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although it represents the
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breakfast plate... or wherever you
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How it works
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THE DIRT on a PC mouse-wheel will allow
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Landholders Driving Change
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Combining grazier knowledge with science and technical expertise
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THE DIRT
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ENGAGEMENT
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REMEDIATION
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Working with landholders, delivering
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risk-based, transferrable solutions for
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Delivering flexible and tailored
extension, education, training,
technical support and incentives
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using a combination of peer
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ISSUE 1, April, 2018 | P43
nitial gully remediation efforts on a grazing
property is already paying dividends for a
Collinsville landholder.
Shane Watts, of Sonoma Station, had barely
E 1, finished
April, 2018
constructing four diversion banks on
a 110 hectare catchment hotspot, when the
heavens opened and dumped 150 ml of rain on
the site in early March.
The banks did their job - 100 per cent of the
water stayed on Mr Watts’ property.
“No water was lost,” he said.
Facilitate opportunities and improve
dialogue between landholders
1, April, 2018 | P7
and policy ISSUE
makers.
Engaging effectively with non-agricultural
land managers and building
community-wide understanding and
commuitment to improving
water quality.
“The banks were a success thanks to good
planning and technical assistance.”
“Water was held up by the structures, and
overflow water was returned into the landscape
by way of spreaders at each end of the banks.
“Prior to the banks, runoff would see sediment
suspended in the water and leave the property,
go out onto the main road, run into Pelican Creek
which eventually runs into the Burdekin River,
then out to the Great Barrier Reef lagoon.
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