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Publications - Guides to Best Management Practice

The Central West catchment covers approximately 85,000 km2 and is one of the most productive and diverse catchments in New South Wales. Improved knowledge of our catchment’s natural systems leads to better natural resource management, which is the foundation of the Central West Catchment Management Authority’s vision of 'vibrant communities and healthy landscapes'.

The Central West CMA has developed this suite of Best Management Practice manuals, fact sheets and case studies in conjunction with key organisations, agencies and academics to help people make key management decisions on their farm.

At the heart of the technical information presented in these Best Management Practice manuals lies a simple message that is emulated in an indigenous saying from the Wiradjuri nation: ‘Ngangaana-gu Kairai billa’s dya Kairai billa’s durai ngangana ngindu’ – ‘Look after the land and the rivers and the land and the rivers will look after you’ (Cec Grant 2001).

 

Tom Gavel
Chairman
Central West Catchment Management Authority

 

Native Vegetation

 

Valuing remnant vegetation (fact sheet - 534KB)

Native fodder shrubs for pasture enhancement (fact sheet - 377KB)

Habitat features of the Central West forests, woodlands and grasslands (fact sheet - 482KB)

Native pasture management (fact sheet - 596KB)

Scattered paddock trees (fact sheet - 645KB)

 

Managing perennial pastures

 

Perennial pastures of the Central West:
Slopes (guide - 1312KB)
Tablelands (guide - 1351KB)
Plains (guide - 1454KB)

Economic benefits of well managed perennial pastures (guide - 2818KB)

 

About native grasses

 

Common native grasses of the Central West (guide):
Pages 1-40 (2050KB)
Pages 41-82 (2204KB)

 

Managing sodic soils

 

Sodic surface soil management (guide - 3700KB)

Dryland crops and sodic soils (fact sheet - 2684KB)

Irrigated crops and sodic soils (fact sheet - 2754KB)

Pastures and sodic soils (fact sheet - 2753KB)

 

How we safely manage the land

 

Land and soil capability - how we safely manage the land (guide - 3289KB)

 

Soil management in pasture systems

 

The economics of soil management in pasture systems (guide - 610KB)

 

Economics of soil management in pasture systems (case studies)

 

Bathurst (560KB) | Coolah (785KB) | Dubbo (827KB) | Mudgee (826KB) | Peak Hill (810KB) | Tooraweenah (761KB) | Trangie (825KB) | Warren (559KB) | Wellington (563KB)

 

Managing cropping soils

 

The economic benefits when managing cropping soils (guide - 841KB)

 

Economics of no-tillage farming practices (case studies)

 

Bathurst (256KB) | Coolah (253KB) | Coonamble (250KB) | Cumnock (248KB) | Dubbo (254KB) | Gilgandra (254KB) | Mudgee (251KB) | Nyngan (248KB) | Peak Hill (254KB) | Tooraweenah (249KB) | Tottenham (252KB) | Warren (254KB)

 

Riparian management

 

Management and rehabilitation of riparian lands (guide)
chapter 1 (1577KB)
chapter 2 (791KB)
chapter 3 (811KB)
chapter 4 (705KB)
chapter 5 (788KB)
chapter 6 (928KB)
chapter 7 (1412KB)
chapter 8 (771KB)
chapter 9 and references (1100KB)

Aquatic habits (fact sheet - 543KB)

Channel erosion (fact sheet - 520KB)

Gully erosion (fact sheet - 529KB)

Livestock management in riparian areas (fact sheet - 590KB)

Riparian vegetation (fact sheet - 609KB)

Wetlands (fact sheet - 562KB)