Protecting Wetlands together...Precision Ag & Rabbit Management
Our Catchment Our Communities Program Landcare Facilitators working within the upper Wannon & Hopkins River catchment area have secured funding for two new projects called Protecting Wetlands Together…Precision Ag Protecting Wetlands Together…with effective, efficient landscape scale rabbit control. These projects have been funded as part of GHCMA program called Our Catchment Our Communities Landscape Scale Grants. The OCOC project is focusing on improving catchment health and climate resilience through activities that support wetland cultural knowledge, health and connectivity in the upper Wannon and Hopkins River catchments. The OCOC focus area covers the reach of 4 landcare networks, each supported by a landcare facilitator who are working together to support farmers -to consider strategies to protect and manage their wetlands, while demonstrating positive financial impact because of doing so. To find out more about the GHCMA OCOC program visit https://www.ghcma.vic.gov.au/what-we-do/projects/community-projects/our-catchments-our-communities/ .
By helping communities to work together on their rabbit populations – across the OCOC area – we will be able to significantly reduce rabbit numbers. We all know that working in this way (involving neighbouring landholders and land managers) provides the most effective, safe and humane means to achieve large-scale rabbit control. The OCOC funding will provide for effective, efficient rabbit control, by engaging an experienced pest animal control business to undertake the work. But of course we’ll need your help – participants will identify, mark (using flagging tape or similar) and map warrens, and will be present as the contractor is working on their sites. They’ll also check the sites soon after control, to record any reinfestations, and notify if follow up action is required. For long-term success, monitoring of the sites need to be maintained and appropriate action undertaken when required, as if this is not done, we all know that the site can be reinfested in just a few years. We all know that to be effective, we need everyone close by to become involved too.We really appreciate you contacting your neighbours, as you know who they are, and we don’t have their contact details. Please feel free to send them any information you have about the project, as that will help explain the project.Phil (our contractor) will be sending out a note to us all soon, explaining the next steps of the project. Phil recently presented on his buisness and what he will be doing as part of this project, a short video from the evening can be viewed here For further information about this project please contact Lisa McIntyre (contact details below).
Landcare Facilitators working within the OCOC area have secured funding for a new project called Protecting Wetlands Together…Precision Ag. This project has been funded as part of GHCMA program called Our Catchment Our Communities Landscape Scale Grants. This project will involve an on-farm trial to demonstrate how Precision Ag (PA) strategies can not only enhance your farm’s output but also contribute to the protection of natural assets like swamps. For further information about the trial please click here
Jileena Cole, BBCAG Facilitator on 0428 341 869 or email beyondbolac@outlook.com Ayesha Burdett, UHLMG Facilitator, on 0429 021 500 or email facilitator@upperhopkins.org.au Lisa McIntyre, Landcare Facilitator for Panyyabyr, Mirranatwa, Bunnugal, Glenthompson, Mooralla & Bulart Landcare Groups on 0428 749 235 or email advancel@bigpond.com Joel Owins, Landcare Facilitator for Beaufort, Skipton, Lake Goldsmith & Stoneleigh Landcare Groups on 0457 008 895 or email owins22@hotmail.com
Protecting Wetlands Together – with effective, efficient landscape scale rabbit control
Protecting Wetlands Together – with Precision Ag
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