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University  & President of Wildflower Society of WA Murdoch Branch. I am very pleased to invite YOU all Nature lovers and those who just begin to fall in love with Nature to the true biodiversity jewel of Anstey-Keane Bushland. Thanks to National Science Week Coordinating Committee we will have a great opportunity to explore this disappearing bushland thoroughly: via walking, talking, making friends with local communities, photo taking, INaturalist app using, soil sample collecting & more . . . Feel free to contact me on:p.waryszak@murdoch.edu.au 

My name is David James and I am President of the Friends of Forrestdale, a member of the Wildflower Society of WA and the Jandakot Regional Park (JRP) Advisory Committee. The Friends of Forrestdale are committed to the protection of Anstey-Keane Dampland and have recently led a successful campaign to stop a road being built through the reserve. Part of the JRP and Bush Forever site 342, Anstey-Keane Dampland is a large reserve that contains many unique plant communities and is a haven for wildlife. Because of the reserve’s rich biodiversity, it provides ample opportunity for education, recreation and, most important, appreciation of the natural world.   

My name is Christina Birnbaum. I am a plant ecologist at Murdoch University interested in a wide range of topics related to plants, including their biology and interactions with above- and belowground organisms in native and novel environments. I am also a committee member of  the Weed Society of WA. In my current research I use field observations, combined with experimental manipulations and molecular tools to explore questions pertaining plant-microbe interactions in natural ecosystems. I am looking forward to be part of citizen science event at Anstey-Keane.

Hello from the MicroBlitz Team, I’m the team leader, Winthrop Professor Andy Whiteley.  Microblitz is a soils-based citizen science project based at UWA. MicroBlitz is investigating and mapping the microbial diversity of soils across Western Australia (WA). By registering as a volunteer sampler anyone, anywhere in WA can be part of this cutting-edge research that is tackling the big issues of our time: climate change, food security & water quality. And it all starts from collecting the smallest building blocks of WA's ecosystems - microbial DNA. We are very happy to be part of this National Science Week event and we will be sending out a number of sampling kits to the event organizers for samples to be collected by participants on the day. To learn more about MicroBlitz, how to take a soil sample and to register visit our website: www.microblitz.com.au