Something remarkable has occurred on Lanark, in the undulating basalt country of Victoria's Western District, south-west of Branxholme. In little more than four decades its owners, John and Cicely Fenton, and their family, have transformed their once-ravaged sheep property. Through the diversification of traditional grazing and cropping with large-scale farm forestry, and the restoration of natural habitat, they have demonstrated that it is possible to develop systems of farming that are both more ecologically and agriculturally sustainable.

The Impact of Groundwater Use on Australia's Rivers is the outcome of a year-long Land & Water Australia Senior Research Fellowship by Dr Richard Evans. This report presents the technical understanding of the effects of groundwater pumping on stream flows

This brochure outlines all past projects funded in Land & Water Australia 's Social and Institutional Research Program and those that are current at October 2005. The projects are grouped under three themes: * Institutions and governance arrangements for sustainable NRM * Policy in strument choice * Landscapes. lifestyles and livelihoods

The Aynsley family decided it would not continue to crop the 23ha of salt-threatened land and set it aside as a site where they would try planting saltbush and subtropical grasses in an effort to prevent the encroaching salinity. They also planted a separate adjoining 15ha area to Lucerne. Trial aim: To successfully establish a range of saltbush and perennial grasses in a mix using an air seeder.

A run of bad seasons around the Morawa district has reinforced Cameron and Teresa Tubby's commitment to livestock production within their mixed farming enterprise

In this issue : Theme: River Contaminants L&WA's Rivers Forum; Salinity processes in Australian rivers; Getting a Grip; Muddy waters and sand slugs: sediment transport; Nutrient sources, transport and cycling in large river systems; NEMP highlights 1995-2000

Trial aim: Establishment of saltbush; perennial pastures; trees over drains. Saltland pasture mix: Tall wheat grass; puccinellia; Rhodes grass; NyPa grass; lucerne and trees.

Twenty species of woodland bird have been identified that are destined for extinction in the NSW wheat-sheep belt, where little habitat remains (Reid 1999). We found ten of these species on New England wool properties between 2002 and 2005.

Like many WA farmers, Bruce Rock producer Grant Robinson had noticed increasing problems with salinity on his property. The rising watertable and occasional flooding of Kurrenkutten lakes had led to problems with saline and acidic soils on large areas of the farm.