Now’s the Time to Fence Your Bushland – While the Soil is Soft and the Calendar’s Kind

With softer soils and a less intensive time in the farming calendar, winter is the perfect time to get fencing done—particularly around remnant bushland on your property. Fencing is a critical first step in protecting native vegetation from livestock grazing, allowing these areas to regenerate naturally and provide essential habitat for native species.

Wheatbelt NRM currently has funding available for landholders in the Avon River Basin who want to protect and enhance their natural assets. Through two major projects, we’re supporting on-ground activities such as:

o   stock-exclusion fencing,

o   revegetation,

o   feral animal control,

o   weed management, and

o   installation of artificial dens or nest hollows.

One project is focused on conserving the Eucalypt Woodlands of the WA Wheatbelt — a threatened ecological community that also supports the vulnerable Chuditch (Western Quoll). The other targets habitat protection and improvement for the endangered Carnaby’s Black-Cockatoo, whether it’s for breeding or foraging.

If you’re looking to preserve the native bush on your property or create habitat corridors through revegetation, now’s a great time to act. Fencing bushland allows natural regeneration to occur, and when combined with pest and weed control, good fire management and revegetation, the benefits for biodiversity and farm resilience multiply. These efforts not only support native wildlife but also help reduce erosion, salinity, and improve overall land and waterway condition (Bennett et al. 2016).

Want to learn more? Head to our Healthy Environments page or email our Senior Project Delivery Officer, Kate Sherlock.

If you would like to see us in person we will be at the Dowerin Machinery Field Days in the DPIRD shed on the 27th & 28th of August.

Come and have a chat about your property and find out how you can get involved and apply for support under these funding programs.

This project is funded by the Australian Government Natural Heritage Trust and delivered by Wheatbelt Natural Resource Management, a member of the Regional Delivery Partners panel.

Reference: Bennett, A.F., Nimmo, D.G., & Radford, J.Q. (2016). Revegetation in farm landscapes: Are there benefits for wildlife? Ecological Management & Restoration, 17(1), 64–71. Retrieved from https://www.researchgate.net/publication/304221498

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Published eNews #405, August 2025