EK News

EK's premier annual art event

September 05, 2017

This year’s 14th annual Environs Kimberley Art Auction was, once again, a great success. Over 70 artists contributed works and we displayed more than 100 pieces of art — 74 of...

Concert for the Kimberley

May 19, 2017

EK’s 21st Birthday was a big one – but what else would you expect when you have friends like John Butler, Steve Pigram, The Mexicans, Tanya Ransom, Elwood and Albert...

How to plant 20 million trees

May 19, 2017

Kimberley skies have been full of drama this wet season with thunderhead clouds bringing soaking rains, replenishing aquifers and reinvigorating country. The pockets of remnant rainforests, the Monsoon Vine Thickets...

Night Parrots Found In WA

April 20, 2017

Making history is not so easy these days, but four Broome-based ornithologists (Adrian Boyle, Nigel Jackett, George Swann and Bruce Greatwich) have had a well-deserved win. They studied the options, developed...

Kimberley Bilby Workshop 2017

April 20, 2017

Bilbies are a well-known, peculiar and charismatic- looking Australian marsupial. They are an ecologically important species because of their prolific burrowing (providing homes for themselves and others) and foraging (spreading seeds...

A new era for conservation in the Kimberley

April 13, 2017

After eight-and-a-half years, the Liberal–National political parties crashed out of government, suffering the largest swing against them in WA history. This has significant implications for the future of the Kimberley....

Kimberley icons targeted for fracking

November 10, 2016

Conservation group Environs Kimberley is calling for newly issued fracking leases in sensitive areas of the region to be withdrawn. One lease covers two national parks – Windjana Gorge and Tunnel...