Scientists monitoring the health of Geographe Bay’s seagrass meadows continue to be pleased with the overall health of the seagrass following the release of the 2022 Keep Watch seagrass monitoring report by GeoCatch. Each summer, scientists from Edith Cowan University join divers from the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions to monitor the seagrass meadows...Continue Reading
Monitoring water quality in the Vasse Wonnerup wetlands and Geographe waterways is an important component of the Revitalising Geographe Waterways program, especially over summer months, where monitoring is used to inform management decisions. The Department of Water and Environmental Regulation (DWER) undertakes routine monitoring of catchment waterways and wetlands all year round with monitoring increased...Continue Reading
Friday, 23 December 2022 Improving water quality in Geographe waterways is a continued focus of the plan The current phase of the Revitalising Geographe Waterways program runs until 2024 The program has been overseen by the Vasse Taskforce since 2014 A new science and monitoring plan that provides insight into the health of the Geographe...Continue Reading
Around 20 community members have taken the opportunity to hear from managers of the Vasse Wonnerup wetlands on how the surge barriers operate and are managed. GeoCatch hosted the event at the Vasse surge barrier in response to community members asking how the surge barriers worked and how management decisions are made. The surge barriers...Continue Reading
The complexities of managing water quality in the Geographe catchment were presented to the community last week at the Revitalising Geographe Waterways Community Update in Busselton hosted by GeoCatch. Over 50 members of the community were welcomed by Vasse Taskforce Chair Jackie Jarvis MLC who explained the bipartisan approach taken by the Taskforce since 2014...Continue Reading
The latest review of dairy effluent management on South West farms by Western Dairy has shown considerable improvement in the areas of storing and reusing effluent since the last review in 2016. The review provided the opportunity to revisit benchmarking of effluent management across Healthy Estuaries WA catchments following upgrade work completed under the Dairycare...Continue Reading
