Welcome to the Claise
Brook
Catchment Group
The Claise Brook Catchment Group is an incorporated community-based
environmental group
working to restore wetlands and improve the quality of water flowing into
the Swan River from Perth city and inner city.
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The Claise Brook Catchment Group holds monthly working bees
and community plantings in winter to provide habitat and improve water
quality in local wetlands and the Swan River. We assist at Local Plant sales and hold
tours to raise awareness about how everyone can help to improve the health
of local wetlands and the Swan River.
Last
year our members
undertook field surveys of all parks
and reserves within the City of Perth to assess their biodiversity value.
The information was used to prepare a
Local
Biodiversity Study for the City of Perth.
In September 2007 we were very pleased to receive funds from the Swan
River Trust to coordinate community-led projects to improve water quality
entering the Swan River from inner city catchments. A particular focus
is working with other agencies to coordinate a whole-of-catchment approach to improving water quality within the
Mounts Bay Drain catchment.
We recently made a
submission on the proposed
development of Mounts Bay and are currently preparing a Water Quality
Improvement Plan (WQIP) for the Mounts Bay catchment.
  
The Claise Brook
Catchment Group is
supported by funding from the Swan River Trust and the City of Perth.
Funding for individual projects has been provided by the Water Corporation
and the East Perth Redevelopment Authority.
The group has been operating since 1997
and meets on a monthly basis. The contribution that our members make
to the local community was recognised
when we received the Volunteer Group of the Year
Award in the state seat of Perth
in 2001, the International Year of Volunteers.
We are part of the North Metro
Region within the Swan Catchment which is overseen by the
Swan
Catchment Council.
Please contact
us
to join our emailing list and receive regular updates on our activities.
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