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Monitoring Western Australia's Rangelands, Ron Hacker, David Beurle, George Gardiner
Monitoring Western Australia's Rangelands, Ron Hacker, David Beurle, George Gardiner
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
Rangelands, native pastures used for grazing domestic livestock, occupy about 100 million hectares or 40 per cent of Western Australia, extending from the tropical grasslands of the Kimberley to the arid shrub steppe of the Nullarbor Plain.
The rangelands are characterized by highly variable seasonal conditions. Carrying capacity can fluctuate dramatically from year to year. Grazing management requires a tactical approach from one season to the next because of the great variation in the capacity of the land to support stock.
Rangeland monitoring provides pastoralists with objective information on these changes to assist their management decision making. The Western Australian …
Emus On The Move : 1976, Michael T. Sexton
Emus On The Move : 1976, Michael T. Sexton
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
The greatest migration of emus in recent times came out of the ZMurchison and Gascoyne pastoral areas during the winter of 1976. The emus were driven south-westerly by an instinctive search for food.
The Agriculture Protection Board's barrier fences stoped the wave of emus on the fringes of the wheatbelt, causing a congregation estimated in mid June to total 50,000 birds.
This article reviews the reason behind the emu migration and the policies employed to deal with such a situation.