Free On-Ground Assistance to Help Landholders Control African Lovegrass
Landholders in the Murraylands and South Australian Mallee are being encouraged to join the African Lovegrass program and help control infestations of this invasive weed on their properties.
The program is being delivered by Department of Primary Industries and Regions (PIRSA) in partnership with the Murraylands and Riverland Landscape Board to reduce the impact and spread of this highly invasive grass to the agricultural industry and our environment.
Murraylands and Riverland Landscape Board District Manager Casey Henderson encouraged eligible landholders with suspected African lovegrass outbreaks to register to participate in the program.
“We had 61 landholders sign up to the 2023-24 program and now that we’ve expanded our targeted area, we’re hoping to get more on board this year” Casey said.
“African lovegrass is a hard-to-control weed so we encourage all landholders in the area with an incursion to take advantage of this initiative. As with all weeds, control works best if we can coordinate neighbouring landholders, so you’re encouraged to talk to surrounding landholders and get them on board too”.
Landholders in the Murraylands and Riverland are required to control African lovegrass incursions in line with the Landscape South Australia Act 2019.
“Participating in this free initiative will help landholders meet their obligations to control the declared weed on their property”.
Landholders in the hundreds of Allenby, Angus, Bakara, Bandon, Bews, Bonney, Bowhill, Burdett, Carcuma, Chesson, Coolinong, Cotton, Day, Ettrick, Finniss, Forster, Hooper, Malcolm, Mantung, Marmon Jabuk, McPherson, Mindarie, Molineux, Nildottie, Parilla, Peake, Pinnaroo, Price, Quirke, Ridley, Roby, Seymour, Sherlock, Vincent, Wilson and Younghusband are eligible to apply to participate in the initiative.
Participating landholders are required to provide access to landscape board staff and contractors, monitor treated incursions and undertake follow-up activities to ensure control works are successful.
Eligible landholders can register here or call Russell Norman on 0427 095 313. Funding is limited, and participation is available on a first-come-first-served basis. Registrations close on 8 November 2024.
Two workshops to provide additional African lovegrass support
Two free workshops will be hosted on Wednesday 23 October at Tailem Bend and Wednesday 30 October at Lameroo to help landholders learn more about control methods for African lovegrass.
More information about the program and workshops, including registrations go to our events page.
This program is funded by the Commonwealth Government and State Government through the Priority Weeds, Cropping and Pasture Weeds Program.
