{"id":7555,"date":"2022-08-10T05:06:13","date_gmt":"2022-08-10T05:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/terrain.org.au\/vegetated-cane-drains-copy\/"},"modified":"2022-08-11T04:36:10","modified_gmt":"2022-08-11T04:36:10","slug":"trees-grazing-changes-improve-land","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/terrain.org.au\/trees-grazing-changes-improve-land\/","title":{"rendered":"Erosion solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"[mk_page_section bg_image=”https:\/\/terrain.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/soilslider2.jpg” bg_position=”center center” bg_repeat=”no-repeat” bg_stretch=”true” enable_3d=”true” min_height=”500″ js_vertical_centered=”true” padding_top=”” padding_bottom=”” section_id=”donate” el_class=”donate-1″ sidebar=”sidebar-1″][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”70px”][mk_fancy_title font_family=”none” align=”center”]EROSION SOLUTIONS[\/mk_fancy_title][mk_padding_divider size=”67″][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][mk_page_section section_id=”great-1″ sidebar=”sidebar-1″][vc_column width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1563789112768{padding-right: 36px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}” el_class=”great_header_left”][mk_padding_divider size=”100″ visibility=”hidden-nb”][mk_padding_divider size=”15″ visibility=”visible-sm”][mk_padding_divider visibility=”visible-tl”][mk_fancy_title size=”28″ letter_spacing=”4″ margin_bottom=”0″ font_family=”none” el_class=”terrain-title-2″]STABILISING STREAMBANKS[\/mk_fancy_title][mk_padding_divider size=”60″ visibility=”hidden-nb”][mk_padding_divider size=”20″ visibility=”visible-nb”][vc_column_text el_class=”sub-head” css=”.vc_custom_1660108174308{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]11 AUGUST 2022[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider size=”5″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1660108578126{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Rainforest trees are the newest addition to beef producer David Andersen\u2019s property, where a swag of changes is improving the land and productivity.<\/p>\n

Two thousand trees were recently planted along stretches of streambank on the Malanda farm.<\/p>\n

2000 trees planted to stabilise streambanks<\/h4>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re in areas where cattle have been eroding the steep banks, some of them (banks) three to five metres high,\u2019\u2019 Dave says. \u201cIn big rain, the exposed topsoil just washes away.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Andersens have been working with natural resource management organisation Terrain NRM to reduce erosion by fencing off and revegetating waterways, as well as fine-tuning grazing management practices.<\/p>\n

Smaller paddocks improving pastures<\/h4>\n

They began dividing paddocks when they first bought the land and, with help from Terrain NRM\u2019s Upper Johnstone Integrated Project, they have recently created another three paddocks.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy reducing the size of some of our larger paddocks, all of the paddock is more efficiently grazed down instead of just the sweet stuff,\u201d David said.<\/p>\n

Cattle rotation changes<\/h4>\n

\u201cThe cattle are then rotated around the farm allowing the tropical grasses and legumes a good recovery period. Whereas before there were big clumps of grass with underlying patches of dirt, the grass is now starting to spread and tighten up.\u201d<\/p>\n

Terrain\u2019s Vanessa Drysdale said a combination of grazing management changes and tree-planting was chosen for the Andersen property as an effective solution to the erosion issues.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn other properties there have been earthworks like Zuni bowls installed, which are then combined with revegetation work,\u2019\u2019 she said. \u201cBut we didn\u2019t need the hard works on the Andersen property. Revegetation alone should do the trick for long-term repair on these streambanks. Tree root systems hold banks together and they slow water down in heavy rain events, reducing the chances of topsoil loss and of more erosion.\u201d<\/p>\n

The creation of a native fruit orchard, as part of the revegetation work, has been a bonus at the Andersen family\u2019s property.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1563789122720{padding-right: 0px !important;padding-left: 34px !important;}” el_class=”great_header_right”][mk_padding_divider size=”206″ visibility=”hidden-sm”][mk_padding_divider size=”50″ visibility=”hidden-sm”][mk_padding_divider size=”50″ visibility=”hidden-sm”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1660109320348{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

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Native fruit ‘orchard’ in revegetation<\/h4>\n

FNQ Weed Services\u2019 Andy Lilley saw the children\u2019s interest in the project and that gave him the idea to plant clumps of native fruit trees \u2013 from Davidson Plums and lemon aspen to tamarinds \u2013 on the edges of the reforestation areas so they were easy to harvest.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey will be a special legacy for being involved in improving the land, as well as the quality of water flowing down waterways and out to the Great Barrier Reef,\u2019\u2019 Vanessa said.<\/p>\n

Johnstone River a priority for water quality improvement<\/h4>\n

The Johnstone River catchment is a priority for water quality improvement, with the Far North\u2019s highest sediment reduction target. The Andersens are one of more than a dozen grazing families whose land was worked on as part of the Upper Johnstone Integrated Project, which is funded by the Queensland Government\u2019s Natural Resources Investment Program. More than 50 other farming families have also been involved in soil health, business management and grazing workshops.<\/p>\n

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