April 2019

Our Director ponders the benefits of gas versus tourism and reminds us of government promises to protect the Fitzroy. Our Vice Chair explains the Urban Heat Island effect. We bid goodbye to Phillip and welcome Grace and Nigel. Living Green talks container deposits and Mad Cow worries about disappearing insects.  Read Phillip’s fracking swansong and Kylie’s story of women rangers’ work in Monsoon Vine Thickets. SKIPA tackles weeds with Clontarf boys, Fiona praises seagrass heroes and Jess explains taxonomy.  And don’t forget our Art Auction in July.

December 2018

EK wins Google funding, Kate talks advances in recycling and Martin lambasts the government over fracking.  Living Green saves electricity and Mad Cow argues that Nature is priceless.  The Seedbank Project goes commercial, and Ayesha tells us what to plant.  Mal et al protect the Night Parrot, while the Water Corporation gets a serve for endangering Bilbies.  We have new Board and Staff members, and Fiona waxes lyrical about seagrass. Guess who won the Awards? We have a poem about gas and our Art Auction moves to Perth. 

August 2018

In this edition...

Our Director and crowd join local MP Josie Farrer to oppose fracking, our Chairperson is all for container deposits, and Tessa reports on our Concert and Art Auction. Living Green berates Coles over plastic bags, while Mad Cow hopes to be euthanased and Jess conducts fauna a survey with Nyikina Mangala Rangers. Kylie plants trees with several ranger groups, while Carmel explains how money can grow on them. We meet women rangers and country managers, Fi finds changes in seagrass beds, while Ayesha goes back to country with women rangers. 

April 2018

In this edition...

Featuring the floods — Mal finds predator and prey in promiscuous huddles, Living Green draws lessons from cyclones, Kylie laments the drowning of plants while Fiona celebrates lush seagrass and Jason worries about sewage overflow. Our Chairperson sounds warnings from the Murray-Darling and our Director reports opposing views on the Fitzroy River’s future. KNP receives grants for three projects, but Mad Cow loses the plot. Ayesha runs a Nyul Nyul language workshop to produce a book of plants.  The Editor receives two letters, SKIPA values volunteers and we announce the art auction.

December 2017

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The Night Parrot is rediscovered, our Chairperson talks of water and our Director discusses the New Economy.  Living Green advises on gift-wrapping and Mad Cow cavorts with spiders. Ayesha goes seed-banking, KNP manages Neem and conserves Bilbies, one gum tree gets two mentions and SKIPA does landscaping. There’s the Fremantle Art Auction, Seagrass keeping oceans healthy and the sexual preferences of Cherubin. We welcome two new Board members, one member of staff. Two staffers have survived 10 years and Neil is now our non-resident poet.  We announce our annual awards.

August 2017

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Malcolm summarises Seagrass Monitoring’s ten-year report (we did well), and KNP’s many projects.  Chairperson Kate laments the departure of three cherished staff members, while Director Martin discusses failure on the Ord.  Living Green bewails plastic waste and Mad Cow declares children smarter than adults. Read of fun and fundraising at our art auction and John Butler concert, appreciate feral animals and admire self-impregnation in Sawfish. Note worrying news about the Fitzroy River, mineral-sand mining and Horizontal Falls, plant a community with SKIPA and read Neil’s farewell poem. 

April 2017

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KNP started to plant a million trees, Malcolm wrote about Bilby conservation, while Steve, our frog expert, wrote about birds, and about botanist Kevin Kenneally’s talk on Kimberley Rainforests. Jan told us about the rediscovery of the Night Parrot in WA, and Mad Cow ruminated on GM. Our Director wrote about his hopes for the new government, and the Chair alerted us to recent reports on the security implications of climate change. Jason described the sex lives of Sea Cucumbers. 

December 2016

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The December edition highlighted the Fitzroy River: the Declaration by traditional owner groups and our Director’s commentary about looming dam-and-irrigated-agriculture proposals. Our Chairperson recommended films and docos, and Julia reported on seagrass monitoring and beach clean-up. We mentioned the Rocky Horror Show, a special anniversary indulgence, and our AGM. KNP went to Kiwirrkurra, Jan went mud sampling and Jason wrote about the sex lives of Mackerel. We announced our annual awards for notable disservice to the environment. 

August 2016

In this edition...

The August 2016 edition featured EK’s 20^th anniversary celebrations at the Luggers in June with local musicians, which attracted a huge crowd. There were reports on an EK/SKIPA visit to Mornington Sanctuary 20 years on and our bumper Art Auction. The KNP informed us about their work monitoring Bilbies and Gouldian Finches, and we ran articles on Shorebirds, Cane Toads and Dinosaurs, winding up with Neil’s triumphal poem about the defeat of Parkinsonia on Anna Plains. 

April 2016