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Our impact

Since forming in late 2021, Friends of Perry Lakes has grown steadily — in membership, in the scale of our programs, and in the measurable difference we are making to the reserve. Here is what the community has achieved together.

Photo: Ian Stewart

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Four numbers

Plants in the ground, weeds out, data flowing, community growing.

12,000+

Native plants established across East and West Lake since 2021.

50,000

Invasive plants removed by volunteer hands — Turnip Weeds, Spear Thistles, Casuarinas.

4+ yrs

Of monitoring data — water levels, water quality, groundwater, waterbirds, fauna.

Growing

Community membership. A widening circle of locals showing up, season after season.

On the ground

The work that happens when people show up.

  • More than 12,000 native plants established across East and West Lake since 2021
  • Close to 50,000 invasive plants removed by volunteers, including ~4,500 Turnip Weeds, 3,000 Spear Thistles, and 4,000 Eastern States Casuarinas
  • Monthly weeding sessions running consistently since 2021, alongside weekly Tuesday Weed Warriors
  • Annual PlantFest events bringing members, families and neighbours together to plant, connect and celebrate

In the data

What the data is telling us — and where you can read it.

  • Ongoing water level, water quality and groundwater monitoring — a multi-year dataset for the reserve
  • Regular waterbird surveys contributing to long-term species records
  • Fauna monitoring capturing the presence and movement of turtles, frogs, bats, quenda and other native species
  • All data made publicly available through our monitoring portal

See our monitoring data →

In the community

The change you can’t quite measure — but you can feel.

  • A growing membership of local residents engaged in active stewardship of the reserve
  • Educational walks and expert-led talks deepening community understanding of the reserve’s ecology
  • The Spot It · Share It citizen science program bringing everyday visitors into the monitoring story
  • A growing library of knowledge about what lives at Perry Lakes — and how it’s changing

Recognition & funding

Funded to do this work, and accountable for it.

FoPL has been awarded a Community Stewardship Grant through the Western Australian Government’s State Natural Resource Management (NRM) Program. This grant is funding the development of our citizen science and digital monitoring programs — including this website.

Read about our grant funding →

The bigger picture

Numbers are useful, but the change that matters most is harder to count. It’s the return of a species to a stretch of lake bank that was bare two seasons ago. It’s a child who learns the name of a frog they heard calling in the dark. It’s a neighbourhood that feels, collectively, like it has a stake in what happens here.
That’s what we’re building — season by season, session by session.

Be part of the next season.

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