Biodiversity and Pest Plant and Animals

Planning wildlife landscapes and a look at planting tube stock v’s direct seeding. We’ll take a look at Agricultural weeds, Environmental weeds and the pest animals such as rabbits, foxes, feral cats, and deer.

The topics covered will be:

• Foxes, rabbits, deer, cats and dogs as well as problem native wildlife such as kangaroos and wombats.
  Control methods for each species, dependent on density of pest animals.
• Pest plants of the Strathbogie district, what are they, how to prioritise, best methods of treatment.
• Biodiversity – how do you prioritise protecting biodiversity on your place?
  Remnant protection, big trees, native grasslands – value to native animals such as birds, bats, mammals as well as stock shade and shelter.
  Reveg methods – direct seeding vs hand planting.