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Developing a Model for Environmental Weed Management in Fragmented Landscapes

A case study

The Environmental Weed Management Action Tool, EWeedMAT, was initially developed in the South East Natural Resources Management (SENRM) Region of South Australia (Herpich, 2006). Like much of temperate Australia, remnant native vegetation in this region…

Detection of Pinus radiata wildlings in remnant vegetation in the lower SE of South Australia, and far SW of Victoria

a Pilot Study

This investigation attempted to use fine spatial scale Quickbird imagery and digitised aerial photography to indicate the location of pine wildlings within a selection of vegetation communities.

Control of Pine wildlings in remnant vegetation: Aspects of management in the Green Triangle Region

Radiata pines (Pinus radiata) were introduced into South Australia and Victorian in latter part of the 1800s. The second half of the 1900s saw large-scale plantation development. Breeding for faster growth and greater volume also occurred in this period.

Land use effects on soil nutrient enrichment: risks for weed invasion

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This project examined various soil and vegetation properties of remnant eucalypt grassy woodlands under different livestock grazing regimes within agricultural landscapes on the southern tablelands and south west slopes of N.S.W. All woodlands contained…

Boneseed rust: A highly promising candidate for biological control

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The systemic South African rust fungus, Endophyllum osteospermi, is a highly promising biological control agent for boneseed (Chrysanthemoides monilifera ssp. monilifera), because it reduces growth and reproduction of plants by causing extensive…

Making the most of scant environmental flows

Maintaining the iconic river red gum and black box woodlands of the Lower Murray Valley

Presents findings from a Land & Water Australia PhD study undertaken on the Lower Murray Valley floodplain in South Australia. Primary study sites covered the region from Morgan in the west to Chowilla on the NSW border.

Changing Irrigation Systems and Management in the Harvey Irrigation Area

Milestone Report - End of Stage 1 - February 2004

The project is examining issues of water use efficiency (WUE) in the South West Irrigation Area (hereafter called the Harvey Irrigation Area). A significant WUE issue is whether water savings, improved pasture yields and farm productivity can be achieved through sprinkler (centre pivot) irrigation of dairy pasture in comparison with traditional surface bay irrigation (often called flood irrigation). This project is a case study conducted on (more)...

Changing Irrigation Systems and Management in the Harvey Irrigation Area

Final Report - February 2006

The Harvey Water Irrigation Area (HWIA) is Western Australia’s prime irrigated dairying area supplying Perth and the south west with more than 40 per cent of its milk. Irrigated agriculture commenced in Harvey with the establishment of a weir in 1916. Since that time, pastures have been watered through surface irrigation of paddocks which over time have been leveled and divided into irrigation bays. When this project was envisaged in 2001, there were no centre (more)...

A social appraisal of the South Australian Virginia Pipeline Scheme: Five years

The Virginia Pipeline Scheme (VPS) is the largest scheme of its type in Australia (SA Water 2005; EarthTech 2005) and was established in 1999 to deliver unrestricted Class A reclaimed water to irrigators on the Northern Adelaide Plains (NAP) in South Australia. The purpose of this research was to investigate and report on the various stakeholder perceptions of reclaimed water used in the VPS (more)...