Unique co-operative landcare venture in the Avon catchment

Authors

Darrel Brewin
John Collett

Keywords

Soil conservation, Watersheds, Program development, Western Australia, Avon Valley region (W.A.), Northam

Disciplines

Hydrology | Interpersonal and Small Group Communication | Natural Resources and Conservation | Soil Science | Water Resource Management

First Page Number

150

Last Page Number

154

ISSN

0021-8618

Abstract

The Avon catchment is bustling with landcare activity generated by a unique co-operative venture between farmers, the Department of Agriculture, the National Soil Conservation Program and Alcoa of Australia Ltd. The Avon Catchment Landcare Program was initiated by the Department of Agriculture and Alcoa, in support of the national Decade ofLandcare. The program provides financial, human and technical resources to undertake catchment and farm planning and demonstrations of rehabilitation techniques that tackle soil and water degradation problems. We know that without specially planned landcare programs and substantial changes in land management, land degradation will continue and further losses of agricultural production will follow

Recommended Citation

Brewin, Darrel and Collett, John (1991) "Unique co-operative landcare venture in the Avon catchment," Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4: Vol. 32: No. 4, Article 10.
Available at: https://library.dpird.wa.gov.au/journal_agriculture4/vol32/iss4/10