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Learn more about beach-nesting birds

23 February 2016

Community members will head to the coast to learn first-hand how to identify different beach-nesting bird species, with registrations opening this week for a free community workshop in Ceduna organised by Natural Resources Eyre Peninsula. BirdLife Australia trainer and presenter Renee Mead will share bird watching tips at the workshop, including information on how the community can help monitor these poorly-studied species.

Cereal Production … from the beginning for women.

18 February 2016

Women from central Eyre Peninsula with a passion for farming are invited to register for the ‘Cereal Production … from the beginning for women’ workshop in Wudinna, beginning Friday 1 April 2016.

Fox baiting distribution

17 February 2016

Landholders on Western Eyre Peninsula are invited to attend group fox baiting days to help them plan their fox control programs. Natural Resources Eyre Peninsula Natural Resources Officer Andrew Sleep said the baiting days would begin on Monday, 15 February and continue until Tuesday, 15 March at locations across the region.

Fox bait distribution days

15 February 2016

Landholders on southern Eyre Peninsula are invited to attend group fox baiting days to help them plan their fox control programs.

Fox bait distribution days

10 February 2016

Landholders on eastern Eyre Peninsula are invited to attend group fox baiting days to help them plan their fox control programs.

Controlling feral rabbits

09 February 2016

Natural Resources Officer Gemma Marshall explains how controlling feral rabbit numbers now, while they are at their lowest from food scarcity is the most effective time.

Free in the sea

21 January 2016

A series of free outdoor activities for families will be held on Lower Eyre Peninsula between 25 and 28 January as part of the Immerse Yourself in a Marine Park summer calendar of events. Holiday makers and locals are invited to register for a guided snorkel or reef ramble in Port Lincoln, Coffin Bay or Tumby Bay.

Sustainable agriculture groups funded

18 January 2016

Eight community and farming systems groups have received a total of $23,800 through Natural Resources Eyre Peninsula Sustainable Farming Systems Group Support small grants program.

Heat may affect ram fertility.

17 December 2015

Heat stress can be one factor that affects sperm production and viability if the rams cannot keep the testes cool during the eight weeks prior to joining as it takes seven to eight weeks to produce mature sperm and to reach maximum fertility, so any setbacks during this period can be disastrous.