CY 253 Endeavour River Progressive Grazing Network is off an enthusiastic start.

All landholders are invited to participate.

Email: mail@weedsandferals.org

Phone: 0400368834

Progress Report

• Oliver McConnachie appointed as the lead Regional Extension Coordinator (REC), based in the Cape York area.

• Trevor Meldrum appointed Operations Project Coordinator.

Project Highlights

• Steering committee was formed and had start up meeting where the project roll out was discussed and progressed.

• Started initial consultation with individual landholders in the Endeavour Valley.

• Everyone indicated that they were very interested in participating in a P2P group to exchange knowledge. They want to be able to access cutting edge technology by attending workshops and to be able to have the latest scientific knowledge be made available. They are keen to make their properties more productive and to be more environmentally resilient. They are here for the long haul.

• At this stage, the Individual landholders are: Col Martin, Charlie Lamb, Sel Wendt, Normanby Station, Valley View Station(Peter Irwin), Hazelmere, Nick Prendergast, Brumby Hollow(Trevor Meldrum), and Bonny Glen.

• Also, I do have a lot of horticulturists and small crop farmers also very interested in participating. Especially any workshops that will occur.

• It has been very well received. As word of mouth gets around, we are hoping for an even greater level of participation.

Key work plan for next period

• Further steering committee meetings to enable the peer to peer group to report.

• Desktop Data Analysis will be performed by the steering committee.

• Draft Land Pest Management Plans completed and reviewed by the peer to peer group.

• These plans are individual property pest management plans and are coordinated at the catchment level, through the peer to peer group.