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    50,000 km of Avon Waterways – Straight forward advice to help manage them

    Most farms and recreational lifestyle blocks will have a waterway or drain running through them. Some have wetlands or salt lakes. Almost all waterways and wetlands have been altered in some way since native vegetation was cleared from the landscape. Salinity, flooding, erosion, sedimentation and increased nutrients are all factors of change.

  • Sustainable Agriculture
    Crowd keen to maximise ground cover

    This week’s field day hosted by the Barracks Pastoral Company in Beverly attracted a crowd keen to hear how a systems approach to farm planning can bring benefits.

  • Sustainable Agriculture
    Aiming for a National Soil Monitoring Program

    How many soils samples are taken in the Wheatbelt every year?

  • Healthy Environments
    Wandering the Wheatbelt, with care

    It is great to see people touring the Wheatbelt, and getting a glimpse of the beautiful wildflower season.

  • Aboriginal NRM
    Noongar Bush Tucker knowledge shared

    Did you know the diet of the Noongar people of south-west WA was based on the 6 season’s calendar and that Noongar law required that no seed-bearing plant could be dug up until after flowering?

  • Sustainable Agriculture
    Growing interest in Biological Amendments

    Wheatbelt NRM is seeing a strong trend in farmers seeking information on how biological amendments can be used to enhance, and even potentially replace, synthetic chemical use in agricultural soils.

  • Healthy Environments
    Community share in free trees in 2020

    In August, Wheatbelt NRM held their Community Free Trees days throughout the Wheatbelt.

  • Sustainable Agriculture
    Don’t miss your opportunity - contribute to Australia’s first national soil strategy

    The Australian Government is developing our first National Soils Strategy.

  • Healthy Environments
    Knowledge Hub – Rabbit control wheel

    As part of our role of sharing knowledge with our community, we are highlighting some of the valuable information resources you can find in our Knowledge Hub on our web site.

  • Healthy Environments
    Rainbow lorikeets are on the move

    Recent sightings of rainbow lorikeets in Wheatbelt towns have confirmed that this invasive pest is making its way east and vigilance is needed if we are to ensure it doesn’t get established and cause even more damage to our unique Wheatbelt environment.

  • Sustainable Agriculture
    Congratulations to new Soil and Land Commissioner

    Wheatbelt NRM is pleased to congratulate Cec McConnell on her appointment as the new Soil and Land Commissioner.

  • Healthy Environments
    Creating a Forest from a Paddock

    Bronwyn Humphreys and Peter Halliday contacted the Wheatbelt Natural Resource Management Inc (WNRM) to see how they could help with their dream of turning their paddock into a forest.