Land and Vegetation
Sustainable Agriculture
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Stuart Mosely of Manuka Station, near Cobar, converted a chisel plough to direct drill. This will improve soil health and encourage native grass. Click here to read more... |
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Rob Chambers of Osterley Downs, near Cobar, converted his machiner to direct drill. This will improve soil health and encourage native grass. Click here to read more... |
Landscape Management
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Wayne and Judy Newton have established a 450 ha invasive native scrub (INS) management demonstration site on their property, Malabar, near Walgett. This is one of five demonstration sites set up within the Western Catchment which will be used to inform future policy making and provide information to landholders on managing INS. Click here to read more...
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Neighbours, Ashley and Carolyn McMurtrie of Gilgunnia Station and Ty and Gina Rogerson of Buckwaroon Station, west of Cobar, will install 12 multi-species trapyards around water sources and are undertaking invasive native scrub control on 700 hectares. Click here to read more... |
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Members of the Bohda Aboriginal Pastoral Company, near Lightning Ridge, have planted 300,000 Old Man Saltbush seedlings to rehabilitate scalded country over 1,070 hectares. Click here to read more... |
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Keith Francisco of Tindarey Station, near Cobar, has erected 22.5km of off-set electric fencing. Added to 120km of existing fencing, this will allow for complete grazing pressure control and native pasture regeneration of 16,000 hectares. Click here to read more... |
Pests
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The Western CMA is working with other organisations and landholders to identify and map cactus in the Broken Hill area. Click here to read more..... |
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Mesquite control is being undertaken on 13 properties covering a total of 540 square kilometres, which is 1.2 times the size of Kinchega National Park near Broken Hill. Click here to read more... |
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The Western CMA commissioned 'Natural Heritage Trust Priority Pest Report for the Western Catchment', a comprehensive report that prioritieses weed and animal pests and makes recommendations for their management. Click here to read more... |
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The Castlereagh Macquarie County Council is spraying Hudson Pear infestations over an area of 20,000 ha. Click here to read more... |
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Cobar Rural Lands Protection Board will start on a ten-year program to eradicate foxes and feral pigs from the Cobar district. The Western CMA provided funding for the first year, which will involve educating landholders and the control and monitoring of foxes and feral pigs over an area of 1.2 million hectares. Click here to read more... |
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Control of African Boxthorn will be undertaken on 840 ha in Cobar Shire and around the villages of Barringun, Yantabulla, Ford's Bridge, Enngonia, Wanaaring, Byrock and Louth. Click here to read more... |
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