Our Committee

Bart has been a full time migratory beekeeper for the last 40 plus years, observing country. This has led him to be very concerned about the continuity of our natural estate particularly in regard to fire management of government controlled land.

For the last 4 years he has been actively involved in bringing about change to prescribed burning policy, as he continually sees detrimental effects to biodiversity and the health of ecosystems.

Diane Harwood is a founding member of the Denmark Environment Centre. She has served on the committee for numerous years. Diane is also the founder of South Coast Bush Care Services. She has dedicated much of her life to caring for the environment.

Before retiring to Denmark in 2011, Angela worked for Carbon Neutral, a not for profit organisation dedicated to planting native trees to offset greenhouse gas emissions.

Angela has over 40 years work experience in many different organisations incorporating most facets of business.

Jess has been passionate about preserving the environment since her early 20s and has been involved in several campaigns. She has a deep sense of home and loves to camp, walk and spend time each day enjoying the gifts that the local environment has to offer. With that comes the desire to protect its precious natural areas.

'Through my role as a committee member of The Denmark Environment Centre I hope to help to support and preserve the natural environment in the Denmark area and beyond'.

Catherine has worked as a research geologist and geophysicist for over 25 years and has spent much time observing and mapping various remote areas of Western Australia, and the high country of Victoria before that. Her attention has now turned to Denmark and how best to protect our remaining wilderness areas. Catherine is currently a Senior Research Scientist in the Mineral Resources Division at CSIRO.

Pete has lived 21 years in WA. He moved with his partner to Denmark six years ago. Pete wants to contribute to the maintenance and enhancement of our environment, especially by helping others to understand and truly appreciate the uniqueness that is Denmark. He has worked in large and small companies, in retail, management, and training, and hopes to assist in aspects of the DEC shop. Customer-facing roles are Pete's forté. He is comfortable addressing groups, provide direction, educate, and motivate.

Zak is an aquaculturist with a keen interest in nature, surf, music, and Circus and for 20 years he has been interested in discovering why native oysters disappeared from Wilson inlet. Zak started research in 2005 and in 2010 published the result in a small publication called “The oyster that was telling the truth”.
The research on endemic species led him to further research Denmark’s history, both pioneering (railway bridge) and indigenous (fish traps and traditional names) as they have implications in the local oyster story.