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The 6th Creek Catchment Group hope you find this website useful with the range of information provided on land management, field days, free courses, publications and links to other environmental organisations/groups. If you have any comments or suggestions, send them to our Project Officer.

Summer in the Catchment

• Ensure you have cleared long grass and rubbish away from your house, sheds and equipment to prepare for the bushfire season.
• Interested in growing your own native plants? Summer is a great time to collect seed from our local native species (eg. Eucalyptus, Acacia, Leptospermum species). Seed collection permits are required if collecting from public land or roadsides.
• While green feed is limited, late summer is the ideal time for rabbit baiting. Contact your local NRM Board Office at Lobethal on (08) 8389 6166 for assistance.
• Woody weeds should be actively growing now which also presents the ideal opportunity to control them! There are a range of methods which can be used including; cut & swab, foliar spray, slash & spray, drill & fill. For further information, contact your local NRM Board District Officer at Norton Summit on (08) 8390 1891.
• Revegetation sites need some care over summer through weed control, possible watering, removal of tree guards & quick intensive or “crash” grazing. Make notes of species which haven’t survived and order new seedlings for next winter to fill the gaps.




 

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