Science and nature
Tsunami risk for Kimberley coast
Scientists say our coast is prone to tsunamis.
Professor Charitha Pattiaratchi said a six-metre wave reached the Dampier Peninsula in 1977.
Science Network [read this story]
Bidyadanga: Crocodile caught
Courtesy DEC
Bidyadanga locals found a 2.5 metre female crocodile at La Grange Bay.
She is now living at the Malcolm Douglas Wilderness Park.
The West Australian [read this story]
Fitzroy Valley: More on the Go Go Fish
More about the people who found the world’s oldest live birth, a fossilised fish in the central Kimberley.
Kununurra: New Ord irrigation study
The state government will make a $1million study into possibly irrigating an area called Cockatoo Sands.
If found to be feasible, the Ord irrigation scheme could then be expanded into the 6,000 hectare area.
La Grange: Feasibility study for crops
Terry Redman
The government will spend $5million investigating possible agriculture in the “La Grange Region” south of Broome.
Agriculture minister Terry Redman said the government will work closely with the Karajarri traditional owners and the KLC.
You can read his statement here:
Bungle Bungle: Toad busters ‘denied access’ to park
A cane toad
Kimberley Toad Busters say they have been denied access to most of Purnululu National Park.
Environment Minister Bill Marmion said cane toads had reached the park.
The West Australian [read this story]
Eighty Mile Beach: Chinese industry threatens migrating birds
A scientists says numbers are down for many migrating birds that stop on the Eighty Mile Beach.
Dr Clive Minton says industrial expansion in China has overtaken many of the tidal mud flats the birds used as stopping places.
James Price Point: Study finds turtles nests
Photo by Rod Hartvigsen
Scientists have found 38 nests of endangered marine turtles within 6km of the proposed gas hub site.
“An independent and peer-reviewed study into marine turtle nesting in the James Price Point area led by University of Melbourne marine biologist Malcolm Lindsay has found 14 turtle nests and 38 false crawls over the 2011/2012 nesting season, including the first ever recorded Hawksbill hybrid in Australia,” a statement from a green group says.
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