A report outlining public feedback and recommendations from the Eyre Peninsula Natural Resources Management Board’s (the Board) Draft Business Plan 2016-19, which included a proposed NRM levy changes for Eyre Peninsula, was given to the Board on Tuesday 23 February, 2016.
Sheep producers on the Eyre Peninsula can see the latest technology and equipment available for livestock enterprises in the one venue, at the SheepConnect SA Sheep Technology Day at Wudinna this month.
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.
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.
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.
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.