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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
  • Whats On?
    • Feral Trapping Workshop with Gavern House of Alpha Pest Animals Solutions
    • Wilson Inlet Growers Group with Di Haggerty on Natural Intelligence Farming
    • 2022 Community Planting Days
    • Report A Pig
  • WICC News
    • Newsletter Signup
  • About
    • Contact Us
    • our committee
    • Membership form
    • 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 >
      • 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
    • 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
    • Sustainable Agriculture >
      • Dung Beetles
      • Interviews with local farmers
    • Waterways >
      • Wilson Inlet Estuary Sandbar Openings
    • our data