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Farmers jump at the chance to find out about wildlife ponds!

Farmers and their families take the oppotunity to inspect functioning wildlife ponds!

Having a sticky beak was the purpose of the morning sessions held at 'Moor Park', north-east of Horsham on Wednesday 19 March and 'Glentyrell,' north west of Culgoa on Wednesday 16 April . Over 20 farmers turned up to each event to learn all they need to know about wildlife ponds from BCG ecologist Jonathan Starks. Proudly supported by Australia Post and Landcare Australia the mornings gave farmers the opportunities to learn all about the do’s and don’ts of pond construction and most importantly where the best place is to put one!

click to enlarge Topics covered included:
  • What is a wildlife pond?
  • Where is the best place to install one?
  • How big and how deep should it be?
  • How much will it cost?
  • What aquatic plants should be planted?
  • What frogs species could inhabit the pond?
  • Will the pond attract other wildlife?


Farmers at the Moor Park Sticky Beak day get up close and inspect the wildlife pond.

The development of the Wimmera Mallee Pipeline will result in a change from an open water supply system of channels and farm dams to a closed system of pipes and stock troughs. This will result in significant long-term changes to regional biodiversity, particularly for water dependent animals such as frogs. BCG is currently undertaking an innovative project to tackle the emerging threat from changes to regional water delivery system.

The BCG Frogs on Farms project is developing techniques to maintain and enhance frog populations as well as general biodiversity values on farms using 'wildlife ponds'. The ponds provide a degree of replacement habitat for wildlife that currently depend on farm dams for their water and habitat requirements.

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