Julimar Conservation and Forest Alliance

26/05/2026

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25/05/2026

Our second mini-survey for the year is coming up on June 20th.

If you are interested in participating in either a plant survey, bird survey or night spotlighting please let us know by emailing us [email protected].

Also, if you are an expert and you would like to lead a survey in your field, we would love to hear from you!

More details to come.

Photo by Amber.

16/05/2026

The Government released its first proposed Standard for protecting Australia’s threatened plants, animals and ecosystems.

The opportunity to provide feedback is open now - closing at 11:59pm AEST on Friday, 29 May 2026.

ACF provides all the info you need to take action:
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National Environmental Standards Submissions Guide

14/05/2026

Last Thursday, 7th May, we presented our proposal to reclassify Julimar State Forest as a National Park to the Shire of Toodyay.

We offered the proposal as a formal resource for the Shire to reference, and it was gratefully received!

You can download it here 👉 https://julimarcafa.org.au/get-involved/resources

13/05/2026

Something to look forward too.

Residents plagued by dust from Australia's oldest and largest lithium mine say a plan for a free car wash by the mine's owner misses the mark.

12/05/2026

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07/05/2026

04/05/2026

🔥Prescribed burn update

We just received an update from DBCA on the PHS260 prescribed burn that was started a couple of weeks ago and due to be completed by the ANZAC Monday. Looks like due to mild conditions at the time, the burn was unable to be completed and they will look to continue tomorrow:

"The burn went reasonably well under very mild conditions, which is what we aim for. However, due to those mild conditions, we haven’t actually achieved all of our burn objectives, and two large unburnt pockets remain.

Our objective is to achieve consistent coverage of mosaic and patchiness across the entire burn area. Any large areas of unburnt vegetation have the potential to sustain a large, hot fire run, which is not what we are trying to achieve and defeats the purpose of the burn.

To mitigate this, we will undertake some work over the next couple of days while conditions remain very mild, introducing some fire into those large unburnt areas to achieve the mosaic we are aiming for.

Our staff are out this morning checking conditions, with a plan to commence works tomorrow."

01/05/2026

Some good news coming out of Cocanarup that some breeding trees have survived

Surveys conducted near Cocanarup, on WA's south coast, following the bushfire in January have found 83 trees known to be used for nesting of the endangered Carnaby's Black Cockatoo had been burnt completely, and 54 that were burnt but were still standing.

Jesse Brampton from the Cocanarup Conservation Alliance said they also found 82 trees within the bushfire perimeter that were not damaged.

“These are areas that somehow escaped the fire, and fortunately contained a considerable number of our nest trees,” he said.

“We’re very fortunate to have those two refuge areas that preserved so many trees.”

Teams are set to investigation the impact of the bushfire on foraging vegetation for the Carnaby's Black Cockatoo.

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28/04/2026