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May 12, 2017 by

Pest Plants and Animals Management

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Weed management is an ongoing challenge across the Goulburn Broken region.  Weeds reduce farm and forest productivity, they invade crops, smother pastures and in some cases (such as with Chilean Needle Grass) can harm livestock.  They aggressively compete for water, nutrients and sunlight, resulting in reduced crop yield and poor crop quality.

Weeds are one of the major threats to Australia's natural environment.  Major weed invasions change the natural diversity and balance of ecological communities.  These changes threaten the survival of many plants and animals because the weeds compete with native plants for space, nutrients and sunlight.

Now is a great time to prioritise weed management on your property.  The following priorities will assist you in determining what weeds to target first.

Priority One Treat all known infestations of Regionally Prohibited Weeds.

Priority Two Treat Regionally Controlled Weeds considered to be a priority in the Shire - Blackberry, Gorse, Cape Broom, Prairie Ground Cherry, Silver-leaf Nightshade, St. John's Wort, Sweet Briar. Treat known infestations of rabbits ( Established Pest Animals).

Priority Three Treat Regionally Restricted weeds considered to be a priority in the Shire - Chilean Needle-grass, Bridal Creeper.

Priority Four Treat infestations of lower priority Regionally Controlled Weeds where they pose a threat to environmental values or adjacent clean agricultural land.  Species may include Paterson's curse, Spear thistle, Bathurst burr, Horehound, etc.

To find out what weeds are State and Regionally Prohibited, Regionally Controlled and Regionally Restricted, the following guides can be used:

Declared Noxious Weeds by Common Name

Field Guide to Terrestrial and Aquatic Weeds

 

Additional Resources:

CRC Weed Management Technical Series: http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/64168/20070119-0000/www.weeds.crc.org.au/publications/technical_series.html

Weeds and Rabbits project

Pest Animals

Pest animals are an ongoing challenge for landholders across the Gecko CLaN region.  Extensive information is available on the Agriculture Victoria website.  A link to the website can be found here.

Information regarding culling of pest animals on private land can be obtained from the Benalla Government Offices at 89 Sydney Rd, Benalla VIC 3672.   Further information is also available from Senior Compliance officer (Wildlife), Leigh Murray  on Phone: 57 238 672 or Email: [email protected]

Within the Gecko CLaN the Granite Creeks Project , a collective of six local Landcare Groups, have worked on programs to control rabbits in their area.  Further information about this project including presentations and video links to coverage on ABC Landline can be found here.

FAQ on rabbit RHDV1 (calicivirus) K5 release here: RHDV1 K5 FAQ

The Gecko CLaN has also ran a number of field days on managing pest animals.  Links to information about these days can be found in the Gecko CLaN website Archive, or by contacting Landcare Project Officer Kerri Robson on (03) 5763 2465.

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