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.
Over 30 people attended our Annual General Meeting on 20 October at Bridgeley Community Centre in Northam. Helen Shanks and Chris Marris were successfully reappointed to the Board. Our 2021-2022 Annual Report is now available and can be found here.
At the end of July, the Noongar Boodjar Ranger team continued their ongoing skills development with the commencement of chemical use training at Muresk Institute.
People working in agriculture in the Wheatbelt NRM region have an opportunity to help craft a new online drought resilience resource being produced by the Australian Government.