Kamarooka Site

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Kamarooka Site

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• Darren Bain
• NUFG Project Manager

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Acknowledgements

• Federal Government (Department of Agriculture
  Forestry Fisheries)
• Hay family
• Department of Primary Industries
• North Central CMA
• Phil Dyson, Phil Dyson Associates
• East Loddon School
• Members of NUFG

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Aims

• Increase productive capacity, biodiversity
  amenity of saline land
• Increase biodiversity - ecosystems more tolerant
  of salinity
• Establish farm production profitability from
  degraded land
• Integrate farm forestry into cropping/grazing
  enterprises in salt prone lands

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Site Preparation

• Soil sampling - establish opportunities for plant
  growth
• Establish bore network - to monitor water tables
  beneath treatments
• Deep ripping - for saltbush/tree establishment
• Building soil fertility/structure - through
  applications of manure and gypsum
• Weed control - to avoid competition

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Species

• Farm forestry

• Eucalypts
• Sugar Gum
• Flat-top Yate

• Acacias
• Willow Wattle
• Eumong

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Species

• Saltbush

• Oldman Saltbush
• Ruby Saltbush
• Bladder Saltbush
• Nitre Goosefoot
• Hedge Saltbush

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Species

• Grasses
• Wallaby Grass
• Red Grass

• Direct seeding
• Gold-dust wattle
• Golden Wattle
• Wirilda
• Wallowa

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Site Map
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Time Line 2004

• August Weed control
• August Earth mite control
• August Direct seeding of grasses and saltbush
• August Pest animal control
• Aug-Sep Tree planting direct seeding of
  Saltbush and Acacias
• September Fencing
• November Weed monitoring
• Monthly bore monitoring

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Time Line 2005 Beyond

• Photo points taken annually
• Jan monitor for weeds
• March monitor for pest animals
• Monitor trees for pests
• Tree pruning as required
• Site visits