DBCA staff have translocated six Gilbert’s potoroos from two insurance populations on Bald Island back to Two Peoples Bay Nature Reserve, where the original population had been lost following an intense summer bushfire in 2015 that burnt through over 90 per cent of suitable habitat.
Environment Minister Reece Whitby has today announced local architects Gresley Abas will design the new Park Centre that will become the focal point of John Forrest National Park.
One of the world's most critically endangered reptiles has received a boost to its population thanks to a record breeding year and new releases to the wild.
A total of 22 community groups have been awarded $281,240 in grants this year to deliver 53 projects that will help conserve bushland and waterways in the Swan, Canning and surrounding catchments.
Protection of vulnerable native species in the northern jarrah forest has received a major boost through approximately $1 million in funding for the Western Shield wildlife recovery program.
Researchers and volunteers have successfully relocated 7 of Australia's rarest birds as part of a threatened species partnership between the Western Australian and Australian Governments, non-government organisations and community volunteers.
The Dryandra Woodland National Park, near Narrogin, 180 kilometres south-east of Perth, is the first national park in Western Australia's Wheatbelt region.
