Department of Environment and Conservation

The Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC) is urging people with palm trees on their properties to be on the lookout for nesting rainbow lorikeets, one of south-western Australia's most destructive pest bird species.

Threatened flora species in danger of extinction will be planted across the State during May as part of an annual Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC) project to collect rare seeds and plant them in the wild.

A small Western Australian crab is getting his claws out to join the social media sphere, and he has a big message to spread about anti-littering.

The Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC) in co-operation with the Department of Transport has closed Lake Jasper in D`Entrecasteaux National Park to powerboats. The removal of powerboats is in accordance with the Shannon and D`Entrecasteaux National Parks Management Plan which was released by the Minister for Environment in February 2012.