Publication Date

2001

Series Number

Miscellaneous Publication No. 26/2001

Publisher

Department of Agriculture, Western Australia

City

Perth

ISSN

1326-4168

Abstract

The Burakin Focus Catchment Project was developed between farmers and Agriculture _ Western Australia. The project was designed to give farmers an understanding of the salinity processes occurring within the Catchment and suggestions on appropriate management.

Work began in the Catchment early in 1999 and was complete at the end of 2000. Intensive hydrological investigations formed the basis of the study, which was complemented by surface water control and revegetation strategies. Agronomic issues associated with sandplain soils were raised by the farmers at the initial meeting and this led to a soil survey to determine the pH status of the Catchment and a large scale agronomic trial looking at liming, deep ripping and nutrient issues.

The Burakin-Bunketch Catchment Group has had a long history of Catchment planning with several project officers working with it on various landcare issues. This had led to some confusion in the group regarding basic information such as soil types, because each project officer developed his or her own soil descriptions and associated map legends. One of the objectives of the focus Catchment project was to standardise the soil descriptions developed by the various project officers. This was achieved by using the Soil Groups of Western Australia developed by Agriculture Western Australia (AGWEST) in December 1997. This simple guide provides a standard way of giving common names to the main soils of Western Australia.

The purpose of this report is to document the results of investigations by AGWEST's focus Catchment team and it is hoped that this information will assist the farmers of the Catchment in managing the issues associated with dryland salinity.

Number of Pages

110

Keywords

Burakin, Catchment, Salinity, Soil management, Hydrology, Western Australia, Farming systems

Disciplines

Agribusiness | Agricultural Education | Agricultural Science | Agronomy and Crop Sciences | Environmental Indicators and Impact Assessment | Environmental Monitoring | Fresh Water Studies | Hydrology | Natural Resources Management and Policy | Soil Science | Water Resource Management

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