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Rangeland project protects native plants and animals
The last known stand of Swamp Sheoak within 6.3 million hectares of the Lower Murray Darling Catchment, New South Wales, has been encircled by a protective, vermin-proof fence.
This conservation effort was part of a comprehensive Rangeland Management Project to protect native plants and animals.
Funding
The project was funded with more than $400,000 from the Australian Government through the Lower Murray Catchment Management Authority (CMA). The State Government also provided support.
Activities and achievements
Work included surveys of native species including the Southern Bell Frog, Mallee Slender Bluetongue, Mallee Worm-lizard, Western Pygmy Possum, Red-lored Whistler and Black-eared Miner. Another activity mapped the fire history of the area.
Project Manager Lesley Palmer said one of the big successes was the development of a Regional Weed Strategy, which was reprinted in 2006.
"The strategy provides an easy method for landholders to determine what the most important weed problem is and how to make the best investment out of precious weed control dollars," Lesley said. "It's become the standard that a number of adjoining Catchment Management Authorities are seeking to match."
The Rangeland Management Project also produced two other publications: Drought Management Guidelines and case studies of how landholders have battled the drought in a semi-arid environment.
Lesley said a Plants of Cultural Significance component of the project was also carried out in partnership with the Mutthi Mutthi Traditional Owners Group.
"The aim was to provide Traditional Owners with the opportunity to identify and record plants of cultural significance and correlate those with plant communities that occur in Mutthi Mutthi country to the east of the Catchment," Lesley said.
"The Lower Murray Darling CMA has a strong interest in supporting Aboriginal groups in the collection of information that can accurately and meaningfully define cultural links to the landscape."
More information
- Lesley Palmer, Project Manager: (03) 5021 9460.
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