Environment on workshop agenda
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Greening Australia is presenting its second annual Landscape Restoration Workshop for pastoralists, traditional owners, local and State Government, resource companies and environmental groups at Ethel Creek Station next week.
The two-day event follows on from the hugely successful 2015 workshop held at Yarrie Station, where a range of experts presented on a variety of topics and gave practical on-ground demonstrations.
Greening Australia Community Projects co-ordinator Pip Short said this year’s workshop had an impressive line-up of speakers sharing their expertise, including local pastoralists Jim Purvis and Barry Gratte.
“Another producer on the agenda is Craig Forsyth, an innovative southern cattle farmer, who will be presenting on adjusting stocking rates to suit seasonal conditions, productive stock-handling methods, spell-grazing, supply chains and the economics on various different business models,” she said.
“Long-standing senior Pilbara botanist, Andrew Mitchell, will also share his expansive knowledge of local pasture grasses and shrubs: their benefits and purpose in the Pilbara landscape.
“Brad Rowe, founding director of Aboriginal Biodiversity Conservation Foundation, alongside two respected law elders from where Ethel Creek station country stands, will also share talks on fire in grasslands and Spinifex country for biodiversity enrichment and remedial purposes.
“It should be another great few days in the Pilbara.”
The workshop will be held on April 28-29 and costs $100 to attend.
For more information about the details of the workshop and a full list of speakers, please contact Ms Shorton pshort@greeningaustralia.org.au.
The workshop is supported by Greening Australia’s principal partner BHP Billiton, the Pilbara Development Commission, Pilbara Corridors and the Shire of East Pilbara.
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