Riverina Quarterly Highlights
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Riverina Local Land Services Quarterly highlights IN THE LAST Quarter Four April to June 2021 3 MONTHS The TRAVELLINGteam STOCK has delivered.... PRIMARY PRODUCTION RESERVES Snapshots 10 capacity building or 51 PERMITS ISSUED training events 294 participants at events HIGHLIGHTS A cultural burn was held on Top Extensive weed control on targeted Gobarralong TSR, the first at this TSRs addressing priority weed site since European contact. Fifteen species. Weeds controlled included participants from Brungle Tumut EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT Boxthorn, Blackberries, Horehound, Local Aboriginal Land Council Silver leaf Nightshade, Pinrush 113 staff attended the Operation and Bathurst Burr through a and the First Nations community Yarri exercise in Wagga Wagga combination of contractors and LLS participated in the burn to heal Field staff. Country, protect an endangered 1 emergency management training woodland and rebuild skills. exercise 2,679 1,323 7 ABORIGINAL ENGAGEMENT HEAD OF HEAD OF HORSES CATTLE SHEEP Beef cattle and sheep producers 7 projects undertaken to joined us for three Pastures in protect Aboriginal cultural Practice webinars and three heritage paddock walks in May and June. The series covered pasture HIGHLIGHTS production and management, PEST ANIMALS and included presentations by Magic of Wiradjuri guest speaker Basil Doonan Country photo BAITS ISSUED (Pinion Advisory). competition winners and runner ups awarded. Cultural burn held on 10,647 25,206 5,238 Gobbarralong TSR with baits baits KG Thanks to landholders over Brungle-Tumut Local Rankins Springs/Lake Brewster Aboriginal Lands Council. 738,898 ha OF PEST ANIMAL CONTROL & Tabbita for support for recent pest control work. HIGHLIGHTS This project reduced vertebrate pests in the landscape to limit NATURAL RESOURCE Aerial cull over 265 holdings in Lake Brewster & Rankins Springs area. 1,129 their damage to farms, the MANAGEMENT priority pest species removed. landscape and threatened Autumn wild dog baiting saw deployment species. 8,401 ha of native veg of 9,885 meat baits on public and private established or protected land. The Western Riverina Pest Project removed 1,212 ha protected for 726 pests through a trial of thermal assisted COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PEST PLANTS significant species aerial culling technology. HIGHLIGHTS ORGANISED Commenced 3 capacity building/training events: CUSTOMER SERVICE consultation 7 on Riverina TSR Aerial cull of feral animals over • Riverina Regional Weeds Committee EVENTS grazing pilot meeting/Corbie Hill field trip 4,700 ha of Malleefowl habitat at proposal 8.8/10 Completed • Staff attended Riverina Field Days Rankins Springs - 70 pigs removed + 83 488 from two properties with active 4,158 14,155 • workshop - weeds and the Net FOLLOWERS Malleefowl populations. FACEBOOK Biosecurity Act promoter ON FACEBOOK REACH Customer score experience Land 15 Local Government partnerships LAND/NATIVE VEGETATION score transfers MANAGEMENT 5 new incursions of priority weed species managed GET INVOLVED 32 PROPERTY VISITS NOW FERAL FIGHTERS PROGRAM OPEN ANIMAL BIOSECURITY & 62 LANDHOLDER ENQUIRIES NOW PLAINS WANDERER PROGRAM OPEN (TARGETED) WELFARE 7 CERTIFICATES ISSUED SOON NATURAL RESOURCE AND THREATENED SPECIES INCENTIVES 21-23 SEP HENTY FIELD DAYS JOIN OUR MAILING LIST NOTIFICATIONS 8 WWW.BIT.LY/RLLSNEWS 109 investigations for PROCESSED FIND OUT MORE AT WWW.LLS.NSW.GOV.AU/RIVERINA animal disease incursions HAY GRIFFITH NARRANDERA TEMORA YOUNG COOTAMUNDRA * GUNDAGAI TUMUT HENTY WAGGA 56 Lachlan Street 200 Murray Road 8 Bolton Street FarmLink Research 93-93a Main St 87 Cooper Street 87 Sheridan Street 64 Fitzroy Street 27 Sladen Street Building 24 PO Box 21 Hanwood NSW 2680 PO Box 11 361 Trungley Hall PO Box 46 PO Box 189 PO Box 21 PO Box 3 PO Box 55 Darnell Smith Dr Hay NSW 2711 PO Box 1087 Narrandera NSW 2700 Road Young NSW 2594 Cootamundra NSW 2590 Gundagai NSW 2722 Tumut NSW 2720 Henty NSW 2658 CSU P 02 6990 1300 Griffith NSW 2680 P 02 6958 1800 Temora NSW 2666 P (02) 6381 4700 P 02 6940 294 P 02 6940 6900 P 02 6941 1400 P 02 6929 3555 Wagga NSW @RiverinaLLS P 02 6960 1300 2650 P 02 6923 6300.