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  • Water
    Marketing and Tourism consultant needed for the Living Lakes project

    Wheatbelt NRM is seeking submissions from suitably qualified consultants to deliver Destination Marketing Plans for Lakes Yealering and Ewlyamartup as part of Stage 3 of the Living Lakes project.

  • Healthy Environments
    Wheatbelt icons a focus for door knocking

    The iconic Carnaby’s cockatoo, Red-tailed phascogale, Numbat and Chuditch are all threatened species that call the critically endangered Eucalypt Woodlands of the Western Australian Wheatbelt (a Threatened Ecological Community) home.

  • Sustainable Agriculture
    Harvest strategy provides economic and environmental outcomes

    New technology identified in the GRDC Groundcover publication not only delivers harvest efficiency but will also contribute to the achievement of the strategic priorities identified as part of the Regional NRM Strategy for the Avon River Basin.

  • Sustainable Agriculture
    New source of information on innovations in agriculture

    Wheatbelt NRM is pleased to announce that Jacquie Lucas has been appointed as the Regional Agriculture Landcare Facilitator (RALF) for the Avon river Basin.

  • Aboriginal NRM
    Scones the bonus in new Noongar Boodja Ranger job

    The Noongar Boodja Ranger team has been successful in gaining another contract to carry out work in the Wheatbelt.

  • Community Engagement
    Winner Winner Chicken Dinner

    We were very excited to recently receive this award as recipients of the Judges’ Encouragement Award at the 2018 IAP2 Core Values Award.

  • Sustainable Agriculture
    Playing it SMART, talk to Wheatbelt NRM about funding sustainable agriculture activities

    Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources David Littleproud has encouraged Landcare groups, NRM bodies, Indigenous organisations and community groups to throw their hat in the ring and apply for a slice of over $9 million available under Round 2 of the Smart Farms Small Grants.

  • Healthy Environments
    Where are the woodlands?

    Wheatbelt NRM has been contracted by the Australian Government through the National Landcare Program to conserve the iconic Eucalypt Woodlands of the Western Australian Wheatbelt.

  • Governance
    A new Constitution and Chair for Wheatbelt NRM

    It’s been a year of change and new adventures at Wheatbelt NRM and this year’s Annual General Meeting was no exception.

  • Sustainable Agriculture
    Regenerative Agriculture - Show me the Evidence

    Recently it seems everyone is talking about regenerative agriculture. Especially in the wake of the droughts experienced in the eastern states with claims that regenerative systems remain viable where traditional management systems have failed.

  • Sustainable Agriculture
    Calling Mixed Farmers in the Wheatbelt – Optimising fodder systems

    Increasing ground cover is an important tool to reduce the risk of wind erosion and improve soil health.

  • Healthy Environments
    2500 trees for backyard biodiversity

    This September and October Wheatbelt NRM set up a pop up stall in Bencubbin, Bruce Rock, Hyden, Kondinin, Northam and Wongan Hills. The aim was to provide wildlife attracting native plants to the local community for planting in their gardens. Moorine Rock Primary School also took up the challenge of planting 100 seedlings in the school grounds, as part of the school’s 100-year celebrations.