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Aug 28 2013

Love mud and science?

Dr Marc Lavaley and Dr Tanya Compton heading back aftermud sampling for benthic life. Kandy Curran

Dr Marc Lavaley and Dr Tanya Compton heading back after mud sampling for benthic life. © Kandy Curran

If you enjoy mud and volunteering in scientific projects on Roebuck Bay, there is a benthos (things in mud that birds eat) research project that needs volunteers from Aug 30-Sep 20. Contact Tanya: tanyajcompton@yahoo.com.au

Researcher Dr Tanya Compton
Project Description Use fine-scale sampling to identify how benthic species are distributed with respect to themselves, each other and functional traits across the tropical tidal flat of Roebuck Bay.
Team Marc Lavaleye, Tanya Compton, Micha Rijkenberg, Grant Pearson. Most sampling conducted by foot, with the exception of hard to reach and difficult sampling locations in Roebuck Bay i.e. Crab Creek and Bush Point.
Project Funders University of Groningen, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Bennelongia Environmental Consultants.


Aug 28 2013

Natives “growing” trend

Growing native plants and trapping rainwater in your garden plays a big part in keeping coastal waters and fish stocks healthy. Kandy Curran

Growing native plants and trapping rainwater in your garden plays a big part in keeping coastal waters and fish stocks healthy. © Kandy Curran

Magabala Botanical Park drew a happy crowd on Sunday August 25, with Tom Harley showing the Kimberley flora in Broome North. There were smiles everywhere with free native plants and books written by the Society for Kimberley Indigenous Plants and Animals (SKIPA) on Growing a Native Garden in Broome. Roebuck Bay Working Group, SKIPAS and LandCorp are quietly optimistic that gardening with natives is a ‘growing’ trend, resulting in clean and healthy coastal waters without blooms of Lyngbya.

Thanks National Science Week for funding this great community event and Hilary Wilkins (LandCorp), Michelle Teoh (SKIPA) and Grey Mackay (RBWG Chair) for helping to make the event so successful.

Bonnie Tregenza, enjoyed the day and meeting Tom Harley, who is a local native plant expert. Kandy Curran

Bonnie Tregenza, DPaW’s new Yawuru Communications Office, enjoyed meeting Tom Harley too. © Kandy Curran

Maxine Charlie, author of Guwayi The Bar-tailed Godwit gave a great Welcome to Country and her son Dannon was there to enjoy the day too. Kandy Curran

Maxine Charlie, author of Guwayi The Bar-tailed Godwit gave a great Welcome to Country and her son Dannon was there to enjoy the day too. © Kandy Curran

 


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