Natural Resource Management

Regional Natural Resource Management (NRM) Strategies that guide Gillamii;

Gondwana Link is a landscape scale vision involving individuals and local, regional and national groups, that are working together to achieve reconnected country across south-western Australia in which entire ecosystems, and the fundamental ecological processes that underpin them, are restored and maintained. (Primarily working locally with Greenskills and the Gillamii Centre to create a link between Mt Lindesay National Park and the Stirling Range National Park.) Gondwana Links objectives are:
- Restoring ecological connectivity across south-western Australia, from the woodlands of the drier interior (Kalgoolie) to the tall wet forests in the far south-west corner (Augusta).
- Protecting and replanting bushland over more than 1,000km.
- Building a living link that reaches eastward across the continent.
South Coast NRM Southern Prospects 2019-2024. The South Coast NRM community from Denmark to Esperance, has a long history of strong strategic and investment partnerships between government, industry (primary producers) and community stakeholders. Such partnerships are pivotal to lasting and innovative outcomes for the natural environment, social enrichment and economic wellbeing. Major subregional groups within the South Coast region engaged in managing natural resources and capable of tackling the challenges facing the region include; the Ravensthorpe Agricultural Initiative Network, Fitzgerald Biosphere Community Collective, Wilson Inlet Catchment Committee, Oyster Harbour Catchment Group, Torbay Catchment Group, North Stirlings Pallinup Natural Resources and the Gillamii Centre.

State NRM Framework seeks to collaborate the management of Western Australia’s natural resources which leads to biodiversity conservation and sustainable use supporting community wellbeing and prosperous business for future generations.

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One of three types of salinity in Western Australia caused where groundwater levels rise, bringing salt accumulated through ‘primary’ salinity process to the surface. This is caused by clearing of perennial vegetation in drier areas, ie. Areas that tend to accumulate salt in the soil profile and groundwater over time.

Vermin – Rabbits

In Western Australia, rabbits are declared pests of agriculture under the Agriculture and Related Resources Protection Act 1976. This means landholders are required to control rabbits on their properties. Rabbits have a significant impact on the environment by grazing native plants, particularly on threatened plants and communities, and competing with native animals for food and habitat.

Vermin – Cats & Foxes

European red fox (Vulpes vulpes), were deliberately released into Victoria in the 1860s for fox-hunting. Unfortunately, is a highly adaptive and mobile predator. When the fox arrived in the south-west in the late 1920s it coincided with a steep decline in the numbers of smaller native mammals.

Vermin – Kangaroos

The Management Plan for the Commercial Harvest of Kangaroos in Western Australia 2019–2023 provides for the commercial harvest of red and western grey kangaroos in accordance with the principles of ecologically sustainable development.

Vermin – Kookaburra

Settlers introduced non-native bird species to help them feel more at home in this isolated corner of the vast Australian continent. These new species meant increased competition for resources with native species.

Calici Virus

Rabbit haemorrhagic disease (RHD) is caused by the rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus (RHDV), a type of calicivirus which is fatal in non-immune rabbits. There are currently three pathogenic strains of this virus in wild rabbit populations in Australia.

1080 Sodium fluoroacetate

1080 is a naturally occurring compound that is quickly broken down in the environment. Many native animals have developed a high degree of tolerance to 1080 while foxes (and domestic dogs and cats) are very sensitive to the poison. It is colourless, odourless, and tasteless and is therefore easily ingested by companion animals as well as native species.

Recognised Biosecurity Groups (RBG) Western Australia

Landholders that have growing concerns about declared weeds and feral animals in their community can form Recognised Biosecurity Groups (RBGs) under the Biosecurity and Agriculture Management Act 2007 (BAM Act).

Publication Date: Unknown Author: Unknown Document Type: Map - .pdf 2.8mb

Phytophthora Dieback Management Landholder Guide

Caused by the plant pathogen, Phytophthora cinnamomic, which kills susceptible plants, such as banksias, jarrah and grass trees, by attacking their root systems. More than 40% of the native plant species and half of the endangered ones in the South-West of Western Australia are susceptible. The fungus is spread through the movement of soil and mud, especially by vehicles and footwear.

Publication Date: 2015 Author: Dieback Working Group Document Type: Booklet - .pdf 1.6mb

Shire of Cranbrook Roadside Weeds

This map identifies the locations of the six common weeds found on the roadside being; bridal creeper, eastern state wattle, golden wattle, spiny rush, tagasaste and watsonia.

Publication Date: 31/3/2015 Author: Shire of Cranbrook Document Type: Map - .pdf 2.87mb

Clearing Permit - Environmentally Sensitive Areas (ESAs)

Environmentally sensitive areas are declared by the Minister for Environment under s 51B of the Environmental Protection Act 1986 (EP Act). This fact sheet provides information on the declaration of environmental sensitive areas (ESAs), how to view the location of ESAs and how ESAs affect when a clearing permit is required.

Publication Date: 31/8/2014 Author: Department of Environment Regulations Document Type: Fact Sheet .pdf 99kb

Phytophthora Dieback Management Vehicle Hygiene Guidelines

Human activity causes the greatest spread of dieback. Road building and maintenance, mining, off-road driving, bushwalking and gardening can introduce and spread the pathogen through infected material. Dieback can then spread quickly downhill in water and slowly by growing from root to root.

Publication Date: 31/7/2013 Author: Project Dieback Document Type: Guidelines - .pdf 1.4mb

Revegetation Guide Mid-Upper Frankland-Gordon River Catchment & Revegetation Guide North Stirlings and Pallinup River Catchments

Restoring biodiversity values on farmland through direct seeding and seedling plantings. Biodiversity provides stability of ecosystem function and therefore resilience to farming landscapes. A diversity of woody and herbaceous perennial plants adds stability to landscapes dominated by annual crops and pastures.

Revegetation Guide Mid-Upper Frankland Gordon River Catchment
Publication Date: Unknown Author: Wendy Bradshaw and Geoff Woodall Document Type: Report - .pdf 11.4mb

Revegetation Guide North Stirlings and Pallinup River Catchments
Publication Date: Unknown Author: Wendy Bradshaw and Geoff Woodall Document Type: Report - .pdf 19.6mb

Southern Weeds Control

This booklet provides easy identification of common weeds and methods of control using common cultural, biological and herbicidal control techniques. The weeds are divided into four colour coded groups based on their lifeform and are grasses, herbs, vines and shrubs or trees.

Publication Date: 31/12/2009 Author: John Moore & Judy Wheeler Document Type: Bulletin - .pdf 431.6mb

Phytophthora Dieback Risk Species Poster

More than 40% of the native plant species and half of the endangered ones in the South-West of Western Australia are susceptible. This poster lists all the wildflowers that are at risk of phytophthora dieback.

Publication Date: Unknown Author: Project Dieback Document Type: Poster - .jpg 1.7mb

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