Annual pastoral land condition report 2006 / 2007 financial year

Authors

Sandra van Vreeswyk, Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia
Philip Thomas, Department of Agriculture and Food, Western AustraliaFollow

Publication Date

2-2008

Publisher

Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia

City

Perth

Abstract

The Department of Agriculture and Food provides services to the Pastoral Lands Board under a Memorandum of Understanding, and is required to provide an annual report to the Board on the overall land condition on pastoral leases throughout the rangelands of Western Australia. This report presents information for the 2006/2007 financial year. The report also satisfies the Commissioner of Soil and Land Conservation’s obligation to provide the Pastoral Lands Board with a report on the current condition of land under pastoral leases in the State.

The report provides background information on pastoral leases, seasonal conditions and economic conditions, and then presents pastoral land condition information from the Western Australian Rangeland Monitoring System (WARMS), rangeland resource surveys, and the pastoral lease inspection program.

This report refers to the northern rangeland region comprised of the East Kimberley (Kununurra Office), West Kimberley (Derby Office) and Pilbara (Karratha Office) pastoral districts, and the southern rangelands comprised of the Gascoyne-Murchison (Carnarvon Office) and Goldfields-Nullarbor (Kalgoorlie Office) pastoral districts. Figure 1 shows the location of the pastoral districts. This differs from previous reports due to the realignment of stations previously associated with the Meekatharra district office, which was closed in January 2007.

Number of Pages

43

Keywords

rangelands, condition monitoring, pastoral lands board, Commissioner of Soil and Land, postoral leases, Western Australian Rangeland Monitoring System (WARMS), rangeland resource surveys, pastoral lease inspection program

Disciplines

Environmental Indicators and Impact Assessment | Environmental Monitoring | Natural Resources Management and Policy

Recommended Citation

van Vreeswyk, S, and Thomas, P. (2008), Annual pastoral land condition report 2006 / 2007 financial year. Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia, Perth. Report.
https://library.dpird.wa.gov.au/lr_publishedrpts/27

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