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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. 

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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  

Managing Wetlands
http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/fisheries/habitat/rehabilitating/fish-friendly-farms/recommendations-for-managing-wetlands-on-farms-in-inland-new-south-wales/WoF-Recommendations_Final.pdf   

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)

Blady grass fact sheet link

Useful Links

Three Valleys Landcare Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/groups/413378752935865

Landcare Australia

http://www.landcareonline.com.au/

Hunter Local Land Services 

http://hunter.lls.nsw.gov.au/

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

http://www.wollemipine.com/index.php