New South Wales Erosion updates following each monitoring phase by season
Erosion NSW Updates
Initial visit during the 2021 Autumn season to assess the New South Wales site locations. Monitoring erosion risk based on dry aggregates and groundcover percentages. This farm is located northwest of Wentworth, with very low rainfall and high kangaroo pressure during drought. Acknowledgments This project “Practical tactics to improve ground cover and ensure soil preservation …
Second visit during the 2021 Summer season to reassess the New South Wales site locations from Autumn. Monitoring erosion risk based on dry aggregates and groundcover percentages. This farm is located northwest of Wentworth, with very low rainfall and high kangaroo pressure during drought. Acknowledgments This project “Practical tactics to improve ground cover and ensure …
Description In this episode, Chris McDonough visits cousins Nigel Baird and Peter Baird in a paddock badly drifting in the 2018 and 2019 drought. They’re talking about the GRDC investment ‘Practical tactics to improve ground cover and ensure soil preservation following successive low rainfall seasons.’ The Baird’s is a remarkable story of recovery. Following an …
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Acknowledgments
This project “Practical tactics to improve ground cover and ensure soil preservation following successive low rainfall seasons” (MSF2010-002SAX) has been funded by GRDC.
Thank you to our landholder collaborators Ben Pollard, NSW, and Chris Hunt, VIC, for their time and input.