WA Herbarium now open for business again

The Western Australian Herbarium has finally relocated all its facilities to the new $30 million WA Conservation Science Centre in Kensington, with most services restarted on 3rd August 2012. 

The WA Conservation Science Centre in Kensington

 
Most of the essential services that closed during the move are now operational again, these include:

• Additions and updates to names on the Census of WA Plant Names;
• Additions and updates to specimen data on the Herbarium’s specimen database WAHerb;
• Related content that relies on the specimen database is now being updated, for example distribution maps;
• FloraBase feedback forms.

Not all services are online yet, but this is a big step in the right direction for anyone in the Wheatbelt (or the rest of WA) who want's to get back to the Herbarium to lodge plants, volunteer or find out their plant ID's.

For a map of the new premises visit the DEC website.

If you are keen to utlise the Herbarium in your next community project, contact one of Wheatbelt NRM's Regional Landcare Facilitators, Mick Davis, on mdavis@wheatbetlnrm.org.au or Jo Wheeler on jwheeler@wheatbeltnrm.org.au