Wilson Inlet Catchment Committee
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Landcare
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Excess nutrients can run off of agricultural lands and enter our creeks and rivers.  These excess nutrients eventually find their way into our fragile estuaries where they can disrupt the natural nutrient cycle, resulting in an abundance of algae and plant material such as the sea grass rupia megacarpa.  Due to the fact that only certain flora and fauna can tolerate these excess nutrients, that naturally occurring flora and fauna are not allowed to maintain their biodiversity.

At WICC we work to minimise nutrients added to our catchment and invest in programs which serve to remove excess nutrients before they can enter our waterways.  By assisting farmers to carry out soil testing, soil amelioration and assisting with fertiliser choices and application we can minimise nutrients in our catchment and maximise farmers' profits.  We also implement programs to minimise nutrient export into our waterways by funding native vegetation rehabilitation programs which act as a nutrient strip because the vegetation utilises much of the excess nutrients before they can run into our waterways. 

Some landcare programs we are currently engaged in are soil acidity trials through lime applications, whole farm nutrient mapping and dung beetle trials.
  • Home
  • WICC News
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  • WHATS ON?
    • Rotational Grazing Training 2023
    • EOI in Cockatoo Protection 2023
    • Report A Pig
  • About
    • Contact Us
    • Meet the Team!
    • Membership form
    • OKGG membership sign-up
    • our catchment
    • our plans >
      • Lindesay Link Conservation Action Plan
      • Wallaby-Report
      • WICC Proteacea Vegetation Survey 2016
      • WICC Strategic Plan 2020 - 30
      • Wilson Inlet Management Strategy
    • Current Projects >
      • Healthy Estuaries WA
      • UPtake
      • Ferals
      • Waste to Net Zero (Biochar Program)
      • Soilwise
      • Dung Beetles
      • WIGG the Wilson Inlet Grower Group
      • OKGG Owingup/Kent Grower Group
      • Regional Landcare Partnership
      • Previous Projects
    • Privacy Policy
  • Opportunities
    • New voucher program to help farmers seize carbon opportunities
    • Fencing
    • Revegetation
  • Donate
    • Eungedup Wetlands >
      • Why Eungedup Wetlands needs to be preserved!
      • How your donation will be used
      • How Eungedup Wetlands will be managed
      • Our Donors
    • Biodiversity Initiative
    • Waterways Initiative
    • Sustainable Agriculture Initiative
  • Learning Centre
    • Biodiversity >
      • Weeds
      • Feral Management
      • Seagrass Report
      • Flora Surveys
      • Interview with Elders >
        • Interview with Elder Vernice Gillies
        • Elder Lynette Knapp
        • Interview with Dr Wayne Webb
        • Interview with Aunty Carol Petterson
        • Interview with Uncle Lester Coyne
        • Interview with Menang Elder Aden Eades
    • Waterways >
      • Wilson Inlet Estuary Sandbar Openings
      • Sub catchment reports for Wilson Inlet
    • Sustainable Agriculture >
      • Cartoon Collection - Earls Adventures >
        • Managing water in a drying climate
        • Feral Management OKGG
        • Arum Lilies
      • Collection of Dougie the dung beetle cartoons >
        • Rotational Grazing
        • Stock Health
        • Pasture Diversity
        • Soil Chemistry/Nutrient Efficiency
        • Soil Carbon
        • Soil Biology
      • Interviews with local farmers
    • our data