Wednesday 19th October It's that time of year again! Have you put in your seedling orders for 2012? Contact your local native plant nursery soon to avoid disappointment.
Mumbida wind farm will be located 40km south east of Geraldton and it's 85 wind turbines will generate 55 megawatts, enough energy to power 35,000 homes and offset 165,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions annually. Verve Energy expects construction to be complete by Nov 2012.
PROJECT OUTLINES Farming to the Climate: Managing Climate Risk and Variability in the Low Rainfall Project Healthy Farms - A Pilot Project An understanding of the env benefits and risks assoc with the introduction of perrenial pastures (Output 2 of Grain and Graze) Rural Towns - Liquid Assets Drainage Benchmarking Salaries Phase 2 Yarra Yarra Regional Drainage Agreement Control of Rising Groundwater and Salinity in the Koojan - Gilligarra Region Yarra Yarra Drainage Phase 2 - Drainage Construction and Monitoring Revegitation of Natural Drainage Lines and Protection of Remnant Vegetation in East Moore Catchment White Out Soil Stabilisation Solutions for the Nangetty valley Salinity Rehabilitation and Extention Program Integrated Innovative Framing Systems and Catchment Management Restoration, Maintenance and Enhancement of Priority Wetlands in the NAR Yued Booja Environmental Audit of Cultural-Spiritual Sites & Land Use Practices Mogumber Community Project Champman River Upper Catchment Integrated Management Project Conservation of the Gingin Brook and it's Environment Waterways Project Management Carnaby's Black Cocaktoo - A cross Regional Extention Project Stop the Rot Back from the Brink Woodland Watch: Community Protection & Management of Biodiversity Assets in the NAR Between the Inland and the Ocean - Assessing and Addressing the threats to the Coastal Strip (Coastal Assessment and Restoration) Foraging Ecology and Ectropic Role of the Australian Sea Lion in Marine Ecosystems Implementation of Waste Management Systems at the Abrolhos Islands Reserve Long-term Monitoring of the Effects of Marine Protected Areas on Reef Fish Assemblages at the Houtman Abrolhos Islands Drought Proofing the North Eastern Wheatbelt Acacia Saligna for Fibrewood in the NAR Brushwood Industry Development on Saline Land Developing Incentives to Revegitate by Establishing a Commercially Successful Oil Mallee Industry Determining Optimum Grazing Rotations to Perennial Pastures EMS Across the NAR Marine Debris Geraldton-Greenough Coastal Communities Studies Coastal Education Officer Coastal and Marine Program Leader Coastal Project Coordinator Coastal Restoration On-Ground Works Cape Burney to Dongara Coastal Vegetation Survey Local Government Coastal Education and Monitoring Coastal Vulnerability and Risk Assessment Program Coodinator Information Sources and Gap Analysis Project Native Seed Collection Workshop Native Seed Collection from Certain Types of Rare and Restricted Remnant Vegetation Within the NAR Ferals Coordinator Threatened Species Coordinator Hydrogeological Survey of Groundwater Quality in the NAR Hidden treasure of NACC - Identification & Prioritation of Biodiversity Asset Values Local Government Engagement in NRM Planning & Management in the NAR Audit of Priority Heritage Sites in the Yamatji Region Farm Forestry Project officer Saline Land TIP Activites NRMO Team NACC Education Program Centre for Reginal Climate Change Solutions Indigenous Ranger Project Threatened and Invasive Species Management High Value Biodiversity Protection Coastal Dune Protection and Rehabilitation Estuaries, Stream and Wetland Health Sustainable Farming Systems for the NAR Regional Capacity Building Indigenous Ranger Program Shire of Chapman Valley Greenough NRMO Mingenew Irwin Group Greenough NRMO Coastal and Marine Program Leader Moore Catchment Council Moore NRMO Aboriginal Program Leader West Midlands NRG W Midlands NRMO Yarra Yarra CMG Yarra Yarra NRMO Biodiversity Program Leader Biodiversity Project Officers Forestry Regional Project Officer Land Program Leader Yarra Yarra CRC NRMO