Join the Moore Catchment Council for The Last Stand from Sept 5 -9 at the Moora Performing Arts Centre.

The Last Stand is a 5 day community environmental information event to raise awareness of the wonders and woes of the Midwest wheatbelt wildflower country between Calingiri & Carnamah.

The Midwest natural environment is uniquely wondrous and a drawcard for eco-tourists, but its future is threatened. The Wheatbelt Eucalypt Woodlands are now classed as ‘critically endangered’ because of continued clearing and fragmentation of this ecological community. The perception that the wheatbelt remnant environment will be ok is far from true.
Shire remaining remnant vegetation figures are Moora 14%, Dalwallinu 12%, Victoria Plains 14%, Wongan 5% and all in decline.
This free to attend community information event will showcase the many natural wonders of the Midwest wheatbelt and also highlight the issues in hope that conservation for the future can be achieved.

Featuring…
– Wed 5th ‘The Last Stand Symposium’. An array of speakers and discussion on the wonders, issues and solutions of the Wheatbelt natural environment. Speakers include Carmen Lawrence (Conservation Council President & former WA Premier), Eddy Wajon (Wildflower Society & Roadside Conservation Committee), Malcolm French (Wheatbelt Eucalypts), Tony Hughes-D’Aeth (Literary History of Wheatbelt), John Kinsella (Wheatbelt poet), Paul Barber (Rail reserve vegetation condition) plus other local speakers.
– Displays – art (local artists), photography (local photographers), information on value of natural environment, case studies, hands-on displays (weeds, insects etc), local aboriginal displays and infor-mation, school interaction, films, free native seedlings and more

Organising committee
Moore Catchment Council, volunteers from Coorow, Carnamah, Calingiri, Latham and Moora.

Please RSVP for Symposium (catering and limited numbers!)
For more info and registration (for Symposium only) –http://www.moorecatchment.org.au/event/the-last-stand-the-wonders-and-woes-of-the-midwest-wheatbelt-wildflower-country/
Or contact Moore Catchment Council
moorecc@bigpond.com or 9653 1355