Aboriginal Cultural Heritage

• Theme: biodiversity and native vegetation, cultural heritage, land management, people and community
• Service: advice information and technical support, knowledge development
• Location: Boorowa, Condobolin, Cowra, Forbes, Grenfell, Hillston, Parkes, Temora, Young, West Wyalong

Developing a greater understanding of traditional land management practices used by Aboriginal people.

High Conservation Value Wetlands on the Lower Lachlan River

• Project Start: October, 2010
• Project Completion: August, 2011
• Theme: land management, water and aquatic ecosystems
• Service: advice information and technical support, knowledge development, planning and resource access

Wind Erosion Roadside Survey and Dustwatch Network

• Project Start: January, 2007
• Theme: land management, monitoring evaluation reporting and improvement
• Service: knowledge development
• Location: Boorowa, Condobolin, Cowra, Forbes, Grenfell, Hillston, Parkes, Temora, West Wyalong, Young.

This is a project developed and managed primarily through the DECCW, with collaboration and assistance from the Lachlan CMA. It forms an integral part of the Soil Health program, and involves monitoring and assessment of wind erosion, dust and land management monitoring and evaluation.

Soil Carbon Pilot Project

• Project Start: June, 2011
• Theme: climate change, land management, monitoring evaluation reporting and improvement
• Service: management of investment for landscape change
• Location: Cowra, Grenfell

The objective of the project is to develop and test a Market Based Instrument (MBI) to sequester soil carbon in part of the Cowra Trough area of the Lachlan Catchment.

Catchment Traineeship

• Theme: biodiversity and native vegetation, land management, monitoring evaluation reporting and improvement, people and community, water and aquatic ecosystems
• Service: advice information and technical support, knowledge development
• Location: Boorowa, Condobolin, Cowra, Forbes, Grenfell, Hillston, Temora, West Wyalong, Young

A partnership between the Lachlan CMA and Barrick Gold at Lake Cowal, employing a Conservation Field Officer trainee who will work within the Lachlan catchment.

CHASM (Catchment Health and Soil Monitoring)

• Theme: land management, monitoring evaluation reporting and improvement
• Service: advice information and technical support, knowledge development, professional development
• Location: Condobolin, Forbes, Grenfell, Hillston, Temora, Young, West Wyalong

Monitoring soil moisture and soil carbon in mixed farming systems within the Lachlan catchment.

Focus Landscapes

• Theme: biodiversity and native vegetation, land management, monitoring evaluation reporting and improvement, people and community
• Service: advice information and technical support, knowledge development, management of investment for landscape change, planning and resource access
• Location: Condobolin, Cowra, Young

Protecting, enhancing and increasing the amount of native vegetation in the Conimbla (near Cowra), Dananbilla (near Young) and the Condobolin focus landscape areas.

Management of TSRs for Biodiversity and Threatened Flora

• Theme: biodiversity and native vegetation, land management, monitoring evaluation reporting and improvement
• Service: advice information and technical support, knowledge development, planning and resource access
• Location: Boorowa, Condobolin, Cowra, Forbes, Grenfell, Hillston, Parkes, Temora, West Wyalong, Young

This project is an on-going external contract to assess the biodiversity value of Travelling Stock Routes (TSRs) and develop management agreements for high conservation value sites.

Catchment Health and Soil Monitoring

• Project Start: March, 2011
• Theme: land management, monitoring evaluation reporting and improvement
• Service: knowledge development
• Location: Boorowa, Condobolin, Cowra, Forbes, Grenfell, Hillston, Parkes, Temora, West Wyalong, Young

This project aims to establish a monitoring methodology for soil moisture and soil carbon particularly targeting mixed farming systems in the Lachlan Catchment. It will encapsulate change in soil parameters due to improved management practices and landholders improved knowledge and skills regarding soil conditions and health.

Lachlan River Revival - Upper Wetland Protection

• Theme: biodiversity and native vegetation, land management, people and community, water and aquatic ecosystems
• Service: advice information and technical support, knowledge development
• Location: Boorowa

Protecting the intact wetland areas and streams of the the Upper Lachlan which are under threat from erosion.