A vibrant Wheatbelt community that creates
healthy environments and livelihoods.
Looking to plant native vegetation in 2023?
If you’re looking to plant natives in 2023, now is the time to get your seedling orders in. You might have a creek line you want to revegetate, or a remnant patch you want to protect with buffer plantings. Or maybe you want to revegetate your entire property over time. Whatever the reason, nurseries are now preparing to propagate seedlings for next year’s planting season and, depending on the species, it takes a good 6 to 8 months of love and care to ensure that seedlings are ready for planting.
Recently we were given the opportunity to host the National Soil Advocate, Hon. Dr Penny Wensley AC, on a field trip in the Wheatbelt, along with scientists, students and farmers. The day took us to Masonville Farm in East Brookton where Pingelly farmers, Kane and Paula Page lease the family owned property. For Kane, leasing the property provided him with a great opportunity to trial some different farming systems.
Recently our Noongar Boodja Rangers team was involved in training new rangers on how to identify and record flora. They visited a reserve at Kokeby, where they learnt how to identify plants through the soil they're in, the shapes of their leaves, size of the plant and its fruit. It's vital that we are accurate when seed collecting for our revegetation projects.
Over 30 people attended our Annual General Meeting on 20 October at Bridgeley Community Centre in Northam. Chairperson, Debra Rule, was successfully reappointed to the Board along with Helen Shanks and Chris Marris. Our 2021-2022 Annual Report is also now available.
10 Year Threatened Species Action Plan Has Been Published
The Threatened Species Action Plan 2022-2032 maps a pathway to recovery for our nation’s threatened wildlife, spanning terrestrial, marine and freshwater environments. It presents a vision to drive practical on-ground efforts and identifies critical action for the recovery of threatened species and ecological communities guided by experts and the Australian public.
The Moore Catchment Council has put together some information around common weeds. The practical guide has easy ways to identify and control 20 weeds. These weeds are all feral invasive pests which takeover our WA Woodlands and push our native plants so it’s important we control them. From Paterson’s Curse to Wild Oats, you’ll find them in this handy guide.
This week Wheatbelt NRM farewells Rebecca Palumbo who has been our Operations Manager for the past 17 years. Rebecca has been a passionate advocate for Natural Resource Management and has given dedicated and diligent service to the people of the Wheatbelt community. We wish Rebecca well in her future endeavours. Those of you who have spoken to her over the years about Wheatbelt NRM issues can now contact Felicity Gilbert on FGilbert@wheatbeltnrm.org.au or on 0436 472 910.
Events
8th National Knowledge Conference
31 October – 2 November
Margaret River
NRM Regions Australia, along with local partner South West Catchments Council, are pleased to announce Australia’s 8th National NRM Knowledge Conference 2022. Natural Resource Management (NRM) is the integrated management of the natural resources that make up Australia’s landscapes – our land, water, soil, plants and animals.
