenca! planted and, with the help of Green Corps, erosion Watch out for a group profile in coming editions of fungi mapping project (run by the National Group. Friends of Gingin Brook control devices have been installed in very hard this newsletter! Herbarium). The Bunbury Naturalists' Club is For further information call Trish or David Hewson on gravel pit laterite subsoils. Exotic wattles and participating in recording site details, fungi types and Kate Brown (Environmental Weeds Action (08) 9386 4476 eucalypts are gradually being removed as native For further information call Rod Giblett on(OB) 9397 numbers, and soil types across the southwest. If Koondoola Regional Bushland Network) has established five sites on the edge of the vegetation, including self sown marris, gain a stronger 0094 (home) or David James on (08) 9397 0276. anyone is interested in participating in the project Gingin Brook to monitor the effect of different foothold. The weed tree trunks are being used for contact Katie in Denmark by e-mailing Friends of Shenton Bushland The Friends of Koondoola Regional Bushland have treatments to reduce the number of arum lilies. The stabilising erosion gullies. Despite hard conditions, [email protected] been pulling weeds in the Koondoola Bushland every treatments include slashing, early herbicide treatment The energy of this small group of bush regenerators is Tuesday morning before the working day begins (7 am this bushland is regenerating well with our help. and late herbicide treatment. A map detailing the For further information call Shirley on (OB) 9795 7181 being extended as we start working with our - 8 am). All of the Geraldton wax and Victorian tea September will bring an end to a very busy winter's or Gordon on (08) 9797 2673 .

PAr-F 4 Eco plan NFws • Eco plan NEWS PAGE 5 confirmed the Park was functioning as a regional park. It is the largest inner city bushland (437 hectares) and Reabold Hill is the highest natural point on the Swan Coastal Plain (SCP). There is great diversity with a wetland, coastal shrublands and heathlands, jarrah-marri and tuart-banksia woodlands. It is home to over 70 bird species and 30 reptiles species including all five species of burrowing snake found on the Swan Coastal Plain. Come and try some of the many walk trails!

Contacts Norma Calcutt (bush regeneration committee) (08) 9384 4274 Alan Everett (Friends chairperson) (Left to right) Brian Perriam, John Howieson and daughter, Doug McMillan, Premier Richard (08) 9383 3961 Court, Norma Calcutt, Stephanie Clegg, Phil Drayson, Virginia Rimes, Jim Cra11dell at tl,e creation of Bold Park 'A' Class Reserve. Alert! ... Clean Illustrious lobbyists Friends' regional park proposal to the Planning Minister and the C ity of Perth tools and footwear Despite the many twists and turns in the in 1990. It was a catalyst for the City of campaign history of Bold Park, former Perth to undertake a review of land use The tools you use for revegeration Friends of Bold Park chairperson, Norma for the bushland and the outcome and bush restoration could be Calcutt, never doubted they w0t.1ld be became the framework for the current carrying an unwanted intruder. The successful in conserving all of the boundaries and status. plant disea e 'd ieback' (caused by the bushland recommended for reservation fungus, Phytophthora cinnamomi) The Friends felt a great weight lifted in under System 6. can be carried and spread on tools 1998 when the Park was officially vested "At times it was very stressful, but I and foo twear. Dieback kills 25 per as an A class reserve in Kings Park's cent of WA plant pecie , and it never lost my vision and if there was a management body, now the Botanic pores can be pre ent in oil, mud , problem I focussed on developing a Garden~ and Parks Authority. The gravel and and. Therefore, mud and strategy to counter it," she said. Authority will soon be releasing an so il need to be removed from tools "We now have just about everything we environmental management plan for and foo twear before entering a site. wanted in the Park." Bold Park. As an extra precaution, tools and foo twear can also be sterilised. The Friends formed in 1987 to oppose a Thriving bush care Sterilisation is recommended when 19 hectare Bond Corporation w rking in very high value, dieback­ subdivision. They successfully appealed A bush regeneration subcommittee was free bu hland; when propagating to upgrade the EPA's informal level of formed in 1995 when much of the plants; or when leaving a dieback­ assessment to a PER and the campaigning had been won and the infected area. development was rejected. Public regional park status promised. Ttps on cleaning tools and footwear: support grew rapidly and a petition of Over the next couple of years, Gordon 10, 000 signatures was presented to Reid Foundation funds enabled bush • Scrape off dried mud and so il with Parliament to implement the System 6 regeneration training for group members a brush or stick (do not dispo e of recommendations for the bushland. and mapping of priority weeds, and a this in bushland); O ver the next few years two further Community Conservation Grant funded • Use water to remove any subdivision proposals and a road bushland condition mapping. The remaining mud and soil; extension through the bushland were Friends also worked with Fire Services • C lean in an area which does not rejected. Long battles saw the removal of on a fire response strategy. drain into bushland; • a highway road reserve which cut Ecoplan/ATCV/Alinta Gas bushland through the heart of the bushland ( 1987- care days in 1997 and 1998 each • Tool and hoe ole can be 1995), and minimum bushland lost with attracted over 100 helpers. This inspired teril ised by spray ing methylated the realignment of West Coast Highway and encouraged many other bushland pirit on all surfaces using a pray (1989-1996) . groups, and was a great boost to a bush bottle. Allow a few minutes to dry; and Friends member, Phil Drayson, was regeneration project in a 6.5 hectare area elected to Perth City Council in 1989- of the park. Natural Heritage Trust funds • A lternatively, tool can be 91, and in the 1990s, Mt Claremont are contributing to seed collection and sterilised by soa king them in a bushland (south of Rochdale Rd) and at propagation for this project. solution of one part bleach and ten least two other substantial areas of part water fo r fiv e minutes. Rinse bushland were spared from development. A regional landmark well. A watershed in their campaigning A pivotal three-day survey in 1987 found For further info rmation call Sharon history was the presentation of the visitors came from 105 suburbs! This Kilgour on (08) 9293 2111 .

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(08) 9444 5640. -administration building by Prof. Hans OCTOBER Lambers on the adaptive significance of 17 Sunday - 23 Saturday proteoid roots in native species. Call (08) What's On in the 7 Thursday - 8 Friday National Water Week activities including 9480 3643. water industry awards Ribbons of Blue Bunbury Region 1 14 Sunday 8.30am AAEE Environmental Hope conference at snapshot day. Call Water and Rlvers Murdoch University and Ellis Brook. Commission (08) 9278 0300. Friends of Kings Park seed collecting Speakers include Professor Peter Newman, activity, followed by a talk. Meet at the Cr Bill Stewart (Stirling) , David Pike, Jim 17 Sunday administration building. Call (08) 9480 OCTOBER Heslop and Sue Smirh (Noranda Kwinana-Rockingham-Mandurah branch 3643. Bushland). Call Jason Fraud (08)9335 6800 of the Naturalists' Club excursion to 26 September - 9 October or [email protected] 15 Monday - 17 Wednesday Brixton St Wetlands. Call Don Shepherd Busse lt n Naturalists' Clu b excursion to 8 Friday 7.3Qpm (08) 9592 1821. Kids helping Kids National Environmental Stirling Ranges, Porongorups and A lbany. Conference for and by young people. Call Nocturnal walk at Landsdale Farm School. 1 7 Sunday 8.30am Catrina-Luz Aniere (08) 9388 9377. 13 Wednesday 7 .30pm Meer Landsdale Rd (east of Evandale Rd). Friends of Kings Park woody weeding Phylis (08) 9349 9105. I 9 Friday 7 .30pm Busselton Naturalists' C lu b meeting and activity, followed by a talk. Meet at the talk by Dr Terry Houston, WA Museum, 9 Saturday Sam administration building. Call (08) 9480 Kwinana-Rockingham-Mandurah branch on bees and wasps. 3643. of the Naturalists' Club meeting and little Bush walk at Koondoola Regional Bushland penguin study update at the Naragebup 17 Sunday 9am every second Saturday of the month. Meet 1 7 Sunday 9am - l 2noon Rockingham Regional Environment Cape to Cape trail maintenance and cnr Kodhdoola and Burbridge Aves Centre, Safety Bay Rd. Call Diana (08) (northeast end). Call Elizabeth (08) 9342 Weeding, erosion control and planting at emergency serv ice exercise with the 9527 !961(ah). 0616. Hovea Conservation Park, Hovea. Call Busselron Naturalists' C lub. Herb (08) 9298 8218. 20 Saturday 7am 10 Sunday - 17 Sunday 21 Thursday 7 .30pm 1 7 Sunday 9 am- 11 am Early morning bird walk at Herdsman Lake NATIONAL WEEDBUSTER WEEK Bunbury Naturalists' C lub meeting and Dieback treatmenr workshop at Maida Vale Wildlife Centre. Call (08) 9387 6079. Organise or be a part of weed awareness discussion on Agric ulture Western Reserve, Ridge Hill Rd, Maida Vale. To events. Promotional material available from 20 Saturday 8am Au tralia C D Rom. Sandy Lloyd (08) 9368 3760. conflrm details call Sharon Kilgour (08) 92932111. Guided nature walks at Lake Gwelup every 13 Wednesday 7 - 9.30pm third Saturday of the month. Meet at the 23 Saturday 8am 22 Friday 7.30pm Scout Hall, Huntriss Rd, Karrinyup. Call Ecoplan/GA(WA)/SCC seminar on Betty (08) 9444 5640 Bunbury Naturalists' C lu b sea rch fo r tufas '\boriginal Cultural Heritage at the Swan Friends of Srar Swamp nocturn~l walk from-. Groat St North Beach entrance. Call at Black Point. Meet at Stratham St Catchment Centre, 108 Adelaide Tee, East 20 Saturday !Oam - 4.30pm tation, possibly camp for weekend. Perth. RSVP Barbara (08) 9220 5300. Christine (08) 9346 5413. Workshop on Identification and Management 24 Sunday 14 Thursday 6.30pm 23 Saturday Sam of Native and Introduced Grasses organised Friends of Star Swamp monthly guided walk by Murdoch TAFE and Environmental Busselcon Naturalises' C lu b excursion to Men of the Trees annual general meeting at Weeds Action Network at Southern Metro Boranup Fo rest. Tompkin Park Recreation Centre, Canning from Groat St North Beach entrance. Call College ofTAFE, Murdoch Campus. Cost Hwy, Alfred Cove. Call (08) 9250 1888. Christine (08) 9346 5413. 25 Monday - 29 Friday $5. Ring Barbara Jones at SCC (08) 9220 14 Thursday 7pm 23 Saturday 2.30pm 5300. Busselron Naturalists' Clu b mld-week Bibbulmun Track wa lks, walks of 16km to Earth education lecture by Steve Van Gould League excursion to Kings Park. Call 21 Sunday 9am - 12noon (08) 9387 6079. 19km. Matre at Agriculture Western Australia Weeding, erosion control and planting at theatrette, Baron;Hay Court, South Perth 1 24 Sunday 9am - I 2noon Hovea Conservation Park, Hovea. Call $20. Call Peta White (08) 9083 1111, Herb (08) 9298 li218. [email protected] Friends of North Darlington Reserves work NOVEMBER morning, sausage sizzle and planning 21 Sunday 14 Thursday 8pm meeting. Call Judy or Doug on (08) 9299 Kwinana-Rockingham-Mandurah branch JO Wednesday 7.30pm Friends of Kings Park talk at the 6989. of the Naturalists' Club excursion to Anstey administration building by Prof. John Busselron Naturalists' C lub meeting and 25 Monday - 28 Thursday 8.30am -5pm Rd Reserve, Call Don Shepherd (08) 9592 Considine on Geraldton wax and its place talk by Sarah Comer on honeyeaters and daily 1821. in international horticulture. Call (08) revegetated bushland. 9480 ~643 River restoration workshop, $100. Bookings 24 Wednesday 7 - 9.30pm Antoniettta Davy (08) 9278 0300, 19 Friday 7.30pm 14 Thursday - 15 Friday [email protected] Ecoplan/GA(WA)/SCC sem inar on How to Bunbury Naturalists' C lub meeting and delegate and train others at the Swan WA Regional Herbaria volunteers plant ta lk by Paul van Heurck, CALM, on the 30 Saturday 8 am- 10am Catchment Centre, !08 Adelaide Tee, East identification workshop at WA Herbarium effects of prescribed burning o n insects, Perth. RSVP Barbara (08) 9220 5300. (Proteaceae and Myrtaceae). Bookings Jan Nature walk in Trigg Bushland led by David a.pd coll ecting and preserving insects. or Margaret (08) 9334 0587. Pike. Meet in Elliott Rd, south of St Mary's 27 Saturday 2.30pm School. Call Robyn (08) 9246 3954, John 20 Saturday 9.45am 15 Friday 7 .30pm (08) 9448 2899. Gould League excursion to Fa lls Rd. Call Bunbury Naturalists' C lu b Ernie and Win's (08) 9387 6079. Nocturnal walk in Koondoola Regional 31 Sunday 3 pm- 7pm farm excursion, BBQ and spotlighting. Bushland. Meet cnr Koondoola and 2 7 Saturday 8am Meet at Burekup. Cottesloe Marine Protection Group Sea Burbridge Aves (northeast end). Call 24 Sunday Elizabeth 9342 0616. Dragon Fes tival/ Reef..vise concert at the Friends of Star Swamp monthly guided walk North Cottesloe beach front, including from Groat St North Beach entrance. Call Busselton Naturalists' Club wildflower 15 Friday 7.30pm beach wa lks, fish counts, fishing Christine (08) 9346 5413. excursion to Donnybrook Sunklands and Kwinana-Rockingham-Mandurah branch competition, sand castles, kite flying etc .. 28 November - 5 December Scott Ri ver. of the Naturalists' Club meeting and talk Call Barbara (08) 93 84 3893. on whales and dolphins at the Naragebup Coastcare Week activities including beach Rockingham Regional Environmenr walks, slide shows. Call Amanda Centre, Safety Bay Rd. Call Diana (08) NOVEMBER Stainthorpe, State Coastcare Coordinator, DECEMBER 9527 196l(ah). (08) 9264 7834. 11 arurday 8a m 16 Saturday 8am - 5pm 6 Saturday Bun bury Naturalists' C lu b Cape to Cape Advanced earth education workshop with Kwinana-Rockingham-Mandurah branch DECEMBER wa lk, Moses Roc k to Cowaramup Bay Steve Van Matre. Peta White (08) 9083 of the Naturalists' Club nature reserves (8km -9km), mee t at Dunsborough. 1111 , [email protected] (introductory work morning. Call Bob Goodale (08) 9527 4 Saturday workshop also planned). 4289 Busselcon Naturalists' C lub acti vities: Kwinana-Rockingham-Mandurah branch 16 Saturday 3 pm- 5pm 6 Saturday 8am Confirm details (check the Busselu:m of the Naturalists' C lub nature reserves Margaret Times) or ca ll (08) 9727 2474 or Meet our marsupials walk at CALM H ills Nature walk at Landsdale every first work morning. Call Bob Goodale (08) 9527 (08) 9752 l949. Meetings are held at St Forest, Mundaring. Lots of other spring Saturday of the month, meet Landsdale Rd 4289. Mary's Family Centre, cnr Albert St and activities. Call (08) 9295 2244 (east of Evandale Rd). Call Phylis (08) 12 Sunday 8.30am Bussel Hwy. Visitors welcome. Excursio n 16 Saturday 2 pm - 5 pm 9349 9!05. buse usuall y leave from Prie· Ave. Friends of Kings Park seed collecting 6 Saturday 2pm - 7 Sunday 11am STATE WEED PLAN WORKSHOP activity, followed by a talk. Meet at the Bunbury Naturalists' C lu b meeti ngs at Agriculture Western Australia Theaterette, Mini-beast mega camp at CALM Hills administration building. Call (08) 9480 Agriculture Western Australia, CALM 3 Baron Hay Court South Perth. Contact Forest, Mundaring. Lots of other spr ing 3643. gate on Dodson Rd , Bunbury. Call Shirley Sandy Lloyd (08) 9368 3760. activities. Call (08) 9295 2244. (08) 9795 71 81 or Gordon (08) 9797 18 Saturday 7am 0673. Vis itors welcome. Shirley is also th e 16 Saturday 7am IO Wednesday 7.30pm Early morning bird walk at Herdsman Lake contact fo r the Leschenaulr Community Early morning bird walk at Herdsman Lake AABR (WA) bush care forum on fire and Wildlife Centre. Call (08) 9387 6079. Nursery. Wildlife Centre. Call (08) 9387 6079. bushland management, Kings Park 18 Saturday 8am These events will also be forwarded to 16 Saturday 8am administration building. Call Janice (08) the Swan Catchment Centre's monthly 9381 1479. Guided nature walks at Lake Gwelup every information sheet and 'Riverlink' web Guided nature walks at Lake Gwelup every third Saturday of the month. Meet at the site at http://www.wrc.wa.gov.au third Saturday of the month. Meet at the 11 Thursday 8pm Scout Hall, Huntriss Rd, Karrinyup. Call /swanavon Scout Hall, Huntriss Rd, Karrinyup. Betty Friends of Kings Park talk at the Betty (08) 9444 5640.

Eco plan NEWS PAGE 1 s s Celebrating achievement Think creatively about heritage [email protected] There will be further updates of the guide so if your group was The Bessie Rischbieth Conservation Australians are invited to write up to not included or if your details change Award is given annually to an individual 1000 words, perform a song or make a contact the Environment Centre. For who has demonstrated outstanding video (up to 5-minutes) about further information visit their website on commitment to the WA environment, Australia's heritage places. Prize money www.iinet.net.au-ecwa with many years of active involvement of $5000 is awarded in each category. in conservation campaigns, acting with Songs and written pieces must be Coastal data available integrity, perseverance and courage. The submitted by 15 October and videos by Peter Hunt Award for Excellence in 10 December 1999. For further The Australian Coastal Atlas, funded by Environmental Journalism (print media) information consult the AHC website Environment Australia, is an index of is awarded to a journalist who has (under 'what's new?') at www.ahc.gov.au terrestrial and marine data sets on the demonstrated outstanding knowledge or call 1800 020 652. coastline, up to 100km from coast. For and understanding of environmental example, data sets include information issues. Nominations for these awards are Educating gardeners on land use, land tenure, hydrology, soils, due by 29 October. Call the landform types, ocean characteristics like Conservation Council for details on Garden Plants Under the Spotlight is a salinity and tides, water quality, fisheries, (08) 9420 7266. draft national strategy targeted at marine biology and habitats, and educating gardeners ( through nurseries Aboriginal significance. Data is being and garden centres) and the Projects sort l collected fromgovernment department�­ horticultural media Ol 'tackling the and private companies by WALIS (WA Greencorp is again seeking projects, such problem of garden plants that can cause Land Information Systems). A scale of as flora and fauna surveys, bush great damage if they invade bushland. 1:2000 is available for viewing on the regeneration, walking track construction It was released by the Weeds internet. The atlas will be updated as and revegetation, for their teams of Cooperative Research Centre and the further information becomes available. trainees to tackle. Applications for Nursery Industry Association of future project rounds close on 22 Australia earlier this year. Copies are Take a look at http://www.walis.wa.gov. November 1999 (for projects to run available from the Weeds CRC on (08) au/atlas. between April and October 2000) and 8303 6590 or by e-mailing 31 January 2000 (for projects to run [email protected] Beautiful grasses between June and December 2000). The Australian Biological Resources Greencorp want to complement the Community Resource Guide Study has produced a set of four very work groups are already doing. Call Ken attractive posters on grasses of Australia. Beasley from ATCV on (08) 9336 6911 An update of the Environment Centre They feature grasses of northern if you would like to discuss a potential of WNs guide to information, speakers Australia, southern Australia, coasts and project or are interested in joining the and resources on environment, social wetlands, and a close-up look at grasses program as a trainee. You can download justice and other community issues has (natives and weeds are included). For application forms from their website at just been released. Free booklets are free copies call Environment Australia http://greencorp.ballarat.net. au available by calling (08) 9225 4103 (between 10am and 4pm) or e-mailing on 1800 065 823 or e-mail [email protected]

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