LANDSCOPE Magazine

Stories of the triumphs of science and the wonder of Western Australia's natural places, told by those on the ground and celebrated with visually stunning photography.

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From the desk of Stuart Smith

Contributors

LANDSCOPE Magazine • Volume 39 Number 1 Spring 2023

Reader’s poem

New funding round open for Aboriginal Ranger Program

LANDSCOPE welcomes new DBCA Director General

Scientists fly high to survey dugongs

Australian-first strategy to manage feral cats

Guest column

Purnululu National Park • The towering rocky domes of the Bungle Bungle Range in Purnululu National Park have enchanted humans with their majestic beauty for tens of thousands of years.

Protecting saltwater country • The co-creation of three new marine parks in the culturally-rich Kimberley

Live fast die young • Fire ephemerals and their conservation management

Orienteering in Julimar State Forest • Always keen to try something new, Conor Doherty recruited a trusty friend and headed off on a sunny autumn morning to Orienteering WA’s second bush event of the 2023 season: Spice Brook.

Operation chuditch translocation

Australian Deserts: ecologoy and landscapes book

Sunsmart global UV app

Star Walk 2 app

Building bridges • THE NEW DWAARLINDJIRRAAP BRIDGE, LANE POOLE RESERVE

Lamington stilt bug (Aridenedis cocosdiaspora)

25 years of Mondays • Andrew Paul has been leading Mount Lawley Senior High School’s Bush Rangers WA cadet unit since 1998, and his passion and excitement to explore, share and protect the beauty of Western Australia with his students has not waned in 25 years.

Ancient ancestral beauty • Western Australia’s south coast is stunningly beautiful, near-pristine and inspiring. With its expanses of white beaches, windswept headlands and waters teeming with marine life, the area makes a lasting impact on those who experience it.

Sense-ational Backyards

Oblong turtle (Chelodina oblonga)