The Care for Hedland Environmental Association has a range of Programs, which are aimed at involving members of the public from all backgrounds and of all ages.
The association was the 2010 winner WA Environment Award Biodiversity Conservation for their Turtle Monitoring Program.
Turtle Monitoring
The community-based turtle monitoring program was established in 2004 to provide a much needed role for the awareness and conservation of the local threatened flatback sea turtle species: Natator depressus.
Garden Club
The Hedland Garden Club is the first of its kind and was run solely by Care for Hedland volunteers all of whom have a passion for gardening and an interest in helping to make the local town a more vibrant place to live. Howeve...
Waste Management
The issue of waste management is of increasing significance for Hedland as the township continues to grow.
Fortunately the environmental conscience of the community is also ever-growing and is particu...
Education
Care for Hedland has a primary objective to raise awareness of local environmental issues of the Hedland township as well as the surrounding Pilbara region.
Communicating directly with government, bu...