The department is responsible for preparing and implementing management plans for marine and terrestrial parks and reserves in accordance with the Conservation and Land Management Act 1984.
Thomsons Lake Nature Reserve (Thomsons Lake) is a 'Class A' reserve, of 551 ha, gazetted for the purpose of 'Fauna Conservation and Research and Drainage'.
The Swan Estuary Marine Park and Adjacent Nature Reserves is comprised of estuarine lands and waters within the Swan River at Alfred Cove, Milyu and Pelican Point.
The South Coast Region extends from Irwin Inlet (near Walpole) in the west to the South Australian border in the east and inland to include the Stirling Range, the Johnston Lakes area and the southern Nullarbor.
Shark Bay will remain a place of nationally significant cultural values, Indigenous and non-Indigenous, requiring protection, appreciation and respect.
The Shannon and D’Entrecasteaux national parks are located south of Manjimup on the south coast of Western Australia and cover a total area of 171,778 hectares.
Serpentine National Park is located on the edge of the Darling Scarp, 49 km south east of the centre of Perth and 28 km inland from the coast at Rockingham.
The Rowley Shoals Marine Park is characterised by spectacular intertidal and subtidal coral reefs, exceptionally rich and diverse marine fauna and high water quality.
This area comprises two conservation reserves which are located 65 km north north west of Coolgardie in the Eastern Goldfields of Western Australia (WA).
Set in a rapidly growing urban area, Rockingham Lakes Regional Park is a network of environmentally significant lands containing coastal, wetland and upland ecosystems.
The plan describes the cultural heritage, natural, recreation, tourism, community and resource use values of the planning area and analyses management issues.
Parks and Wildlife Service at the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions is responsible for managing fire in forests, parks, nature reserves and other lands that it manages.
Western Australia's land use planning system coordinates planning, land use and development through the review, approval and monitoring of planning schemes, policies, strategies, structure plans and subdivision and development applications.
Muir’s corella, one of four corella species in the southern part of Western Australia, once inhabited most of the south-west of Western Australia from the Swan and Avon Rivers south to Broomehill and Augusta.
The Pilbara is recognised as one of Australia’s biodiversity hotspots, and is an area of high conservation value with a largely intact ecosystem that can be protected, and potentially enhanced, through focused and directed land management.
Providing technical advice and on-ground support for land managers working to protect, manage and restore bushlands and wetlands in the department's Swan Region and beyond.