The results for Water Quality Monitoring over the years 2016 to 2021 are very pleasing. The Department of Water and Environmental Regulation(DWER) in partnership with Friends of Moore River Estuary have collected water samples up to 4 times a year for the past 5 years. DWER...
Northern Agricultural Catchment Council (NACC) launched their Northern Agricultural Region vision (NARvis) with a Beaches & Bush Tucker presentation in Guilderton on 11th June 2021. People from Perth to Geraldton enjoyed a wonderful presentation followed by a delicious and varied Wild Foods morning tea with...
FOMRE has put in a submission to the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions for the creation of a regional park at the northern limits of Perth City to be considered in the Western Australian Government’s Plan for our Parks Program. The proposed new park...
Water Testing of the estuary was conducted on Friday 5th March 2021. The team from the Department of Water and Friends of Moore River Estuary tested the 5 sites as usual - the river mouth, Silver Creek, Diamond Island, Woodridge and up the narrows. Recent rain...
The illegal opening of a river in south-west Victoria has resulted in a massive fish kill. A trench was dug through the sand bank between the Surrey River and the ocean at Narrawong. Artificially opening the sand bar at the wrong time can have devastating...
JLL have relaunched the Moore River South sale process, targetting international investors and developers, and are hopefull the property will reach $60 million. The 2103ha property is being billed as having the potential to be a self-sustaining urban area because any developer would have...
The Moore River South Subdivision Plan was before the Statutory Planning Committee (SPC) for renewal on 20th November 2018, the 2014 approval having lapsed. FOMRE was invited to make a deputation, following which the SPC voted to defer a decision to obtain legal advice...
Your committee has been busy lately! Our ongoing attention to the actions of the Moore River Company (MRC) has revealed the company is instigating their plan for the south side of the river. FOMRE understands MRC is attempting to meet the ‘detailed design requirements’ of...
Friends of Moore River Estuary conducted their most recent water quality testing on 17th August 2018. Although the support of NACC has been lost, DWER (Department of Water and Environmental Regulation) continue to come up from Perth to collect important data about the estuary with...
The Guilderton Planting Day June 2018 was a great success - we came, we planted, aand it rained! Enthusiastic volunteers came together on the morning of Sunday 10th June to help get seedlings planted on the Guilderton north dunes. This is the fourth, and hopefully,...