Welcome to Desert Channels Queensland
Latest funding round released - guidelines here
Setting up the weather station to monitor condition during field research into Air Shear application of control chemicals to Prickly Acacia.
If you're into improving your enterprise productivity through improving land health, you may be eligible for grants under Desert Channels Group's 'Protecting our Future' initiative. Grants of up to $50,000 are now available to undertake natural resource management projects in partnership with the Desert Channels Group.
We provide project funding to land managers and community natural resource management groups to assist them in keeping the country in good shape for future generations.
We are now calling for applications from individuals and groups for projects that focus on:
- improving native vegetation ground cover
- strategic weed control
- strategic biodiversity conservation
Grants up to $5,000 are also available to community natural resource management groups, to encourage new members of the group to build capacity through natural resource management training or on-ground activities.
You can view the guidelines here. For more information, please contact Christie Hoad on 07 4652 7826.
Applications close 5pm, Monday 30th April 2012.
Grazing in Good Times - The Dunblane Experiments
It may not be quite the same as being there - you miss out on the good food for a start - but there's plenty of food for thought in this short documentary.
Practical pasture science allows graziers to get ahead. With a run of good seasons land managers are looking to sure up the bank balance and bring back country that has suffered over the years of drought. This short documentary sheds light on strategies for boosting production and land condition.
