The Wallatin Wildlife and Landcare Inc applied to Wheatbelt NRM for a Small Community Grant in 2012 in order to put together twelve sensor camera packs to record wildlife movements throughout the region.

The Ngungali Aboriginal Corporation of York applied to Wheatbelt NRM for a Small Community Grant in 2012 for their “River Guardians” project.

In 2011 an area of Salmon Gum woodland in Quairading Nature Reserve was found to be infested with slender ice plant, a succulent, annual herb that creates a mini saline environment around itself.

The Greening Challenge by Men of the Trees involved the planting of 35,000 seedlings in the East Beverley region of the Wheatbelt.

James Stokes has a property in Cunderdin adjacent to the Mortlock River, in an area where there are salinity issues.

The Walbrininy Ngulla Aboriginal Corporation applied to Wheatbelt NRM in 2012 for Small Community Grant in order to identify birds and mammals in need, provide nesting boxes for wildlife, identify and survey bush tucker and medicinal plants in and around Deep Pool Reserve, and revegetate the area.

Morbinning Hall Reserve is a 31 Ha reserve located within the Shire of Beverley, where there is less than 4% of remnant vegetation.

The Shire of Quairading and the local Noongar community were keen to enhance the natural environment and visitor Precinct within “The Groves” in Quairading Nature Reserve, so they applied to Wheatbelt NRM in 2012 for a Small Community Grant.

Each year we pick a theme unique to our special corner of the world, and this year we wanted to highlight an often overlooked but crucial link in our ecosystem: the noble Tree

This Annual Report presents Wheatbelt NRM’s key achievements, initiatives, and financial results for the 2022–2023 financial year.

The Hambly family purchased their property in 2005 and had no experience with oil mallee planting prior to that time.

Bob Huxley comes from a family that has been farming at Gabbin in the eastern central Wheatbelt since 1922

Increasing salinity, wind erosion and chemical drift were all issues facing this Lake Bryde farm.

Tom and Donna Henning have long had an interest in tree crops – both for the benefits trees bring to the land and for the long term commercial potential.

Kit Leake and his family are primarily wheat farmers and have been involved in farming for four generations.

If you have unproductive land, chances are Brookton farmer Andrew Pike knows what to do with it.

Mario Varone and his family started farming in SE Hyden in 1957.

Mario Varone and his family started farming in SE Hyden in 1957.

Both families are members of the Facey Group, which is the regional farmer run group working on research, information sharing, trials and experimentation aimed at improving farm practices to keep farms healthy and profitable and the region sustainable into the future.

The opportunity for farmers in marginal areas to include perennials in their production systems is brightening, with new plant species belonging to the genus Rhagodia being trialled for their suitability as alternative perennial fodder shrubs in the lower rainfall agricultural regions of WA.