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.
EK Newsletter Issue 83 April 2018.pdf
December 2017
In this edition...
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.
EK NEWSLETTER ISSUE 82 DECEMBER 2017.pdf
August 2017
In this edition...
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.
EK newsletter Issue 81 August 2017.pdf
April 2017
In this edition...
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.
EK newsletter – Issue 80 - April 2017.pdf
December 2016
In this edition...
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.
EK newsletter - issue 79 - December 2016.pdf
August 2016
In this edition...
The August 2016 edition featured EK’s 20th 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.
EK newsletter - Issue 78 - August 2016.pdf