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  • Governance
    Wheatbelt NRM Inc. 2024 Annual General Meeting

     

    It’s AGM time again.

    Our dedicated Project Managers will be available to discuss current projects and business initiatives. Morning tea and light lunch will be provided.

  • Business Innovations
    Insights from the Annual NRM CEOs Forum: WA Leaders Forge New Paths

    Recently, three key CEOs from Western Australia’s Natural Resource Management (NRM) sector travelled to Canberra for the Annual NRM CEOs Forum. This prestigious event brought together over 50 NRM leaders from across Australia, providing a valuable platform for knowledge exchange and strategic discussions.

  • Aboriginal NRM
    A Time for Everything

    With all the lovely rain this Djilba season (Aug -Sept) the Rangers have been hard at work keeping the Northam cemetery grounds under control. Spraying opportunities have been limited, which means whipper snipping and mowing have been the main methods of keeping the area looking tidy.

  • Healthy Environments
    Wheatbelt Win: New Project to Protect Eucalypt Woodlands and Chuditch

    Wheatbelt NRM has been contracted by the Australian Government through the Natural Heritage Trust program to enhance work undertaken under the previous project to conserve the iconic Eucalypt Woodlands of the Western Australian Wheatbelt.

  • Healthy Environments
    Flight to the Future: New project gives boost to Carnaby’s Black-Cockatoos

    The iconic Carnaby’s Black-Cockatoo, a well-loved resident of the Wheatbelt, is receiving further funding to enhance and protect their Wheatbelt habitat into the future.

  • Sustainable Agriculture
    Is Avian Influenza an emergency for the Avon River Basin?

    On the back of preparing the Biodiversity and Agricultural Natural Capital Emergency Preparedness and Response Plan for the Avon River Basin, Wheatbelt NRM staff joined a recent webinar capturing the latest expert advice on the likelihood of the high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 reaching Australia.

  • Business Innovations
    Wheatbelt NRM celebrates 30 years!

    Celebrating the 30 year evolution of Wheatbelt Natural Resource Management.

  • Sustainable Agriculture
    Recognition for Farmers! Do you know a soil health champion?

    Wheatbelt NRM would like to celebrate and recognise the hard work farmers put into managing the most fundamental resource of our region – SOIL!  Since 2013 six Wheatbelt Farmers have been recognised as Soil Health Champions, and the time has come again to nominate for the 2025 Soil Health Champion.

  • Healthy Environments
    Clean Waterways Conclusion

    After four years of hard work by the project team and landholders, the Clean Waterways project has come to an end.

  • Sustainable Agriculture
    AVPC24 sheds light on feral management in Australia

    Jacquie Lucas attended the 19th Australasian Vertebrate Pest Conference (AVPC24) in Sydney recently, to collate data on the latest methods of feral animal management. Information gathered will be shared with Red Card for Rabbits and Foxes, the Healthy Environments team, and the Corellas in the Wheatbelt project.

  • Aboriginal NRM
    WNRM’s National Winning Coach

    WNRM’s Project Manager for Works, Aboriginal NRM, Jermaine Davis (aka Bomber) was recently named by the Perth Football Club in their Aboriginal Football Team of the Century. This honour is in recognition of Bomber’s outstanding talent and contribution to the Perth Football Club throughout his playing career and beyond.

  • Sustainable Agriculture
    Rehydrating your farm landscape

    Recent seasonal conditions have highlighted the importance of having functional and resilient water resources in all agricultural systems. Wheatbelt NRM Sustainable Agriculture Facilitators (SAF’s) were invited to landscape function training at Muresk for the “Rehydrating your Farm Landscape – Professionals Intensive” by Mulloon Institute.