CALM News

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CALM News

http://www.calm.wa.gov.au/news/calm_news_internet_ed_splash.html

CALM News is an electronic version of the print newsletter of the same
title published by the Western Australian Department of Conservation and
Land Management (CALM)

About CALM:

                   
  WHO WE ARE
                    
The Department of Conservation and Land Management (CALM) is the State
Government agency responsible for the management of WA's national parks,
conservation parks, marine parks, State forests and timber reserves,
nature reserves, marine nature reserves, and all associated forest
produce, native plants and animals.  We are also responsible for
conserving native plants and animals throughout the State and managing
their sustainable use.

  WHAT WE DO

                    
CALM has several responsibilities, which are carefully integrated. We
manage lands and waters for their renewable resources, for the recreation
and tourism they can support, and for the conservation of the native
wildlife, both plant and animal, which they sustain. CALM's primary
responsibility is to manage these lands and waters on an ecologically
sustainable basis, so that the needs of the present are met without
compromising the choices of future generations.

                   
  WHO ARE OUR CUSTOMERS? 
                    
Our customers are almost everyone in the community.  They include park,
reserve and forest visitors, the timber and forest products industries,
tourism and recreation operators, forest, park and reserve neighbours,
beekeepers, wildflower pickers, rural landholders, conservation groups,
special interest and recreational groups, advisory committees, Aboriginal
people, other government departments and agencies, lessees and licensees,
the media, councils, volunteers, teachers and students, and other members
of the community.

                  
  WHAT SERVICES DO WE PROVIDE? 

                    
CALM provides broad conservation and land management services to the WA
community, and a range of customer services directly to the public.  Broad
conservation and land management services provided by CALM on a Statewide
basis include:  conservation of ecosystems and species;  management of
native plants and animals; production and implementation of land and
wildlife management plans;  production and implementation of recovery
programs for threatened species of plants and animals; protection of WA's
wildlife by preventing illegal taking of native plants and animals;
emergency actions, such as rescues of stranded marine mammals; protection
of people and facilities on CALM-managed and adjacent lands from fire;
protection of forest resources from fire and disease; protection of
natural ecosystems from degradation by fire; protection of native plants
and animals from disease, feral predators and pests; management of
national, marine and conservation parks for conservation and recreation;
management of nature reserves for conservation; management of hardwood
State forests for tourism and recreation, water catchment protection,
timber production and conservation; and establishment and growing of
softwood plantations; development and management of hardwood and softwood
sharefarming schemes; management of the sandalwood industry on Crown land.

Contact:

info@calm.wa.gov.au