Presentations & Resources
NRPG Presentations 2026
Jason Fowler – WAFA Senior Campaigner

Alcoa mining
Select the link to open Jason Fowler’s presentation on Mining in our jarrah forests by Alcoa, and where the campaign against this is currently at, as of April 22, 2026.
Prescribed burning
Select the link to open Jason Fowler’s presentation on Prescribed burning in our jarrah forests. Jason is both a landholder and a volunteer fire fighter, so talks with real insight.
NRPG Presentations 2025
Books and Resources
Recommended resources (available to members only)
| Title | Details |
|---|---|
| Burning Our Bushland | Urban Bushland Council (WA) Proceedings of a conference about fire and urban bushland. 1995. |
| Bush Forever Volume 1 | Sets out the background and outlines the strategies for implementation to be followed in meeting its principal challenge – the protection and management of areas recommended to fulfil its objective of achieving a comprehensive, adequate and representative reserve and protected area system. |
| Bush Forever Volume 2 | Directory of Bush Forever sites |
| Bushland Conservation Volume 1 | Bushland plan of Management and Council Policies. Volume 1 of 5 volumes. |
| Bushland Weeds Book | Bushland_Weeds_Book |
| Creekline Restoration File | Contains notes on Riparian Management – Water Notes – Water Facts, Water Quality Management. WA, Algal Blooms |
| Description and Key to the Identification of Grasses in South-Western Australia | Paterson, J.G. |
| A Draft Bill For A New Local Govt. Act | Dept. of Local Govt December 1994. |
| Environmental Weed Strategy For Western Australia | Dept. Conservation and Land Management Includes C.D. Weedbase. 3rd May 1999. Click here to report to download this report online. |
| Fire Management Planning for Urban Bushland | Davies, Sue A guide for Landowners, Fire Officers and Bushland Friends’ Groups. |
| Guide to Native Grasses in the Perth Hills | Wildflower Society of Western Australia, Eastern Hills Branch, Octagonal Hall, McGlew Rd or PO Box 111 Glen Forrest, WA 6071 |
| Guidelines for Preparing a Wetlands Management Program | Guideline_for_Preparing_a_Wetlands_Management_Program |
| Home Owner’s Bushfire Survival Manual | |
| Introduction to Bush Regeneration | |
| Managing Dieback in Bushland | Dieback Working Group, c/o City of Kalamunda |
| Managing Perth’s Bushland (Scheltema & Harris, 1995) | Greening Australia |
| Managing Your Bushland (BMJ Hussey, KJ Wallace, 1993) | Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC), 50 Hayman Rd, Como, WA 6152 |
| National Botanic Garden Of Wales Souvenir Guide, Summer 2000 | |
| Perth’s Bush Plan Volume 2, Part A: keeping the bush in the city. | |
| Perth’s Bush Plan Volume 2, Part B | |
| Perth’s Bush Plan Volume 2, Part C | |
| Reality, Dreams and Pathways: 3rd edition | Tizard, Brett A manual for preparing and implementing management plans |
| Reality, Dreams and Pathways: A Manual for Preparing and Implementing Management Plans | Armadale Settlers’ Common Field Study Centre, Triton Crescent, Locked Bag No. 2 Armadale, WA |
| Recollections of the Beeliar Wetlands | Drake, C., Kennedy, S. Recollections of long-time local residents. |
| 2001-2002 Register of Members and Code of Conduct | Environmental Consultants Association |
| Vegetation and Flora Survey of the Shire of Kalamunda Vested Reserves – Oct 1992 to March 1993 (1995) | Shire of Kalamunda |
| Waterway and Catchment strategy – Perth Airport South – Crumpet Creek Draft, June 1997 | |
| Watsonia and Its Control | Water and Rivers Commission, Hyatt Centre, 3 Plain St, E. Perth, WA 6004 9278-0300 |
| West Australian Wildflowers, West Coast Hills | Wildflower Society of Western Australia, Darling Range Branch, PO Box 611, Kalamunda 6926 9359 3670 |
| Western Australia’s State Weed Plan | A new strategy in the war on weeds. Draft for public comment. Bulletin 4373, June 2000. |
| Western Weeds | Greening Australia |
| Western Weeds: A guide to the Weeds of Western Australia | Hussey, B.M.J. Keighery, et al. |
| Windows on the Past – Windows to the Future | Eringa, Karel |
Outgoing correspondence
- Letter to CEO on Poison Gully revegetation damage by Shire staff
- Proposals for a Perth Foothills Regional Park and the consolidation and extension of existing Darling Range National and Regional Parks
- Berkshire Road Trees
- Submission on Reserve 27721 Wordsworth Ave
- Submission on Holly Way Reserve 37699
- Letter to EPA re High Wycombe Stage 3 light industrial 11 Sept 2010
- Letter to Minister re High Wycombe Stage 3 light industrial 21 Sept 2010
Public submissions
- Cat Act 2011 Review – NRPG Submission
- NRPG submission – Kalamunda draft Development Assessment Policy (LPP1)
- NRPG Submission: draft Local Government Property Local Law 2026
- NRPG Submission re draft Djarlgarro (Canning Waterways) Restoration Plan
- Exposure draft of the National Environmental Standards MNES by Nature Reserves Preservation Group of Kalamunda