The National Soil Monitoring Program (NSMP) has officially started in the south west of WA.

Natural Resource Management officers from across the region will be reaching out to landholders to secure sites to be part of the national soil monitoring network.

Access up to $15.000 to kick start your carbon farming project through the Carbon for Farmers Voucher Program through the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development.

Our staff feature for the month of August is Karen Carter, having joined the team at Wheatbelt NRM in 2023, Karen has been able to combine her love of conservation and the natural environment with inspiring others to have a positive impact through simple actions as a project delivery officer for the Healthy Environments team.

Do you want to get behind environmental conservation and support regional men’s health at the same time?
Red Card for Rabbits and Foxes is searching for a sponsor and it could be you. The sponsor will have exclusive naming rights of all Red Card activities which has attracted nearly 10,000 participants over recent years.

Want to hear about carbon farming without the sales pitch?

The Carbon Outreach Program gives producers and advisors exactly that: straight-talking, industry-led advice to help farmers understand where carbon fits on their farm, and what to do about it.

A Healing Tradition Lives On

From numbing toothache vines to sweet energy drinks made from native nectar, Noongar Elder Winnie McHenry shares traditional healing knowledge passed down through generations.

A full crop on just 220mm of rain?

Our team attended the recent Global Conference on Sandy Soils and reported back on all the amazing research occurring in the world of sandy soils.

Why is fencing an integral part of conservation?

Find out how Wheatbelt NRM can help you reach your environmental goals?

Funding is available now.

Wheatbelt NRM will back in the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development. (DPIRD) shed at the 2025 Dowerin Machinery Field Days. Drop in and let us know what matters most to you and your patch of the Wheatbelt!

Land managers can now access a brand new, free, online tool in the fight against drought to plan best management and use of water resources on farm.

The Water Evaluation Platform (WEP) was developed as part of the Water Smart Dams project and enables users to choose the most effective dam infrastructure strategy, based on their local climate, budget, and water needs.

Our staff feature for the month of July is Jacquie Lucas

Jacquie is one of Wheatbelt NRM’s longest standing team members, having worked across all areas of the organisation except finance since 2010.

Currently a Project Manager with the Sustainable Agriculture team, Jacquie has worked with this team since 2018.

Feral and pet cats across Australia are killing millions of native birds, reptiles, and mammals every day.

One pet cat recently wiped out an entire Carnaby’s Black Cockatoo breeding site, killing breeding females, chicks and destroying eggs.

We can turn the tide by keeping cats indoors, providing outdoor enclosures (catios), using deterrent collars, and sterilising pets to protect our native wildlife.

Wheatbelt NRM is offering support for landholders through pest control, fencing, and habitat restoration. Together, we can preserve Australia’s unique biodiversity.

Are you a primary producer?

A new survey is now live to understand what’s getting in the way of producers participating in the restoration economy.

As part of our larger Paradigm project which is exploring the potential financial benefits emerging from the restoration economy, this survey aims to get producers’ perspectives on their knowledge of current revegetation markets, namely the Carbon Market, the Nature Repair Market and the Biomass Market.

Take Survey Now

Wheatbelt NRM’s Noongar Boodja Rangers have recently completed a major restoration effort in Aldersyde, planting more than 15,000 native trees and shrubs as part of a partnership with Carbon Positive Australia.

The Noongar Boodja Rangers carried out site preparation and planting over several days in June and July, making the most of optimal soil moisture and seasonal conditions.

Wheatbelt NRM ran a mini webinar series exploring Farm Water Management best practice in the Wheatbelt between the 15th and 17th of July.

Links to our YouTube recordings of these Zoom meetings are now available.

Register now for the 9th National NRM Knowledge conference in Cairns - 8-12 September

Early bird rates are open until 2 August.

Celebrating 25 years of the regional NRM model in Australia, the conference theme is ‘Changing landscapes and new horizons’ reflecting where NRM Regions Australia are now, and where they want to go.

Check out this month’s staff feature, the lovely Maren Lavery. Maren is our go to person in the office, with eight years on the team if you need to find something Maren is the women to ask. Our Talent and Assets Coordinator Maren said she is most proud of the awesome team of coworkers she has helped put together and the exciting projects the team has in the pipeline gong forward.

Wheatbelt NRM met with Cooperative Bulk Handling (CBH) and the Avon Regional Organisation of Councils (AROC) late last month to further progress the strategic management of corellas in the Avon River Basin.

Much was discussed and work is now underway to roll out a co-ordinated plan which will work across the five AROC shires in an attempt to better control corella populations to help minimise the damage they cause.

3 years and 3 rounds of applications for funding, 38.5km of new fencing has been installed and over 46,000 biodiverse native seedlings have been planted as a part of the “Restore – Recovering Wheatbelt Landscapes after Fire” project.

Wheatbelt NRM are looking for landholders interested in becoming part of a project which aims to improve bushfire response time.

The project is part of the IGNIS mission which involves NASA and ECU engineering students and staff investigating the link between lightning and bushfire ignition.

Late in May the Noongar Boodjar Ranger team and Wheatbelt NRM met with NASA and ECU where they were invited to become involved in the project.

The project will involve installing up to 14 ground stations across private property in the Wheatbelt to record lightning data, pinpointing strike locations and assessing the likelihood of the strike igniting a bushfire.