Soil management workshop by South Maroochy RiverCare

Love your land? So do we! Understanding your soil is important for managing your land - whether for production, environmental outcomes or lifestyle.

Come along to our South Maroochy Rivercare soil management workshop, presented by Cameron Leckie of SQNNSW Innovation Hub, to learn about how to find and utilise soil information to improve your land management decisions.

Key topics for the day include:

• Getting to know your soil through visual assessment
• Interpreting soil tests to inform management decisions
• How to find and use soil information
• Keeping your soil - a paddock walk
• Get to know like-minded neighbours and sign up for a local landholder register
• Morning tea provided!

📅 When: Friday 23/08/24 9:00am-12:30pm

📍 Where: Mapleton Community Library, Obi Obi road (Opposite Delicia Rd), Mapleton QLD 4560

🚗 Parking: 5 spaces available outside the library, street parking on Delicia Road and at Mapleton Lilyponds park.

Cameron Leckie has been the Southern Queensland and Northern NSW (SQNNSW) Innovation Hub’s Regional Soil Coordinator since 2022. The purpose of the Regional Soil Coordinator role is to facilitate the implementation of the National Soil Strategy. As part of the National Soil Strategy, a new accreditation program, the Registered Soil Practitioner, has been developed that aims to improve the quality both the soil data that is collected as well as the interpretation of that data. Cameron is an accredited Registered Soil Practitioner – Soil Management. Cameron sees the challenge before us to regenerate Australia’s soil for healthy, productive landscapes and people. A challenge that will require cooperation and collaboration between all those involved in the management of Australia’s most precious resource. Our soil!

The South Maroochy Rivercare program is a partnership program between Seqwater, ECOllaboration and local landholders to deliver environmental and agricultural projects within the South Maroochy sub-catchment, to ensure the continued safe delivery of drinking water to Nambour and surrounds. Through jointly-funded projects, South Maroochy Rivercare delivers source protection with landholders through on-ground works including agricultural improvement practices, revegetation and weed control, as well as education and support to influence improved land management practices. Through this model, we are able to maintain and improve the health of your land, stock and our waterways, and foster stronger community stewardship for our environment.