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This report has presented the current knowledge about biodiversity values in the Avon Wheatbelt and aspects of their conservation with respect to fire management. A basic structure and process has been recommended for implementing and monitoring fire management for biodiversity conservation as a priority. This is based on using Beard-Hopkins vegetation associations as the basic fire planning unit and developing a GIS spatial database to identify areas available for burning. Fire management for biodiversity conservation needs to be considered in association with priorities for community protection as detailed in the associated Wildfire Threat Analysis report.

Kaya (hello)! Noongar katadjin (knowledge) of boodjar (country) is a precious thing and a privilege to learn. This storybook offers a glimpse of the rich katadjin surrounding Boyagin Rock. This katadjin is passed on to new generations of Noongars (the Aboriginal people of south-west Australia), both in rural and metro areas, whose moort (family) connections to Boyagin are strong.

The 2015 Toodyay BioBlitz was the tenth BioBlitz held in the Wheatbelt and was jointly organised by Wheatbelt NRM and the Toodyay Naturalists’ Club. The collaborative, community-based, biological survey was held over 24 hours during the 12-13 September 2015 at four private properties on the Bindoon-Dewars Pool Road in the Shire of Toodyay, totalling almost 360 hectares of remnant vegetation and farmland. Surveys were also conducted in the adjacent Julimar State Forest. Professional and amateur biologists, ecologists and naturalists worked together as ‘citizen scientists’, conducting fieldwork with local community members and participants from across the South West, to discover more about this area’s high conservation value bushland and biodiversity.

Trapdoor Spiders belong to an ancient group of spiders called Mygalomorphae. Some of the largest, most poisonous and most aggressive belong to this sub-order. They are largely nocturnal feeders and maters andare very hardy creatures. When prey is scarce, adult Myglamorphs have been known to fast for over a year.

More than 23,000 wetlands of various types and sizes have been mapped in the Avon region during the past few years. These were highly valued by the original inhabitants of the region as well as early European settlers. Aside from being places of great beauty and an integral part of southwest ecosystems, they were also sources of food and provided water for stock.

This publication is designed to assist land manager to identify the different vegetation and soil types that make up the Central and Eastern Wheatbelt. It is a comprehensive resource to help decide the most suitable species when planning biodiverse revegetation in this region.

The 2016 Tarin Rock BioBlitz was the eleventh BioBlitz held in the Wheatbelt and was jointly organised by Wheatbelt NRM and the Dumbleyung Landcare Zone.

The Wheatbelt Baselining Project is a natural diversity project initiated by Wheatbelt NRM