Earth weir and level sill 10 days
after 100mm of rain.
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Small-scale, low-cost gully
remediation measures installed at
the Mt Pleasant Learning Hub on Mt
Pleasant station, near Bowen, are
doing what they were designed to do
after heavy rain…. hold water in the
landscape.
These interventions, also known
as landscape rehydration, and
Stage 3: the completed log and rock weir.
engineered by The Mulloon Institute,
aim to restore landscape function
by increasing rainfall infiltration
and improving water tables. When
combined with good grazing
management aimed at improving soil
health and pasture cover, the results
can be stunning. Expected increases
in ground cover and productive
pastures are also key to maintaining
land and gully condition.
This approach is based on the natural
sequence farming ideas of prominent
agriculturalist Peter Andrews. These
four images (one of four weirs that
were installed) tell the story from start
to finish
Stage 4: The result 10 days after 100mm of rain.
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