Tender for the Programme - South West Catchments Council

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South West Regional NRM Strategy – Ancillary Document
This is one of the reports prepared by DAFWA, commissioned by SWCC to set resource condition targets for land salinity and
native vegetation in the portion of the SW NRM Region with less than 600 mm mean annual rainfall. The following resource
condition targets were set:
Salinity contained to 15 per cent of the catchment in 2028.
Maintain water quality in Lake Towerrinning < 1200 mS/m during winter.
Increase productive use from salt-affected land with no net loss in profitability.
Capercup Nature Reserve stabilised and area affected by salinity to increase by no more than an additional 10 per cent
(currently 30-40 per cent affected).
van Wyk, L and P Raper 2008e Setting targets for resource condition in Narrakine Gully and Highbury
catchments. Department of Food and Agriculture, South Perth, WA. Resource Management Techn.
Rep 336: 34pp.
This is one of the reports prepared by DAFWA, commissioned by SWCC to set resource condition targets for land salinity and
native vegetation in the portion of the SW NRM Region with less than 600 mm mean annual rainfall. The following resource
condition targets for Narrakine Gully were set as:
Contain salinity coverage across the catchment to 8 per cent of the catchment area with no net loss of production by 2028.
Those for Highbury were set as:
Contain salinity coverage across the catchment to 15 per cent of the catchment area with no net loss of production by 2028.
Increase productivity from currently affected land.
van Wyk, L and P Raper 2008f Setting targets for resource condition in Date Creek catchment.
Department of Food and Agriculture, South Perth, WA. Resource Management Techn. Rep 333: 31pp.
This is one of the reports prepared by DAFWA, commissioned by SWCC to set resource condition targets for land salinity and
native vegetation in the portion of the SW NRM Region with less than 600 mm mean annual rainfall. The following resource
condition targets were set as:
Salinity contained to 10% of the catchment in 2028.
Increase productivity from salt-affected land.
Recover condition of remnant vegetation stands.
Vitule, JRS, CA Freire and D Simberloff 2009 Introduction of non-native freshwater fish can certainly be
bad. Fish and Fisheries 10: 98–108. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-2979.2008.00312.x
In this paper, we respond to Gozlan’s views of the introduction of freshwater fish, as we strongly disagree with his view and
approach. We demonstrate that many real-world examples of freshwater fish introductions have catastrophic ecological
consequences. We detail a few noteworthy examples, such as those of the Nile perch, carp, tilapias, catfishes, and the zebra
mussel. We discuss within-nation introductions, and we explore several related problems, such as hybridization and spread of
pathogens and parasites. We propose that Gozlan’s analysis is biased, as more reliable data on impacts that are already
widespread are urgently needed, mainly in the biologically richest areas of the world. Thus, we continue to advocate the
precautionary principle, because species introductions, once established, are largely irreversible.
WCC 2011 Warren Catchments Council Strategic Plan 2011-2015. Warren Catchments Council,
Manjimup, WA. 24 pp.
Key strategy produced by one of six sub-regional catchment management groups, listing key assets, threats and priority actions
to address these. Specific identified assets are discussed under the headings waterways, water resources, productive land,
lakes & wetlands, coast, marine, biodiversity, forests, recreation/tourism and culture.
Wernberg, T, BD Russell, MS Thomsen, CFD Gurgel, CJA Bradshaw, ES Poloczanska and SD Connell
2011 Seaweed Communities in Retreat from Ocean Warming. Current Biology 21(21):1828-1832
In recent decades, global climate change has caused profound biological changes – these have been well documented through
long-term studies on land, but similar direct evidence for impacts of warming is virtually absent from the oceans. This is
important for biological conservation as the marine environment plays a critical role in regulating the Earth's environmental and
ecological functions, as well as the associated socioeconomic well-being of humans. This paper reports on a database of
>20,000 herbarium records of macroalgae collected in Australia since the 1940s to document changes in communities and
geographical distribution limits in both the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It shows that continued warming may drive species
beyond the edge of the Australian continent so that the potential for global extinctions is profound as many seaweeds and
seaweed-dependent marine organisms are endemic. Available on http://www.cell.com/currentbiology/retrieve/pii/S096098221101030X.
Zeckoski, R, B Benham, C Lunsford 2007 Streamside livestock exclusion: A tool for increasing farm
income and improving water quality. Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Petersburg, USA. Virginia
Cooperative Extension Report VCE 442-766: 20 pp.
A very useful report. Documents firstly a literature review that compiles data related to restricted livestock stream access;
including production, herd health, economic, and water quality benefits. The review provided info on both complete livestock
exclusion and partial restriction through the use of off-stream waterers to lure cattle from the stream. Secondly, report
documents results of interviews with 20 producers who had restricted livestock stream access on their farms. During the
interviews, producers provided information related to their positive as well as some negative experiences with livestock
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