Farmers looking to restore paddock pH
28 January 2020
EP farmers keen to address acidifying paddock soils are invited to register for workshops in Cleve and Cummins as part of the EP Farming Acid Soils Champions program.
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EP community keen to get on with new NRM focused projects
14 January 2020
A heightened emphasis on healthy paddock soils, new opportunities for supporting First Nations culture on country, community nominated coastal management projects and new native gardens are just some of many small projects to be given the go ahead through the most recent round of grant funding from the Eyre Peninsula Natural Resources Management Board.
Biological control to aid battle against Opuntia cacti species
05 December 2019
Thousands of hungry Cochineal scale insects have been released by Natural Resources Officers at seven Opuntia cactus outbreak sites near Cleve, Cowell and Kimba, with a strong focus on the Birds-eye Hwy section between Cleve and Cowell, to curb the spread of invasive and introduced prickly Opuntia plants. The release is part of the Eyre Peninsula Natural Resources Management Board’s targeted biological control program primarily concentrating on the Indian fig, but also effective against multiple Opuntia species including the common prickly pear and wheel cactus, on eastern Eyre Peninsula.
Drought management for the livestock businesses
18 November 2019
Making decisions in a drought is difficult and getting some perspective on the issue is important before you can implement effective measures.
Natural Resources small grants open on EP - $155,000 funding available
30 October 2019
If you have a Natural Resource Management focused project idea you would like to see come to life in the next few months the Eyre Peninsula Natural Resources Management (NRM) Board welcomes applications from community groups, Aboriginal groups, Schools, Local Government and Farming Systems groups for the 2019-20 small grants funding round.
Saltmarsh modelled for movement under predicted sea level rise
27 September 2019
Understanding where Eyre Peninsula’s saltmarsh habitats might be forced to move to escape predicted sea level rise is part of a new computer modelled landscape-scale study underway between Natural Resources EP and a student at the University of Adelaide.
STAR project focused on EP’s vulnerable saltmarshes
27 September 2019
Enormously undervalued and frequently overlooked Eyre Peninsula’s quite secretive Subtropical and Temperate Saltmarshes are set to benefit from a host of land care actions after the Eyre Peninsula Natural Resources Management Board receives $1,880,000 in funding over four years from the Australian Government’s Regional Land Partnership program. The funding will be used to better understand hydrological flows (including projected sea-level rise) through monitoring and making improvements to some coastal infrastructure, undertaking actions to bolster shorebird recovery and public awareness, and where necessary implementing delicate revegetation operations aimed at improving the health and function of these ecologically and economically important wildlife-rich ecosystems.
Early birds nesting on EP beaches
12 September 2019
Spring is in the air and the Eyre Peninsula’s threatened hooded plovers have set a new Australian record.
Hard setting soils - funding available to address sub-soil constraints
02 September 2019
The Eyre Peninsula NRM Board is calling for funding applications from farming groups on the Eyre Peninsula to trial approaches to address sub-soil constraints such as low pH levels at depth, and hard pans limiting root growth.
Turning the tide on historic dumping - saltmarshes time to shine
05 August 2019
A ‘health check’ of important coastal saltmarshes is currently underway on Eyre Peninsula.