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Enhancing Farm Dams: Long-term Management and Maintenance

Stream Restoration, Sustainable Agriculture
This brochure is Part 3 of a three-part series on enhancing farm dams. It focuses on the long-term management and maintenance of enhanced dams.

Enhancing Farm Dams: Benefits and Costs

Stream Restoration, Sustainable Agriculture
This brochure is Part 1 of a three-part series on enhancing farm dams. It explores the benefits and costs of dam enhancement, including potential impacts on livestock productivity, water security and biodiversity.

Local species for planting in and around farm dams

Stream Restoration, Sustainable Agriculture
This is a great resource for choosing what local species to plant in and around your farm dam.

Shelterbelt Guide for the Capes Region

Stream Restoration, Sustainable Agriculture
Trees and shrubs offer the greatest protection by slowing the wind speed. Tree shelterbelts reduce the speed of some of the wind as it passes, while the remainder of the wind rushes over the top and can have so many benefits to your property.

Restoring our Waterways – Planning Landholder Resource Guide

Stream Restoration, Sustainable Agriculture
This companion resource supports GeoCatch’s ‘Restoring our Waterways’ Video 3 – Planning and provides practical guidance for landholders preparing a waterway revegetation site in South West Western Australia.

Restoring our Waterways – Site Preparation Landholder Resource Guide

Stream Restoration, Sustainable Agriculture
This companion resource supports GeoCatch’s ‘Restoring our Waterways’ Video 5 – Site Preparation and provides practical guidance for landholders preparing a waterway revegetation site in South West Western Australia.

Why should we fence and revegetate our waterways?

Stream Restoration, Sustainable Agriculture
Join a growing number of farmers working to improve their land for the next generation by fencing stock out, and revegetating waterways (streams, rivers) and drains.

Enhancing Farm Dams: Planning and Preparation

Sustainable Agriculture
An enhanced farm dam is one that has been fenced to exclude livestock and revegetated to support biodiversity and water quality. This brochure focuses on planning and preparing for dam enhancement.

Keep Watch Seagrass Monitoring Annual Report 2025

Reports

Installing a Water Wise Garden

Gardening
This handy information sheet from Busselton Water explains how to replace your lawn with a waterwise garden that saves water and creates habitat for wildlife.

How to Create a Water Wise Verge

Gardening
Check out this detailed guide from Water Corporation on how to create a waterwise verge in your garden.

2026 Ringtail Tally Recording Sheet

Western Ringtail Possum
A hardcopy recording sheet for the 2026 Ringtail Tally.

WHATS BEEN HAPPENING IN THE CATCHMENT?

News & Stories

Dive into the latest discoveries beneath the waters of Geographe Bay

From vast underwater seagrass meadows and thriving fish communities to the awe-inspiring pygmy…
News
Oct 21, 2026

Sold-Out Open Native Gardens Weekend Inspires Community to Garden Sustainably

More than 250 people explored some of the region’s most inspiring native gardens…
News
Oct 20, 2026

GeoCatch finds a new home alongside community gardens

After 22 years operating from its previous office in Duchess Street in Busselton,…
News
Oct 13, 2026

UPCOMING EVENTS – COME SEE WHAT’S ON...

Events & Workshops

Discover the latest scientific research being conducted in Geographe Bay!
Protecting Biodiversity, Sustainable Agriculture
Nov 4, 2026
Learn how to be a successful hot-weather and water-wise gardener!
Protecting Biodiversity, Urban Environment
Nov 7, 2026
Join GeoCatch and Mulloon Institute for a hands-on day putting landscape hydrology principles into practice.
Sustainable Agriculture
Nov 10, 2026
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