Supporting the Moore River Catchment Area

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Farmer ploughs wheat crop for elite saltbush trial

Farmer ploughs wheat crop for elite saltbush trial

Aaron Edmond of Calingiri is one of three farmers helping CSIRO to trial elite Oldman saltbush in the paddock and offered a corner of wheat crop to plant the 1,000 seedlings. The Moore Catchment Council (MCC) obtained funding through the Northern Agricultural Catchments Council’s (NACC) Caring For Our Country (CFOC) devolved wind erosion grant scheme and CFOC’s Community Action Grants scheme to carry out the project. In partnership with the Moora-Miling Pasture Improvement
Group (MMPIG), three different project sites were chosen at Miling, Namban and Calingiri to ensure widespread testing of the shrubs.

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Futures Workshop Monday 21st May 2012

Futures Workshop Monday 21st May 2012

Moore Catchment Council engaged Carmel Ross Consulting to conduct a workshop in May 2012 to identify the future direction of the Moore Catchment Council:

Executive Summary:

The workshop held in Moora on May 21st 2012 brought together community and government representatives with an interest in the work of the Moore Catchment Council. Presentations included an overview of the Moore River and its Catchments; the history of the Moore Catchment Council; and grants received and projects completed by the MCC. Discussions were held to draw out the major issues from each of these presentations, as well as to identify values, possible commercial undertakings, governance and future points of focus for the MCC. Continued……..

Report from workshop

Appendices

  1. Business Plan Objectives 2010
  2. List of participants
  3. Presentation slides – Rachel Walmsley – Overview of the Moore River and its Catchment
  4. Presentation slides – Duncan Peter – History of the Moore Catchment Council
  5. Presentation slides – Helen Watkins – Grants and Projects of the Moore Catchment Council
  6. Record of grants received – Helen Watkins
  7. Presentation Slides, all sessions – Carmel Ross
  8. Group Input Slides, all sessions
  9. General information on West Midlands Group and Chittering Landcare Centre

Facts about MCC

Bird Workshop in Guilderton

Bird Workshop in Guilderton

Twitchers and non-twitchers alike attended the Wonderful World of Shorebirds and Carnaby’s Black Cockatoo workshop in Guilderton on 29th April. The day was funded by the Northern Agricultural Catchments Council’s (NACC) coastal devolved grant scheme and was organised by
the Moore Catchment Council (MCC), Guilderton Community Association (GCA) and Birdlife Australia.

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Guilderton community cleans up beach and estuary

A good number of community volunteers turned out for a beach and estuary rubbish pick up in Guilderton on the 12th October which ran in conjunction with Tangaroa Blue’s state wide annual clean up event. Tangaroa Blue aims to improve the health of the marine environment of WA through monitoring marine debris and education events. A big part of this annual clean-up is not only to rid the beach of rubbish, but also to audit the waste collected to feed into Tangaroa Blue’s database so to
highlight types of rubbish discarded.

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New Committee at AGM

New Committee at AGM

Farewells and new appointments occurred at the Moore Catchment Council AGM held on the 30th September.

Geoff Erickson stepped down as long-time Chairman and was replaced by Reg Beale from Gingin. Cynthia McMorran also stepped down as Treasurer and was replaced by Lawrie Short. Cynthia, who has decided to leave the committee completely to concentrate on new ventures, has been an active member of the Moore Catchment Council since its conception in the early 1990’s and will be sorely missed. Barry Johnson a long serving member and past Vice Chair of the committee has also retired from his position.

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State favours MCC NRM project:

State favours MCC NRM project:

The Moore Catchment Council are celebrating once again with the recent announcement of the state NRM funding favouring one of their projects.

The $5 million on offer was highly contested attracting 177 submissions, with the MCCs ‘Recovery and Protection of the Moore River Catchment’s Threatened Natural Assets’ being one of 51 successful applications.  The project was awarded $199,800 to help aid and encourage land managers in the Moore river catchment (which stretches from Perenjori to Gingin) to protect and recover riparian zones as well as protect threatened important native vegetation. Rachel Walmsley of the MCC who wrote the application says ‘everyone at MCC is thrilled that we have received this funding. The iconic Moore river is a natural, social and economic asset that needs managing in ways which will protect it from continued stock damage, salinity and degradation so that it can be enjoyed by everyone for many years to come.’ More news regarding this project and incentives on offer will follow. Further information, please phone the MCC on 9653 1355.