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Meet Jasmyn Cook
SPOTLIGHT ON NORTH COAST “If we look after country, country will look after us.” Jasmyn Cook is a ranger with the Yawuru Ranger Parks and Wildlife Services, Department of Biodiversity Conservation and Attractions. She is a Yawuru/Bunuba descendant, born and raised in Broome. What is your job? Yawuru Marine Ranger How do you get into…
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Bird’s-eye view of Exmouth Gulf
SPOTLIGHT ON GASCOYNE This is an epic drone photo taken in the Exmouth Gulf. Apart from the obvious incredible beauty of the area, the Gulf is such a unique and diverse ecosystem. The tidal mangrove creeks provide nursery habitat for many species including the critically endangered Green Sawfish. They are amazing! The salt flats and…
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Meet Mandy Polley
SPOTLIGHT ON SOUTHWEST Interview with Mandy Polley; Nature Conservation Margaret River Region. What is your role at Nature Conservation Margaret River? I am the Coastal Officer for the organisation. What do you love most about the job you do/role you play in your organisation? I love that I am lucky enough to work protecting the…
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Care for Hedland win 2024 WA Landcare Award
SPOTLIGHT ON PILBARA The WA Landcare Network (WALN) recently hosted its 2024 WA Landcare Awards to recognise environmental champions across the state. This year, the award for legendary coastcare efforts went to Care for Hedland, with specific recognition of their long-running community-based turtle monitoring program. The program, established in 2004, provides a much-needed awareness and conservation…
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Cape Conservation Group at North West Cape
SPOTLIGHT ON GASCOYNE The North West Cape is closely associated with the Ningaloo World Heritage Area, a location of rare, great beauty and recognised as an international biodiversity hotspot. It’s a premium tourist destination visited by hundreds of thousands of people every year, and both Ningaloo Reef and the Cape Range National Park are considered…
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Monitoring of seagrass at Roebuck Bay
SPOTLIGHT ON KIMBERLEY The Broome Community Seagrass Monitoring Project was established in 2006 to gather baseline data on the health of seagrass in Roebuck Bay and to raise awareness of the importance of seagrass conservation. Over the last 18 years, data collection has taken place at three bay sites four times a year, revealing the…
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Vlamingh Head Lighthouse, Exmouth
SPOTLIGHT ON GASCOYNE Vlamingh Head Lighthouse is situated 17 km (11 miles) to the north of the settlement of Exmouth, Western Australia. The Vlamingh Head lighthouse on the North West Cape is the perfect spot to take in a Ningaloo sunrise or sunset. Overlooking Lighthouse Bay, it is one of the few locations in Australia…
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Meet Grace Keast
SPOTLIGHT ON GASCOYNE Interview with Grace Keast; Sea Shepherd Australia Ltd – Accountant / Sea Shepherd Exmouth Chapter Coordinator. What is your role at Sea Shepherd Exmouth? As volunteer coordinator of Sea Shepherd Exmouth I help run regular beach cleans. Outside of Sea Shepherd, in a personal capacity, I also run the local Sea Slug…
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Green sawfish at Exmouth
SPOTLIGHT ON GASCOYNE Green sawfish can be found from north of Perth, around the top end of the country and over to Papua New Guinea and Indonesia, but globally they are critically endangered. Research conducted on sawfish populations in the Gascoyne informs and guides management and protection of these species within the proposed Exmouth Gulf…
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Students tackle marine debris in Margaret River
SPOTLIGHT ON SOUTHWEST Young coast carers Ruth Szandtner, Bronte Halden, Lili Palmer, Vivi Corteen-Hartley and Riley Hughes are among 12 candidates in Nature Conservation Margaret River Region’s youth marine stewardship program. The quintet has formed an initiative called Protect The Tides, focussed on reducing and raising awareness about marine debris and its impacts on our…