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  • Sustainable Agriculture
    Saltbush replaces samphire

    In 2012, Dean and Tanya Butler partnered with Wheatbelt NRM to investigate using Saltbush as a better use of salt impacted areas of their farm at Belka Valley.

  • Climate
    Climate Change is here – What will a sustainable Wheatbelt look like?

    WA’s South West and Wheatbelt regions will be among the top 10% of places on earth where rainfall decline will be the most severe, driven by climate change, according to a report from Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre released last week.

  • Sustainable Agriculture
    Serradella provides autumn grazing

    In 2012, Anna and Colin Butcher from Brookton worked with Wheatbelt NRM to trial serradella as a way to fill the feed gap for their livestock. They also established nursery paddocks to supply them with seedlings into the future.

  • Healthy Environments
    Environmental DNA and Woodland Management

    Does action to protect our eucalypt woodlands have any impact on the diversity of soil bacteria and mychorrizal fungi and can it be an indicator of woodland health?

  • Healthy Environments
    Raptor Platforms protect rare flora

    Last week we were excited to have the Western Power Depot at Narrogin donate and install some power poles for us to hold our raptor platforms.

  • Healthy Environments
    Have your say – people want your opinion

    At the moment there are several opportunities for you to participate in surveys that can inform future action in NRM in the Wheatbelt.

  • Sustainable Agriculture
    Where are they now? Improving sandy soils in Wyalkatchem

    It is satisfying to revisit our project sites to see what has happened after the initial work is completed.

  • Sustainable Agriculture
    Financial grants provide assistance for drought preparedness—get your letter of support from Wheatbelt NRM

    Being prepared in the face of a changing climate that is expected to make drought and extreme weather events more common is the target of National policy with the development of the $5 billion Future Drought Fund to help farmers and communities prepare for the impacts of drought and climate change.

  • Healthy Environments
    Wildflower Surveys demonstrate woodland diversity

    When considering the Wheatbelt woodlands we automatically think of the towering trees such as Salmon Gums and York Gums that dominate the canopy but what happens at ground level is just as exciting.

  • Water
    Community celebrations 10 years in the making

    Good things come to those who wait and finally, the communities of Yealering and Katanning could celebrate with the recent completion of the Living Lakes project.

  • Sustainable Agriculture
    Financial grants provide assistance for drought preparedness

    Being prepared in the face of a changing climate that is expected to make drought and extreme weather events more common is the target of National policy with the development of the $5 billion Future Drought Fund to help farmers and communities prepare for the impacts of drought and climate change.

  • Sustainable Agriculture
    Keen interest in planning for ground cover

    At a recent workshop participants looked at their ‘fodder chains’ and how they could be improved to fill the summer feed gap and keep ground cover for longer to protect fragile soils from wind erosion.