IN PARTNERSHIP WITH NORTH STIRLINGS PALLINUP NATURAL RESOURCES, THE GILLAMII CENTRE, AND THE DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTIRES AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
March 25, at the Needilup Pavillion. 8:30am - 4:30pm, followed by a sundowner.
What can I expect from the day?
The FBG, in collaboration with NSPNR, Gillamii, and DPIRD, are bringing the specialists to you, to allow you the opportunity to sit down and plan salinity management works on your own property, under their guidance.
Following a morning of presentations from various salinity experts, you’ll break off into small groups to receive tailored advice on your own salinity issues. During the planning session, you’ll be free to seek recommendations from all the available specialists, and will be encouraged to work through the provided proformas and mapping exercises (personalised for your own property), to help you hone your ideas for the sites in question. You’ll have access to Decipher (biomass) maps, mapped salinity data, and plenty of other resources to assist with this.
By the end of the day, we hope you’ll have a better idea of what is achievable on your farm, and how you can get there. Along with this, you’ll be contributing to an NSP & FBG database that will strengthen our funding applications, giving us a better chance of procuring funds that are tailored to your needs.
Morning tea, lunch, afternoon tea will all be provided, as will drinks and nibbles during the sundowner.
Who’s on the bill?
You’ll hear from Ian Foster (salinity & the climate), John Simons (the state of salinity in the FBG & NSP regions), Ron Masters (zonation mapping and the relevant management options), John Paul Collins (saltland economics using the Saltland Genie), John Harding (using Tall Wheat Grass to manage salinity in a full cropping business), Ian Walsh (successes and failures in managing salinity on his property in Cranbrook), and Freya Spencer (full Saltland Genie demonstration).
All these presenters will be offering their advice during the individual planning session after lunch.
Do I need to come prepared?
You sure do! Please bring along printed maps and photos/videos of the salt affected areas on your farm that you’d like advice on. Coming armed with as much knowledge as possible around the land use (current and historical), geology, soil types, topography, and drainage of the sites in question will also be helpful. The more detail, the better!
If you have any queries, please direct them to Carrie on 0459 454 713, or email nrmprojects@fbg.org.au.
Please register before March 21 at: https://www.fbg.org.au/salinityforum
The morning session of our event is supported by funding through South Coast NRM, and the Australian Government’s National Landcare Program. The afternoon portion of our event is supported by funding through the Western Australian Government’s State NRM program. The sundowner is generously sponsored by The Pub Borden.