The Department of Environment and Conservation is a department of the Government of Western Australia that is responsible for implementing the state's conservation and environment policies. It was formed on 1 July 2006 by the amalgamation of the Department of Environment and the Department of Conservation and Land Management (CALM). The form of the Government of Western Australia is prescribed in its Constitution, which dates from 1890, although it has been amended many times since then. ... July 1 is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 183 days remaining. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The department manages more than 240,000 km², including more than nine per cent of WA's land area: its national parks, marine parks, conservation parks, regional parks, State forests and timber reserves, nature reserves, and marine nature reserves. It provides visitor and recreation facilities at a sustainable level for many of these. The DEC is also responsible for the highly successful wildlife conservation project Western Shield. Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Brecon Beacons National Park, Wales, UK A national park is a reserve of land, usually declared and owned by a national government, protected from most human development and pollution. ... Gerritsen Avenue is a major traffic corridor in the nighborhood. ...    This article is a stub. ... Western Shield, managed by the Western Australias CALM (Department of Conservation and Land Management) (CALM), is a nature conservation program, safeguarding Western Australias native animals and bringing them back from the brink of extinction. ...

See also

• National Parks of Western Australia

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External link

• Department of Environment and Conservation