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Recreational fishing location guide
No full textThis guide has been developed to help you identify the fishing locations that you may visit. The purpose of this guide is to enhance consistent and accurate identification of fishing locations and block numbers within each Bioregion. If you are unsure about a particular location, please discuss it with a representative of the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Western Australia.https://library.dpird.wa.gov.au/fr_fop/1058/thumbnail.jp
Skeleton weed in Western Australia: Management guide
No full textSkeleton weed can reduce crop yields by competing for moisture and nutrients (mainly nitrogen). This guide helps you manage and eradicate skeleton weed infestations on your property, and helps to stop the spread across WA.
Without the coordinated program aimed at controlling the spread, skeleton weed would now be much more abundant and widely established throughout cereal growing areas.
Industry Funding Scheme (grains, seeds and hay)
The Grains, Seeds and Hay Industry Funding Scheme is overseen by a seven-member Industry Management Committee. These 2 groups are comprised of producers and others with an interest in the industry. They meet in person, quarterly. Its purpose is to support a profitable, viable and sustainable industry by maintaining an industry-driven funding process for the effective mitigation of biosecurity risks to the WA grain, seed and hay industry. The Industry Management Committee approves funding for Department operations and Local Action Groups (LAGs) to deliver operational activities in the Operational Program. LAG activities support and complement the work done by DPIRD.https://library.dpird.wa.gov.au/bs_bulletins/1000/thumbnail.jp
Stable dingo population structure and purity over 11 years of lethal management
No full textContext: Interaction between predators and humans is a key driver of human–wildlife conflicts and can underpin management of predator populations. Management of the impacts of dingoes on livestock and native species is a prime example of a persistent and contentious predator management issue with potential impacts on the integrity of dingo populations. To manage the potential impacts of dingoes and their control, it is imperative to understand the effects of control approaches on their populations in the short and long term. Hybridisation of dingoes with domestic dogs also threatens the genetic integrity of pure dingoes. It has been hypothesised that lethal control of dingoes can facilitate hybridisation through disrupting pack social structures leading to increased dingo–domestic dog interactions.
Aims: We aimed to to investigate how dingo population structure and genetic purity have changed, assessing dingo purity, individual relatedness, population clustering and gene flow, particularly across land use types and barrier fences, in the context of ongoing lethal control within the Murchison Regional Vermin Cell area in Western Australia (WA).
Methods: We tested dingo genetic samples from three distinct sampling periods (2009, 2014 and 2020) for changes in population summary statistics and dingo ancestry. Barriers and corridors to gene flow were also examined.
Key results: We identified three genetically distinct populations in the study area, consistent with previous genetic studies in WA. We did not find any evidence of change in dingo purity or population characteristics; however, barrier fencing may be influencing recent gene flow.
Conclusions: The metapopulation of dingoes in the southern rangelands of WA appears to be stable over the 11 years assessed.
Implications: Because we were unable to demonstrate that lethal control has accelerated hybridisation between dingoes and domestic dogs in the study area over the last 11 years, we have no evidence that lethal control to reduce losses to livestock production and for conservation of native wildlife in the southern rangelands of WA is putting dingo purity at risk. Fencing appears to be an effective management tool because there is some evidence it is congruent with reduced gene flow in areas where the fences are well maintained
Food and beverage waste transformation – what’s happening within WA and how to become involved
No full textAt Turning the Dial, Janet Howieson and Francesca Goodman-Smith presented on Food and beverage waste transformation – what’s happening within WA and how to become involved Francesca is the Fight Food Waste CRC TRANSFORM lead, and Janet Howieson is an Associate Professor with the School of Molecular and Life Science at Curtin University
Practical tips, tricks and tools – what sustainability initiatives can be immediately applied to your business
No full textIn this panel discussion we have:
Sam Oakden – Head of the Australian Food Pact, Stop Food Waste Australia
Francesca Goodman-Smith – Program Leader - Transformation, Fight Food Waste CRC
Ralph Moyle – Education Coordinator, Australian Institute of Packaging
Sara Orr – Sales Executive & Quality Assurance Manager, Trandos Farm
Moderator: Kim Antonio – Program Manager Food Industry Innovation, DPIR
BEN Signage Installation Map – Shire of Ashburton
No full textBeach Emergency Number (BEN) Signage Installation Map – Shire of Ashburtonhttps://library.dpird.wa.gov.au/gis_bens/1051/thumbnail.jp
BEN Signage Installation Map – Shire of Esperance (east)
No full textBeach Emergency Number (BEN) Signage Installation Map – Shire of Esperance (east)https://library.dpird.wa.gov.au/gis_bens/1028/thumbnail.jp
Transforming Agriculture in the Pilbara: Newman managed aquifer recharge (MAR) feasibility assessment
No full textIn the Newman region, DPIRD commissioned an assessment of the potential for managed aquifer recharge (MAR) near Newman using surplus water resulting from mine dewatering as the water supply for irrigated agriculture. The objectives of the MAR assessment were to: identify focus area for MAR feasibility assessment within the initial larger area of interest for MAR assess the viability of MAR with mine dewater near Newman to support development of irrigated agriculture, in keeping with national and state MAR guidelines identify key risks associated with MAR with mine dewater for irrigation supply, and identify knowledge/investigation required to adequately assess risks and define preventative measures to support approval for construction and commissioning (or complete pre-commissioning residual risk assessment).
This report is presented in two parts. The first part describes the Fortescue River alluvial fan groundwater system and the data available for the risk assessment. Data was sourced from the WA Government and BHP Billiton along with that produced as part of the TAP project. For the completeness of this report, information previously reported by Schmid et al. (2022) and Donn et al. (2023) is summarised in this section. The second part uses the available data to assess the risks of potential MAR opportunities in the area. Due to data limitations, a broader scale regional risk assessment was undertaken rather than a site-specific risk assessment
BEN Signage Installation Map – Shire of Ravensthorpe - east
No full textBeach Emergency Number (BEN) Signage Installation Map – Shire of Ravensthorpe - easthttps://library.dpird.wa.gov.au/gis_bens/1039/thumbnail.jp