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.
If you’re looking for enduring results in rabbit control, Autumn is the ideal time. With a reduced likelihood of kittens and scarce feed, a release of rabbit biological control virus, RHDV1-K5 (calicivirus) can deliver great outcomes.
Farming in the northern Wheatbelt has its challenges as Hugh Morgan of Morgan Tirrana Farms in Bencubbin can certainly attest to. Hugh farms the 14600 ha property with his parents and wife, Deanne.
At the heart of natural resource management is the aim to protect and improve our environmental assets. To achieve this, it is important to determine the current state of our assets and quantify the threats that affect their long-term survival.
Inspiring. Engaging. Thought-provoking. These were just some of the words used to describe our REstore. REshape. REnew. conference held at Muresk Institute on 31 March.