Aims

Promoting productive catchment management

The Woady Yaloak Catchment Project involves about 170 landholders in sharing their knowledge, experience and commitment to the adoption of on-farm landcare solutions.

Working through the Woady Yaloak Catchment (WYC) Group, the local community has recognised the value of participation in sustaining action over time.

Importantly, the Group's objective is productive catchment management, recognising that productivity and environmental restoration can be achieved at the same time.

The WYC Group has set four desired outcomes, against which they measure progress:

1. Viable businesses, defined by:

• diversity of productive pursuits
• increased profitability by landholders
• infrastructure investment.

2. Strong communities capable of managing change, which involves:

• inclusive processes to engage the community
• landholders with small and large holdings supporting each other to take positive action
• leadership arising from within the catchment
• partnerships with Government and other organisations
• a spread of lifestyles with choices about their future

3. A natural environment that nurtures business viability and that works within the capacity of the catchment. This is seen by:

• enterprises conducted on land suitable and capable of sustaining the practice.
• minimisation of 'off site' impacts from enterprise.
• natural systems established that support biodiversity that in turn has a positive impact on business pursuits

4. Protection and enhancement of the flora and fauna, to achieve:

• a net gain of important flora and fauna in the catchment
• reduce impact on flora and fauna from pest plant and animals and agricultural actions