Three Valleys Landcare
Three Valleys Landcare is a group of people who have an interest in caring for the land in the Putty, Howes and Garland Valley areas. The group engages in practices ranging from re-vegetation and erosion control to weed management and improving agricultural productivity through sustainable land management.
We can assist property owners and producers with information on ways to better care for, and get the most productivity from their land and offer advice with weed identification and control methods.
Please feel free to browse through our links below for information on ways you can improve you land, your farm and your profitability through sustainable practices.
Land Management Links
Follow these useful links for information on land management practices
Vertebrate Pests
http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/agriculture/pests-weeds/vertebrate-pests
Conservation Farming
http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/agriculture/farm/conservation
Farm Management
http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/agriculture/farm
Livestock Information
http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/agriculture/livestock
Stocking Rate Calculator
http://www.mla.com.au/Publications-tools-and-events/Tools-and-calculators/Stocking-rate-calculator
Weed Control
Solutions to weed problems encountered in the three valleys area –
Please select either Noxious or other weeds to find fact sheets containing information on control and eradication.
If there is a weed that we haven’t covered in the fact sheets that is present in the valleys, please let us know so we can identify it and post a fact sheet for all to see.
Noxious Weeds
Below is list of noxious weeds that can commonly be found in the Three Valleys Areas.
Follow the links to the fact sheets (DPI website). If there’s a noxious weed that we have missed or you would like included please let us know and we will find a fact sheet to post. The DPI website contains information fact sheets on all declared noxious weeds.
African lovegrass (Eragrostis curvula)
http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/agriculture/pests-weeds/weeds/profiles/african-lovegrass
Blackberry (Rubus fruticosus agg. species)
http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/agriculture/pests-weeds/weeds/profiles/blackberry
Fireweed (Senecio madagascariensis)
http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/agriculture/pests-weeds/weeds/profiles/fireweed
Giant Parramatta grass (Sporobolus fertilus)
http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/agriculture/pests-weeds/weeds/profiles/giant-parramatta-grass
Giant Parramatta Grass (GPG) – NSW Government Primary Industries Beef Newsletter June 2011
Giant rat’s tail grass (Sporobolus pyramidalis and S. natalensis)
http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/agriculture/pests-weeds/weeds/profiles/giant-rats-tail-grass
Lantana (Lantana camara)
http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/agriculture/pests-weeds/weeds/profiles/lantana
Privet – broad-leaf, small-leaf and European (Ligustrum species)
http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/agriculture/pests-weeds/weeds/profiles/privet
Serrated tussock (Nassella trichotoma)
http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/agriculture/pests-weeds/weeds/profiles/serrated-tussock
Camphor laurel (Cinnamomum camphora)
http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/agriculture/pests-weeds/weeds/profiles/camphor-laurel
Tree of heaven (Ailanthus altissima)
http://www.northwestweeds.nsw.gov.au/tree_of_heaven.htm
Noogoora burr (Xanthium species)
http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/agriculture/pests-weeds/weeds/profiles/californian-burr
Other Weeds
Follow the links to find information about weeds commonly found in the three valleys areas.
Whisky grass (Andropogon virginicus)
http://www.esc.nsw.gov.au/weeds/Sheets/grasses/G%20Whisky%20grass.htm
Bracken fern (Pteridium esculentum)
http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/agriculture/pests-weeds/weeds/profiles/bracken-fern
Rock/Mulga fern http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/agriculture/resources/private-forestry/paddock-plants/Cheilanthes-sieberi-Mulga-or-Rock-Fern.pdf
Blady grass (Imperata cylindrica)
Useful Links
Three Valleys Landcare Facebook
Landcare Australia
http://www.landcareonline.com.au/
Hunter Local Land Services
Department Primary Industries NSW
http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/
The DPI website has excellent information on all things agricultural and more.
Environment NSW
http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/
NSW government website for National parks, Environment, Sustainability & Climate change ect.
Meat & Livestock Australia
http://www.mla.com.au/
Information about livestock and pasture management
Wollemi Pine Australia