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Upper Mooki grazier rehydrating the landscape
By Karen Bailey, The Land, 28 July 2020
"... Mr Carter sought advice from Mr Andrews to design creek structures. These were built using dead trees with later plantings of common flag reed. Yarramanbah Creek is now a "chain of ponds" with inflow varying according to local rainfall, but constant outflow.
The existing contour banks in higher country were modified in 2009 by blocking them at intervals to form swales that retain and more effectively use water in the upper parts of the landscape. Surface water infiltrates higher in the landscape, thus maintaining the pasture longer in drier times.
By enabling more water to be absorbed into the soil, the pastures are more lush, resulting in the cattle tending to walk less to find the water trough lower down the slope.
Some slashing has been used since 2010 in combination with cell grazing on creek flats to increase soil organic matter and encourage native grass regeneration."
Indigenous regenerative land management included in agricultural program at TAFE
By Glenn Barndo, ABC Mid West & Wheatbelt, 21 July 2020
"... Nyungar elder Clint Hansen is teaching in the wide-ranging Certificate II in Conservation and Land Management through Geraldton's Central Regional TAFE and Batavia Coast Maritime Institute.He said the content included rehydrating creeks and rivers, ...
The hands-on work for the students is taking place on Yanget farm, east of Geraldton, working alongside the owners to help regenerate the property...
Mr O'Bree said the water diversion had a number of impacts including better crop growth and environment benefits.
'We're not getting that run-off heading down and out into the Indian Ocean and murkying it up out there and damaging our sea beds and stuff like that,' he said."
By Karen Bailey, The Land, 28 July 2020
"... Mr Carter sought advice from Mr Andrews to design creek structures. These were built using dead trees with later plantings of common flag reed. Yarramanbah Creek is now a "chain of ponds" with inflow varying according to local rainfall, but constant outflow.
The existing contour banks in higher country were modified in 2009 by blocking them at intervals to form swales that retain and more effectively use water in the upper parts of the landscape. Surface water infiltrates higher in the landscape, thus maintaining the pasture longer in drier times.
By enabling more water to be absorbed into the soil, the pastures are more lush, resulting in the cattle tending to walk less to find the water trough lower down the slope.
Some slashing has been used since 2010 in combination with cell grazing on creek flats to increase soil organic matter and encourage native grass regeneration."
Indigenous regenerative land management included in agricultural program at TAFE
By Glenn Barndo, ABC Mid West & Wheatbelt, 21 July 2020
"... Nyungar elder Clint Hansen is teaching in the wide-ranging Certificate II in Conservation and Land Management through Geraldton's Central Regional TAFE and Batavia Coast Maritime Institute.He said the content included rehydrating creeks and rivers, ...
The hands-on work for the students is taking place on Yanget farm, east of Geraldton, working alongside the owners to help regenerate the property...
Mr O'Bree said the water diversion had a number of impacts including better crop growth and environment benefits.
'We're not getting that run-off heading down and out into the Indian Ocean and murkying it up out there and damaging our sea beds and stuff like that,' he said."
