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Since its establishment, the WRG has:
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held regular business meetings
to plan and coordinate activities;
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developed and is implementing
its Wandoo Action Plan;
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developed and is implementing
its Communications Plan;
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developed a Wandoo
Research Strategy;
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prepared a Wandoo Crown Decline Situation Statement, July 2006;
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developed the WRG Assessment Guide and is
coordinating a series of community-based surveys aimed at monitoring the health
status of local stands of wandoo;
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prepared and circulated a
series of News Bulletins;
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prepared media articles for
publication in newsletters and magazines;
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conducted information days and
field trips to raise community awareness about wandoo crown decline and the
activities the WRG;
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provided advice and
communicated progress of research and activities to the Minister, key
stakeholders and active partners of the WRG;
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provided a forum for community
input;
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held a Community Forum in June
2005, to provide participants with an opportunity for community input and
feedback;
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hosted a Wandoo Science
Workshop in July 2005, to set direction for future research;
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help organise and run a
Woodland Decline Symposium held in November 2006;
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supported researchers in their
work;
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supported a vegetation mapping
survey undertaken by CALM to assess wandoo canopy condition at landscape
scales;
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monitored and recorded ground
water levels in deep bores within the Helena catchment, WA and related the
findings to a reduction in stored soil moisture; and
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provided advice to
regional natural resource management
councils about wandoo crown decline.
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