Best Management Practice
The Central West is one of the most productive and diverse catchments in NSW. Improved knowledge of our catchment’s natural systems leads to better natural resource management, which is the foundation of the Central West Catchment Management Authority’s vision of vibrant communities and healthy landscapes.
To address farming and sustainability practices in the Central West catchment, the CMA has published a suite of Best Management Practice manuals, fact sheets and case studies. These publications have been based on scientific evidence and have been developed by the CMA in conjunction with key organisations, agencies and academics to help people make key on-farm management decisions.
At the heart of the technical information presented in these Best Management Practice manuals lies a simple message that is emulated in an indigenous saying from the Wiradjuri nation: ‘Ngangaana-gu Kairai billa’s dya Kairai billa’s durai ngangana ngindu’ – ‘Look after the land and the rivers and the land and the rivers will look after you’ (Cec Grant 2001).
To download a best practice manual, fact sheet or case study, click below
You can also order a copy of the Best Management Practice CD
Native Vegetation
Habitat Features of the Central West Forests (481 KB)
Native Fodder Shrubs For Pasture Enhancement (376 KB)
Native Pasture Management (595 KB)
Scattered Paddock Trees (645 KB)
Valuing Remnant Vegetation (534 KB)
Managing Perennial Pastures
Economic Benefits (2817 KB)
Plains (1454 KB)
Slopes (1311 KB)
Tablelands (1350 KB)
Native Grasses
Native Grass Part 1 (2049 KB)
Native Grass Part 2 (2203 KB)
Managing invasive native scrub
1. Introduction (1974 KB)
2. INS management principles and planning (967 KB)
3. Identifying key INS species (1451 KB)
4. Treating INS (1222 KB)
6. Pointers from the paddock (1632 KB)
7. References and resources (9019 KB)
8. Whole publication (9019 KB)
Managing Sodic Soils
Dryland Crops & Sodic Soils (2683 KB)
Irrigated Crops & Sodic Soils (2754 KB)
Pastures & Sodic Soils (2752 KB)
Sodic Surface Soil Management (3754 KB)
How We Safely Manage the Land
Land & Soil Capability (3289 KB)
Soil Management in Pasture Systems
Economics of Soil Management in Pasture Systems (609 KB)
Economics of Soil Management in Pasture Systems (Case Studies)
Bathurst Pasture Systems (603 KB)
Coolah Pasture Systems (1138 KB)
Dubbo Pasture Systems (1167 KB)
Mudgee Pasture Systems (1167 KB)
Peak Hill Pasture Systems (1166 KB)
Tooraweenah Pasture Systems (1166 KB)
Trangie Pasture Systems (1166 KB)
Warren Pasture Systems (603 KB)
Wellington Pasture Systems (607 KB)
Managing Cropping Soils
Economic Benefits When Managing Cropping Soils (6267 KB)
Economics of No-Tillage Farming Practices (Case Studies)
Bathurst Farming Practices (255 KB)
Coolah Farming Practices (252 KB)
Coonamble Farming Practices (249 KB)
Cumnock Farming Practices (247 KB)
Dubbo Farming Practices (253 KB)
Gilgandra Farming Practices (254 KB)
Mudgee Farming Practices (251 KB)
Nyngan Farming Practices (248 KB)
Peak Hill Farming Practices (253 KB)
Tooraweenah Farming Practices (249 KB)
Tottenham Farming Practices (252 KB)
Warren Farming Practices (254 KB)
Riparian Management
Aquatic Habitat (10926 KB)
Channel Erosion (9573 KB)
Chapter 1 Foreword, Contents and Lie Of The Land (1576 KB)
Chapter 2 Identifying and Understanding Riparian Lands (790 KB)
Chapter 3 Riparian Vegetation (810 KB)
Chapter 4 Invasive Weeds (704 KB)
Chapter 5 Livestock Management (787 KB)
Chapter 6 Wetlands (927 KB)
Chapter 7 Aquatic Habitat (1411 KB)
Chapter 8 Channel Erosion (771 KB)
Chapter 9 & References (1100 KB)
Chapter 9 Gully Erosion References, Glossary and Appendices (1100 KB)
Gully Erosion (11582 KB)
Livestock Management (12771 KB)
Vegetation (609 KB)
Wetlands (10976 KB)
Water Sensitive Urban Design
Stormwater to Smartwater Policy (215 KB)
Stormwater to Smartwater Supporting Technical Guidelines (1913 KB)
Stormwater to Smartwater - Commercial and Industrial Developments (3545 KB)
Stormwater to Smartwater - Council Works and Council Developments (2551 KB)
Stormwater to Smartwater - Residential Developments (2508 KB)
Stormwater to Smartwater - Sub-divisions (3268 KB)
Last Updated: 28-Feb-2012 02:48 PM