• Increasing community awareness of water quality issues.

• providing school and community educational opportunities.

• initiating, encouraging and supporting collaborative local action projects involving the community, local government authorities, and state government agencies to identify and resolve water related catchment issues.

Ongoing Priority Activities:

• Provide professional development opportunities.

• Preparing notes and reports for media coverage.

• Provide advice and technical support for monitoring and education programs.

• Creating displays for Capelfest, Balingup Small Farm Field Day, Busselton Show.

• Support river restoration for landcare professionals and the community.

• Ribbons of Blue Newsletter.

• Curriculum support material for teachers in the region –information and activities for the Lower Blackwood, Cape to Cape and Geographe.

• Provide in-class and field support to registered groups with a commitment to long-term education & monitoring.

Ribbons of Blue assists in the development and implementation of the River Action Plans, river restoration training and the Lower Vasse River Clean-up Program. This year Ribbons of Blue Coordinator will present a paper at the National Conference of Aust. Ass. for Environmental Educators and at the International Landcare Conference on River Action Plan Development and Implementation.