Save the Skies

Help us protect 80 hectares of Black Cockatoo habitat. Forever.

Carnaby’s Crusaders is working to purchase and permanently protect 80.13 hectares of intact native woodland.

The property is largely intact jarrah, marri and wandoo woodland and provides important breeding and feeding habitat for the Endangered Carnaby’s Black Cockatoo.

Almost all of the surrounding land has already been cleared.

This one doesn’t have to be.

Protecting What Remains

An independent ecological assessment has confirmed the conservation significance of the property

Carnaby’s are actively breeding on the property, with nesting recorded in the north-western section. The woodland also contains an exceptional range of natural food plants, including jarrah, marri, wandoo, banksias, hakeas, grasstrees and macrozamia.

Black Cockatoos using artificial nesting hollows on neighbouring properties also rely on this woodland for food.

Protecting the property means protecting not only nesting trees, but the habitat Carnaby’s need to feed, breed and successfully raise their young.

The property at a glance

Location - Lower Chittering, WA
Area - 80.13 hectares
Habitat - Largely intact jarrah, marri and wandoo woodland
Species - Endangered Carnaby’s Black Cockatoo
Ecological value - Confirmed breeding and feeding habitat
Campaign target - $770,000 including acquisition costs
Raised to date - $68,000 through community fundraising
Our goal - Permanent protection as a conservation reserve

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Permanent Protection

Save the Skies is not about restoring habitat after it has been lost.

It is about protecting habitat while we still have it.

If we can secure Lot 9017, Carnaby’s Crusaders intends to protect and manage the property as a conservation reserve.

Our goal is simple: keep it that way, permanently.

The land will be managed for conservation, including habitat protection, ecological monitoring, research, education and community involvement.

Support for Save the Skies

Save the Skies has received support from organisations and individuals with extensive knowledge of Black Cockatoo conservation, biodiversity and the local area.

BirdLife Australia
Letter of support for the protection of this important Black Cockatoo habitat.

BirdLife WA
Conservation support for the project.

Professor Kingsley Dixon AO FTSE FLS PhD
One of Australia’s leading restoration ecologists and botanists, Professor Dixon has provided a letter of support for the Save the Skies project.

Shire of Chittering
Support for the project and the protection of significant Black Cockatoo habitat within the local area.

We are continuing to build support for Save the Skies and work with conservation organisations, philanthropic foundations, businesses and the community to secure and permanently protect the property.