Western Rivers Carer Mixes it with the Landcare Larrikins and Legends

Western Rivers Carer Mixes It With the Landcare Larrikins and Legends

Last week, the Queensland State Landcare Conference was held in Longreach. What a wonderful three days of discussion, workshops, networking and sharing! The topics covered during the conference ranged from caring for our soils (cracked soil is so desirable); improving grasses and pastures (kiss my grass); the value of adding Charcoal-Carbon to our enhance our soil (nature helping nature, it’s only natural); how rural Australia is perceived (think totally forgotten about, as evidenced by a Qld Tourism advertisement) and how our traditional owners are undertaking some cutting edge landcare and sustainability initiatives throughout the state (fabulous stuff happening in all areas by many giving people).

It was also pleasing to note that Minister Robertson (Minister for Natural Resources, Mines and Energy and Minster for Trade) announced that the draft Cooper’s Creek water resource plan and any future proposal to declare a Wild River over Cooper’s Creek will be released together, in order to ensure that both protective water /river management documents are consistent with each other. Consultation will occur simultaneously, so stakeholder feedback can be sought in relation to both documents, and all the information will be available together. By coupling these together, it will also communicate strongly to other states what Queensland’s unique vision is for this magnificent part of the Lake Eyre Basin.