Public urged to join de-neeming program
Kimberley residents are being encouraged to "de-neem" their backyards next Saturday as part of a campaign to control the spread of the suffocating pest.
Indian neem trees were first planted on the fringes of the Ord River in the late 1980s by the Department of Agriculture.
They soon began to spread and proved difficult to control.
De-Neem De-Kimberley D-Day co-ordinator Allan Wedderburn said the campaign was about getting as many people as possible to pull out a small tree or two.
He said interested locals could meet at the Lakeside phone box at 7am on Saturday, March 7 for more information about how to identify and remove neem trees.
"This D-Day is not part of any official organisation, it's a grass-roots collective of nature-loving Kimberley residents," he said.
Mr Wedderburn became interested in controlling neem trees after removing some from the public open space around Lilly Creek Lagoon, directly in front of his house.
More information about neems can be found on the Neems To Go Facebook page.
