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4what’s on 3rd SUNDAY OF EACH MONTH Wirrabara Producers’ Market The Wirrabara Producers Market showcases the produce of the Flinders Ranges. It is a genuine producers only market and items range from fresh and dried fruit and meats to superb olive oils and baked goods. When 3rd Sunday of each month Where High Street, Wirrabara Time 8:30am –12noon 21 SEPTEMBER Hart Field Day Come along and view the latest trials at the Hart Field Day. When 21 September Where Hart Field Site Who Hart Field Site Group Contact Sandy Kimber on 0427 423 154 or email admin@hartfieldsite.org.au 27 SEPTEMBER Northern and Yorke NRM Board Meeting You are invited to attend the monthly Board meeting of the Northern and Yorke Natural Resources Management Board. When Monday 27 September Where Conference Room 1, SA Water Building, Eyre Road, Crystal Brook Who Northern and Yorke NRM Board Contact 8636 2361 6 OCTOBER Lower North NRM Group Meeting Bi-monthly meeting of the Lower North NRM Group. When Wednesday 06 October Where Farrell Flat Who Northern and Yorke NRM Board Contact 8847 2544 9 OCTOBER Intertidal Monitoring Training and Monitoring Session Would you like to become a Reef Watch SA intertidal monitoring volunteer? When Training and monitoring session - Saturday 9 October, 8:00am, followed by a free sausage sizzle and display at 11:00am. Monitoring session - Sunday 10 October, 8:30am Where Little Emu Bay, Yorke Peninsula Who Reef Watch SA Contact To register email Carl Charter at: intertidal@conservationsa.org.au 15 - 17 OCTOBER SA Rural Women’s Gathering Help celebrate women’s achievements and diversity with interactive workshops and tours, inspirational guest speakers, delicious food and like-minded women. The gathering will be a weekend of fun, networking, education and socialising for women of all ages and backgrounds from regional and rural areas throughout Australia. Limited places available. When 15-17 October Who Remarkable Women Where Melrose, South Australia Contact For further information please email: Melissa.Koch@health.sa.gov.au 25 OCTOBER Northern and Yorke NRM Board Meeting You are invited to attend the monthly Board meeting of the Northern and Yorke Natural Resources Management Board. When Monday 25 October Where Conference Room 1, SA Water Building, Eyre Road, Crystal Brook Who Northern and Yorke NRM Board Contact 8636 2361 1 NOVEMBER Yorke Peninsula NRM Group Meeting Meeting of the Yorke Peninsula NRM Group. When Monday 01 November Where Kadina Who Northern and Yorke NRM Board Contact 8853 2795 9 NOVEMBER Upper North NRM Group Meeting Bi-monthly meeting of the Upper North NRM Group. When Tuesday 09 November Where Yongala Who Northern and Yorke NRM Board Contact 8658 1086 22 NOVEMBER Northern and Yorke NRM Board Meeting You are invited to attend the monthly Board meeting of the Northern and Yorke Natural Resources Management Board. When Monday 22 November Where Upper North Who Northern and Yorke NRM Board Contact 8636 2361 1 DECEMBER Lower North NRM Group Meeting Bi-monthly meeting of the Lower North NRM Group. When Wednesday 01 December Where Riverton Who Northern and Yorke NRM Board Contact 8847 2544 13 DECEMBER Northern and Yorke NRM Board Meeting You are invited to attend the next Board Meeting for the Northern and Yorke Natural Resources Management Board. When Monday 13 December Where Conference Room 1, SA Water Building, Eyre Road, Crystal Brook Who Northern and Yorke NRM Board Contact 8636 2361 COUNTRY SHOW DAYS 14 August Crystal Brook Show 21- 22 August Kadina Show 12 September Quorn Show 19 September Wilmington Show 25 September Balaklava Show 2 October Melrose Show 4 October Jamestown Show 9 October Burra Show 16 October Clare Show Board Xmas/New Year office closures The Northern and Yorke NRM Board offices will be closed over the Christmas and New Year period on the following dates: Monday 27 December 2010 Tuesday 28 December 2010 Monday 3 January 2010 For more information, please contact the Board on 8636 2361 or visit www.nynrm.sa.gov.au Proof our baiting signage works. This southern Yorke Peninsula bait station image was captured on remote infrared camera by Northern and Yorke NRM Board. GRANTS Caring for our Country Community Action Grants 2010-11 Community Action Grants are available to groups currently operating in the environmental and sustainable land management arena, and to established and emerging Indigenous organisations. The grants support local activities such as tree planting, revegetation, dune rehabilitation, field days, improving land management practices, and recording and use of traditional ecological knowledge. When Now Open. Applications close at 5pm (AEST) on 31 August 2010 Who Australian Government Contact http://www.nrm.gov.au/ or phone: 1800 552 008 FRRR Small Grants for Rural Communities The Small Grants for Rural Communities program benefits people in rural and remote communities. Not-for-profit organisations can apply for projects and activities that offer clear public benefit for communities living in small rural and remote locations in Australia, contributing to their development in social and community welfare, economic, environmental, health, education or cultural areas. When Apply Now. Closing date 30 Sep 2010 Who Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal Contact Visit www.frrr.org.au/programsDetail. asp?ProgramID=4 Government of South Australia Northern and Yorke Natural Resources Management Board HSI Marine Science Grants Humane Society International’s $7,000 grant in partnership with the Paddy Pallin Foundation Science Grants Program supports marine research. It provides financial support for conservation-based research of Australian marine ecosystems. The grant is open to postgraduate students and early career researchers (within three years of completing a PhD). When Now Open. Who Humane Society International Contact Robert Pallin from the Paddy Pallin Foundation on 0409 748 109 Re-tooling for Climate Change The Re-tooling for Climate Change program will help small and medium-sized Australian manufacturers reduce their environmental footprint, through projects that improve the energy and/or water efficiency of their production processes. Grants of between $10,000 and $500,000, up to a maximum of half of the cost of each project. The program runs for four years from 2008-09 to 2011-12. Applications may be submitted at any time and will be assessed on a regular basis by Innovation Australia. When Now Open. Who AusIndustry Contact AusIndustry hotline on 13 28 46 Yakka is a publication of the Northern and Yorke Natural Resources Management Board. It promotes awareness and uptake of natural resources management in the Northern and Yorke region of South Australia. Editorial Lance Campbell, Mary-Anne Young, Wendy Fowler, Trevor Gill Photography David Sloper, Tim Froling, Vanessa Size, Catherine Gasmier, Dragi Marcovic Design Stickybeak Productions Printing Cadillac Distribution Salmat and Australia Post Circulation 42.000 Acknowledgements The Board gratefully acknowledges the many individuals and organisations who have contributed photographic and editorial content to this publication. Disclaimer While every endeavour has been made to ensure accuracy in this publication, the Board takes no responsibility for any errors or omissions. Contributions: Please send your NRM stories and photos to the address below: Northern and Yorke Natural Resources Management Board Office 41– 49 Eyre Road, PO Box 175, Crystal Brook SA 5523 t 8636 2361 f 8636 2371 E board@nynrm.sa.gov.au Website nynrm.sa.gov.au 2 Northern and Yorke Natural Resources Management Board
4inside this issue 10 From the Presiding Member’s Desk 8 14 features 12 I will begin my first report for Yakka by thanking the outgoing presiding member Merv Lewis for his untiring efforts, over many years, for the betterment of natural resources in this region. I also thank Merv and Lynne for their generous, open and frank induction into the somewhat bewildering world of the Natural Resources Management Board, and the Board and wider community for welcoming me. The Board has been through a fairly torrid time while preparing the Natural Resources Management Plan for our region. Fortunately that task is completed and we now look to a phase of implementation and ongoing review. Our new challenge is the change which is occurring within the new Department of Environment and Natural Resources, and how this restructure will affect us within the regions. I have spent time in Adelaide with various departmental heads, and have been assured that adequate consultation will take place so that we are well informed prior to any legislative change. One opportunity may be for a streamlining of some of our more onerous reporting procedures, and I’m sure we would all welcome that. We are looking forward to the launch of the region’s coastal gardens and coastal planting guide in October by Minister Caica. Much hard work has gone into these projects and all concerned are to be commended for their efforts. The Board has been invited to send a representative to the State Mouse Working Group and we will be participating in that enquiry. It seems that all the advantages to our soil from no-till farming have proven to be an equal advantage to mice, so we will need to adapt and prepare for the next plague whenever that may happen. there has been some damage in the Northern and Yorke region, we have been far more fortunate than the people of Eyre Peninsula. I also attended the Presiding Members’ Forum in Adelaide, and learned more about the issues which are common across all of South Australia. In the meantime I am trying to visit each of the Board’s NRM Groups in our region and attend as many community functions as possible. I believe there are many unsung heroes who contribute in all sorts of ways to the improvement of our sustainable resource management, and I am hoping to meet many of them during my term of office. Once again thank you to everyone who has welcomed and assisted me thus far. Caroline Schaefer 20 Cover photo Point Pearce community member Uncle Tinto is taking part in Northern and Yorke NRM Boardfunded programs to restore degraded country. “We have to help the country get back to the healthy way it was,” he says. “If we don’t, future generations will miss out on the comings and goings of the natural world.” (Story page 20.) Photo: Dragi Markovic 8Heaps better Two-pronged fox control is giving our Mallee fowl a fair go 10 Locust knowledge Locals have learnt from the last time the pests came to plague. 12 Sky juice Fruit farmers are making the most of what falls to earth 14 Treasured island Labours of love in a majestic setting 16 Fighting for our hives A bloodsucker threatens our pollenated crops 18 Climate action We must get moving on global warming 20 Aboriginal land care Aligning the old and new 18 regulars 2 | What’s on 4 | All aboard 5 | Acting local 6 | Ground work 22 | Biodiversity 23 | Pest control 24 | On the land 25 | Coast lines 26 | Board talk 28 | Many hands 16
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