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By Lisa Ingram

(This article is reproduced from Environment and Conservation News 12/11)

STUDENTS enrolled in the University of Notre Dame’s Foundations for Environmental Education unit spent a day at Beelu National Park earlier this month, taking part in environmental education activities with DEC’s EcoEducation branch.

DEC EcoEducation Officer Leonard Thorn said the morning session immersed students in traditional Nyoongar culture. “We demonstrated how to make a fishing fence and took the students on a mock fishing expedition, with many of them catching a fish,” he said. “We then went on a forest walk where we explored the traditional use of plants and animals.”