Fi Freestone
The University of Western Australia

Fi Freestone, Research Associate, The University of Western Australia (UWA)

See Fi’s full research profile here.

E: fi.freestone@uwa.edu.au

Fi Freestone has worked in freshwater plant ecology for 10 years, undertaking vegetation surveys in remote locations across Australia (Victoria, New South Wales, Western Australia and the Northern Territory). She has a Master of Environmental Science and is currently a Graduate Research Assistant at UWA, providing support across numerous projects within the Resilient Landscapes Hub. Fi specialises in wetland vegetation and works on projects that aim to protect natural freshwater values through informing water-management policy. Under the Resilient Landscapes Hub, Fi also collaborates with researchers at Charles Darwin University investigating the impacts of an invasive weed (gamba grass) and the impacts of fire on riparian vegetation in Kakadu National Park.

My Projects

Current projectCompleted project

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  Ecological and Indigenous values of south-western Australian rivers

  Keywords: Rivers, Landscape restoration, Indigenous cultural values, south-west Western Australiaenvironmental water requirementswater management

  
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  Enhancing the resilience of urban rivers: informing the regional restoration of the Djarlgaroo Beeliar (Canning River, Perth)

  Keywords: Biodiversity, Djarlgaroo Beeliar, Canning River, restorationprioritisationriparianfreshwater

  
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  Supporting the strategic management of invasive grasses

  Keywords: Threatened species, Monitoring, Protected areas, invasive grasseskey threatening processnorthern territory

  
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  Environmental water needs for the Fitzroy River

  Keywords: environmental flows, rivers & waterholes, mapping

  
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  Managing savanna riparian zones

  Keywords: Floodplains, Fire, weeds & ferals, crocodiles

  
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  Tree water use and sensitivity to contaminated mine water

  Keywords: water quality, mine rehabilitation, closure criteria

  
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  Fire and weeds in the Top End

  Keywords: Fire, mapping, carbon & climate change, gamba

  
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  The use and impacts of wet-season burning in the tropical savannas of Kakadu National Park

  Keywords: Indigenous knowledge, fire management, Kakadu National Park, savannawet-season burning