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Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Western Australia

1994

Natural resources

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An Inventory And Condition Survey Of The Murchison River Catchment, Western Australia, Peter James Curry, A L. Payne, K A. Leighton, P Hennig, D A. Blood Jan 1994

An Inventory And Condition Survey Of The Murchison River Catchment, Western Australia, Peter James Curry, A L. Payne, K A. Leighton, P Hennig, D A. Blood

Technical Bulletins

The inventory and condition survey of the Murchison River catchment and surrounds, undertaken by the Department of Agriculture between 1985 and 1988, describes and maps the natural resources of the region’s pastoral leasehold land. This survey report provides a baseline record of the existence and condition of the natural area’s resources, to assist with the planning and implementation of land management practices. The report identified and described the condition of soils, landforms, vegetation, habitat, ecosystems, and declared plants and animals. It also assessed the impact of pastoralism and made land management recommendations. The area surveyed by field work during 1985-88 …

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Differences In Productivity Between Flocks A Comparative Study In The Pilbara, John James Jan 1994

Differences In Productivity Between Flocks A Comparative Study In The Pilbara, John James

Agriculture reports

To learn more about their own flock productivity relative to other flocks in the district, ten woolgrowers in the Roebourne-Port Hedland Land Conservation District conducted a small wool growing competition from November 1989 to November 1991. They compared the wool production from 20 young wethers drawn from their flocks.

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