Waterspreading to restore native grasslands

Kevin Mitchell; Matthew Tighe; Ray Thompson

Waterspreading to restore native grasslands

Kevin Mitchell
, Matthew Tighe
, Ray Thompson

Ecosystem Management

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Abstract

Waterspreading is a land rehabilitation technique that targets the variability of rainfall and runoff in semi-arid systems to initiate long term changes in ground cover. This study outlines the effect of waterspreading at 'Florida' in western NSW, which has been steadily implementing waterspreading systems for the last 30 years. By combining recent pasture measurements, on-farm observations, and soil surface carbon and nitrogen measurements, this study outlines the dramatic changes in pasture condition and diversity, and long term changes in surface soil properties, that occur following waterspreading. These dramatic yet persistent changes exemplify the benefits of implementing rehabilitation that is based upon the processes that govern resource movement and productivity within semi-arid systems, namely, recognition of variability in rainfall and runoff, and management of this.

Original language	English
Publication status	Published - 2010
Event	ARS 2016: 16th Biennial Australian Rangeland Society Conference: Rain on the Rangelands - Bourke, Australia Duration: 26 Sept 2010 → 30 Sept 2010

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Conference	ARS 2016: 16th Biennial Australian Rangeland Society Conference: Rain on the Rangelands
City	Bourke, Australia
Period	26/09/10 → 30/09/10

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SDG 15 Life on Land

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Environmental Management
Environmental Rehabilitation (excl Bioremediation)
Land Capability and Soil Degradation

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Waterspreading to restore native grasslands

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