The following pages are an index to a collection of articles and links containing knowledge related to the region. There are published and unpublished papers, maps, raw data, and miscellaneous items of interest.  Anecdotal, technical, policy and scientific information is included.  It is an ever expanding collection and you will need to return regularly to see what is being added. Bookmark this section in your favourites and keep your eye on the What's New list on our Home Page.

If you have an article or know of any relevant documents that could be posted here please contact the Information Manager as listed below.

Ric Newson information@southwestnrm.org.a­u
Information Manager, South West NRM Ltd
Tel: 07 4656 8526 -- Mobile: 0427 220 138 -- Fax: 07 4654 1600
PO Box 630, Charleville, QLD 4470

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Waterways management documents

Community Information Sheet: Issue 9 Management of Menindee Lakes 2011-2012 After almost three months travel time, the flood peak in the Darling River has arrived at the Menindee Lakes.Inflows of nearly 60,000 megalitres per day were... 120504barwon-darling-flood-flow-community-sheet-9.pdf | 96.33 KB

Management of Menindee Lakes 2011-2012 Issue 6 – 23 March 2012 High flows generated from major floods in northern NSW and southern Queensland catchments during January have merged and around 4,400 gigalitres has passed... 220323barwon-darling-flood-flow-community-sheet-6-final.pdf | 646.81 KB

Community Information Sheet: Issue 4 Management of Menindee Lakes 2011-2012 Management of Menindee Lakes Issue 4 – 24 February 2012   Major flood flows were generated from northern NSW and southern Queensland catchments... 120224-barwon-darling-flood-flow-community-sheet-4.pdf | 783.34 KB

Management of Menindee Lakes 2011-2012 Issue 3 – 10 February 2012 Heavy rainfall and flooding in northern NSW and Queensland has triggered pre-releases from the Menindee Lakes system for the third time in two years. With the... 120210-barwon-darling-flood-flow-community-sheet.pdf | 160.64 KB

Barwon Darling flood flow and Menindee Lakes Management - community information The NSW Office of Water commenced flood flow operations at Menindee on 14 December. Please find attached todays Community Information Communique for your... 111220-barwon-darling-flood-flow-community-sheet-1-final.pdf | 594.67 KB

Canine

Pest Smart Fact Sheets PestSmart Publications The Invasive Animals Cooperative Research Centre Community Awareness Survey (CAS) has pioneered a new technique in opinion research...

New wild dog PestSmart fact sheet With a focus on laws and regulations in Australia relating to wild dogs, a new PestSmart fact sheet from the Invasive Animals CRC explains wild dog management...

Paroo Model of Wild Dog Control The Paroo Shire residents have been leaders in developing and implementing best practice in the coordinated control of wild dogs. Wild Dogs are defined as... paroomodelwilddogcontrol.pdf | 3667.82 KB

Weeds

Welcome to the Tropical and Subtropical Weeds Research Unit Homepage! The Tropical and Subtropical Weeds Research Unit is an initiative developed at the University to undertake research into aspects of weed science, provide...

Guidelines for Erosion Control on Roads and Road Reserves A REPORT COMMISSIONED BY THE MARANOA LANDCARE GROUP by Jim Herbert, Department of Primary Industries, Queensland and Peter Evans, Queensland Transport. roadside-landcare1992.pdf | 10662.93 KB

Govt Depts

Crying for our Country Australasian Journal of Environmental Management Publication details, including instructions for authors and subscription information: http://www.tandfonline... crying20for20our20country.pdf | 310.95 KB

Erosion & Runoff

Wallen - Water Spreading  Water spreading involves creating low bunding rills that follow the contour of the ground. The water collects against the bunding and then fills into the... Wallen | 196.64 KB

Pest General and Policy

Pesticide Use in Queensland This factsheet is for general information purposes and is not legal advice. Important legal details have been omitted to provide a brief overview of this area... 11061720pesticide20factsheet.pdf | 116.59 KB

Carbon

CQ bestPractice Newsletter Please open the Newsletter and have a good read about the most recent workshops the CQ BestPrac Group has run in conjunction with Grazing BestPrac and CHRRUP... cq-bestprac-newsletter-may-2011.pdf | 693.09 KB

Biosecurity and Pests

The Geological Survey of Queensland (GSQ) as part of the Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation (DEEDI), has a new web site. The new links are:   DEEDI http://www.deedi.qld.gov.au/ - you will find links to Mines and Energy in the Queensland industries box Mining and...

An assortment of brief summaries, reports, project listings and other documents relevant to south west Queensland. Most of these relate to pasture and land management issues – and not aspects of livestock production. This is by no means a complete collect The files in this collection were compiled by Peter Johnston as part of South West NRM’s Historical Research Collaboration Project Mulga Lands... cle-p2.pdf | 771.16 KB daq124a.pdf | 2731.75 KB eastern-mulga-economic-survey-1972-1979.pdf | 274.98 KB garden3.pdf | 195.38 KB handbook-research-july-1978.pdf | 2014.25 KB kond2.pdf | 23.27 KB mulga-discussion-days-dec-1987.pdf | 1188.15 KB mulga-site.pdf | 19.58 KB mulga.pdf | 29.55 KB mulgasumm.pdf | 91.60 KB prowq2.pdf | 184.00 KB sites.pdf | 141.29 KB tgip4.pdf | 65.72 KB use-climate-information.pdf | 64.07 KB wrdcappendix-heussler.pdf | 32.53 KB wrdcsummary.pdf | 40.61 KB

Water Lettuce

Cunnamulla water lettuce issues The water lettuce infestation in the Warrego River at Cunnamulla (~750 km inland from Brisbane) is of ongoing concern. This floating aquatic weed has been... cunnamulla-water-lettuce-report-v2.pdf | 2144.99 KB

Water Wetlands and Rivers

Guidelines for Managing Risks in Recreational Water, NHMRC, 2008 The primary aim of these guidelines is to protect the health of humans from threats posed by the recreational use of coastal, estuarine and fresh waters.... Guidelines for Managing Risks in Recreational Water, NHMRC, 2008 | 1315.27 KB

Pest Management

Guidelines for the Rehabilitation of Degraded Native Pastures Using Shallow Ponds and Water Spreading Techniques Report based on a study tour of sites near Bollon, Cunnamulla, Eulo, Toompine, Quilpie, and Mitchell 6–9 June 1994 A. J. Koch, Drought and Rural... study-tour-pondingwater-spreading1994.pdf | 108.92 KB

Animal

Summary of Professor Bill Dahl Visit circa 1989 ( Texas Tech University) bill-dahl-report.pdf | 255.79 KB

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