Photo credit: © Mark Hamilton.
So what can you do?
Julimar State Forest for National Park!
40 years of promises and still no protection!
Julimar State Forest urgently needs National Park status. This precious forest provides critical habitat for endangered plants and animals including black cockatoos, chuditch and woylies.
Petition
THE PETITION IS NOW CLOSED.
The JCAFA group, with a lot of support from folks around the place, have amassed over 5,200 signatures in support of Julimar State Forest becoming a National Park.
A huge and heartfelt thank you to everybody who shared and signed the petition over the last year, we couldn’t have done it without you!
Please see other ways you can get involved and help get the park status changed below.
Join the Toodyay Naturalists Club
You can volunteer in our campaign “Julimar for National Park”.
We are looking for volunteers who:
- would be willing to collect signatures for our petition at events
- are able to assist with our observations and data recording in Julimar Forest during our regular walking expeditions
- have specialist knowledge they would be willing to share
Fill in the membership form here or contact us.
Join our Facebook group
@julimarcafa
Spread the word about giving Julimar Forest National Park status to your friends and family.
Sign up for our newsletter
It’s coming, watch this space!
Write to your local MP
Even if you don’t live in Toodyay ask your local MP to support Julimar Forest becoming a National Park.
An example letter is found below:
Dear (local member)
I am writing to you on behalf of the Julimar Conservation and Forest Alliance, a group of community organisations in Toodyay that are proposing that the Julimar State Forest be reclassified as a National Park in order to protect its rich biodiversity.
The Julimar State Forest is approximately 28,000 hectares and one of the most northern jarrah and wandoo woodlands remaining in Western Australia.
Julimar State Forest is easily accessible, less than a one hour drive from Perth. It offers me a great opportunity to walk amongst the big trees and enjoy the iconic wildlife which is currently found there, including the rare and endangered Chudditch, Black-gloved Wallaby and different species of Black Cockatoos.
Currently, the forest has no management plan and is threatened by the likes of feral animals, mining, inappropriate 4 wheel driving activities and the spread of dieback.
There are a number of tributaries that flow directly from Julimar State Forest into the Avon and Brockman Rivers, any future degradation of these waterways would also affect the Swan River, Swan Valley and the City of Perth.
As my local Member of Parliament, I am asking for your urgent support to give Julimar State Forest the protection it deserves as a National Park.
Yours sincerely,
(Your Name)
