grazing land management

Project Title	Grazing Land Management
Partners	DEEDI (Northern beef team), Gulf Savannah development
Funding	Qld Government Q2 Coasts and Country program, National Landcare Facilitator initiative
Description	This program provides extensive grazing land managers with improved knowledge, planning, implementation, monitoring tools and skills that develop best practice grazing land management (including weed and pest animal management, riparian rehabilitation, erosion control and fire management). This will lead to increased productivity, sustainability and delivery of ecosystem services (to the whole community), resulting in improved condition (productive and natural) of grazed savannah landscapes and protection and rehabilitation of threatened ecosystems (eg Einasleigh Uplands) and species and savannah landscapes. The specific objectives of the project are to: Engage new particpants in the SavannaPLan program Establish and maintain monitoring sites to record land condition over time Extension services for grazing land management and land condition recovery Ongoing planning and implementation on post-SavannaPlan properties with topics including fencing and water for wet season spelling systems to improve resource condition; improved herd management to raise production efficiencies; implementing rangeland monitoring systems and stocking rate adjustments. Engagement of rural women with focus on building leadershhip and management skills.
Commenced	1st July, 2008
Due for Completion	30th June, 2013