Queensland Mentoring Program is underway
Extensive wetlands on Justin and Kerry Wall’s Green Valley provide many ecosystem services beyond providing a watering point for stock, adding to the resilience of the landscape.
Mulloon Institute’s Mentoring Program has been kicking goals out in the upper Fitzroy Basin of Central Queensland. It has been a few months since the Field Day and Bootcamp near Emerald.
Mulloon Consulting’s Leon Van Wyk was joined by Sam Skeat to deliver advice for grazing-integrated landscape rehydration projects. Field data collected and processed by Leon informs design processes and site selection for the upcoming project day that will help reinforce the communities of practice model of peer-to-peer learning.
Multiple landholders who graduated from the Bootcamp last year are now engaged in the Mentoring Program which focusses on building their individual capacities in project planning and implementation. The one-on-one online sessions and tutorials are supplemented by a site visit to tailor the landscape rehydration approach to their property-specific opportunities.
The Mentoring Program is part of the Communities of Practice Project, which is made possible by the Federal Government Future Drought Fund
Sam Skeat and Jason Foot from Marmadilla chat about first steps towards the landscape rehydration project, including the appropriate site selection.
A teaching moment at Neil and Tina Stewart’s Wilga Downs on the proper alignment and sizing of spillways, which is a critical aspect of designing robust interventions that can enhance pasture productivity while dealing with erosion risk.