This ‘3 Year Plan’ presents strategic direction to ensure Wheatbelt NRM effectively responds to national, state and regional NRM needs. This will be achieved by engaging our community to actively support and progress our strategic objectives. This ‘3 Year Plan’ is supported each year by an Operations Plan that sets out how resources will be allocated and utilised in progressing the strategic objectives in this document.
The Wheatbelt Regional NRM Strategy guides NRM investment priorities within the region. The regional community provided important guidance to the development of the strategy, which reflects their values and understanding of the environment they live in and know.
Australia has an incredible diversity of bird species, with 898 recorded, including vagrants or accidental visitors and introduced species. Of this total, Western Australia has 550 species, 17 of which are found only in Western Australia. The Avon River Basin has a remarkable 224 recorded species - over 25 percent of the national total.
Wheatbelt NRM is pleased to present our first Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP). We are committed to improving community action regarding biodiversity and sustainable agriculture in the Wheatbelt of Western Australia, one of our most vulnerable drought-affected regions.
The 185 hectare block next to the Chiddarcooping Nature Reserve in the Shire of Westonia, is owned by the not for profit conservation group Bush Block Guardians (BBG).
Wheatbelt NRM’s Noongar Elders advisory group, Aboriginal NRM staff and Noongar Boodja Rangers are holding a yarning circle at Northam Senior High School on the 28th of June for NAIDOC.
With the upcoming spray season nearly upon us we thought it would be a good idea to do a “refresher” course and ensure the safety of our Rangers plus give them the confidence and skills they need when applying and handling chemicals.
We kicked off January 2022 with the new Aboriginal NRM Action plan, Koort Boodjar Mia Boodjar (my Heartland my Homeland), and Steph, the new Project Coordinator, started with the team.
This is the kind of project that really excites us. We are currently working alongside one of our members with a shared vision for natural resource management – all while supporting our Noongar Boodjar Rangers.