Spanning 107,000 hectares on the lands of the Widi Mob and Badimia people, Wanarra adjoins our Charles Darwin Reserve in Western Australia, 220km south-east of Geraldton. It is a critical missing link in a connected network of private and public conservation lands, helping to unite more than one million hectares of protected landscapes.
Wanarra sits within the Southwest Australia Biodiversity Hotspot, renowned for its concentration of rare and endemic species. Its Eucalyptus Woodlands are critically endangered and among the last standing in the Western Australian Wheatbelt, where more than 90% of native vegetation has been cleared.
Our goal is to raise $4.6 million by 30 June to purchase and protect this property, and others like it. Will you help?
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Wanarra protects:
- Sweeping wildflowers, salt lakes, woodlands and granite outcrops.
- Up to 28,000 hectares of critically endangered eucalypt woodlands, including threatened species such as Salmon Gum, Wandoo and York Gum
- Threatened native species including Malleefowl (vulnerable) and Western-Spiny-tail Skink (endangered)
- The important cultural heritage site of Mongers Lake.
Wanarra also sits in a transition zone between the temperate Wheatbelt and the semi-arid rangelands. Connecting these regions gives species the chance to move and adapt as conditions change with the climate.
Together we can secure Wanarra and connect one million hectares of protected Country in Western Australia, strengthening a fragmented landscape against increasing threats.
Let’s protect Wanarra and others like it forever.
Shelley Foster
Healthy Landscape Manager
Bush Heritage Australia
