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---- Brogo Reserve
---- Burrin Burrin Reserve
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Old field restoration improves biodiversity & soils
by
TERN (Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network)
on
06 January 2022
Vegetation clearing for new agricultural land continues to cause environmental degradation, biodiversity loss and increased carbon emissions. But there are also large swathes of land no longer used...
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The circle of spring
by
Will Sacre
on
18 November 2021
Bush Heritage have been busy over the past few months helping build our inventory of what we protect on our reserves.
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We must heal Country together
by
Chontarle Bellottie
on
02 July 2021
This NAIDOC Week we celebrate the flow and connectedness of People and Country, highlighting the relationship Bush Heritage holds with the Badimia Traditional Owners of the Midwest-Gascoyne region...
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An update on Tropical Cyclone Seroja
by
Heather Campbell (CEO)
on
13 April 2021
The cyclone impacted three of our mid-west Western Australian reserves but no significant damage has been reported.
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Why walk when you can hop?
by
Jessica Stingemore (Reserve Manager)
on
19 January 2021
I see all sorts of wildlife every day at Charles Darwin Reserve, but it is only once a year that Bush Heritage partakes in the small animal trapping on the Reserve. And I must say it is definitely...
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Malleefowl – these birds like it hot, hot, hot!
by
Jessica Stingemore (Reserve Manager)
on
09 December 2020
Before I started as Reserve Manager at Charles Darwin Reserve, I was an avid volunteer for Bush Heritage – and have been monitoring the Malleefowl mounds here on Badimia Country for the past five...
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Digging deep to harvest rainwater
by
Jessica Stingemore (Reserve Manager)
on
30 September 2020
Water is a vital and scarce resource in the midwest rangelands of WA, and here at Charles Darwin Reserve we are constantly looking for ways to improve our rainwater capture. So earlier this Winter...
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Removing Paterson's Curse
by
Jessica Stingemore (Reserve Manager)
on
28 August 2020
With its vibrant purple flowers, Paterson’s Curse is often mistaken for a native wildflower but is in fact one of the most conspicuous weeds in paddocks and roadsides throughout Australia...
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There be dragons
by
Jessica Stingemore (Reserve Manager)
on
28 July 2020
Children learn a lot about the world through imaginative play and what better place to imagine than at Charles Darwin Reserve. The first two weeks of July are school holidays here in WA and with...
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For the love of pizza
by
Dean Mowat
on
08 July 2020
Since my partner Jessica and I moved out to Charles Darwin Reserve from Geraldton six months ago, we've missed a few things from the city, but one thing we have certainly missed ‘big time’ is pizza...
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Mystery of the soap stealing crow
by
Bob Ruscoe
on
01 May 2020
Whilst our volunteers aren't able to get out onto Reserve, we've asked them to recount some of their previous adventures. Long term Western Australian volunteer Bob Ruscoe recounts an incident...
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Pesky Ceratopogonidae (aka midges)
by
Tracey Skippings
on
01 May 2020
Whilst our volunteers aren't able to get out into the field, we've requested stories about their previous adventures. Tracey Skippings from Western Australia recalls a rather testing weeding bee on...
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