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Warren HatelyAugusta Margaret River Times
Nature Conservation Margaret River Region environment crew Drew McKenzie and Tracey Muir will be part of the upcoming seminars.
Camera IconNature Conservation Margaret River Region environment crew Drew McKenzie and Tracey Muir will be part of the upcoming seminars. Credit: Warren Hately

Residents are being urged to get involved in a series of collaborative workshops looking at the future of the region’s coastline.

Nature Conservation Margaret River will hold workshops in Yallingup and Augusta this month to start the ball rolling on development of a new Caring for Coast program.

The workshops are funded by philanthropic support from Braincells creative agency and Little Creatures co-founder Howard Cearns’ new Line in the Sand group.

Nature Conservation’s coastal restoration officer Drew McKenzie said the workshops would give residents input on how to protect the region’s environmental values. “We have an amazing opportunity now to influence how we want to see the coast in the future, to communicate the coastal values we want protected, and to guide behaviours of resident and tourists, inspiring them to value, care and respect the coast,” he said.

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The “coastal code” idea drew on ecological protection work in the Pacific Ocean, he said.

Tourism was identified among the greatest dangers to the local environment.

Nature Conservation previously undertook similar work on behalf of the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River which led to the identification of key “wildness zones”.

A Shire spokesman said the Wooditjup Bilya collaborative management committee was still investigating the potential wildness zones.

The forums are scheduled for March 17 at Yallingup Hall and March 24 at the Augusta Community Resource Centre.

Contact Nature Conservation on 9757 2202 or info@naturecons ervation.org.au.

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