Quote of the Moment:

“Good land-care like child-care or any sort of “care” cannot be achieved by legislation. Effective custodianship of our natural resource base can only take place by educating and empowering the people who make the actual day-to-day decisions that affect our landscapes.”
Uncommon good sense

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Landscape Management Workshop 2005

Profile No.2: "Behind Tents"

Management objectives
  • Shade
  • Grazing
  • Buffer zone for forest
Overview
Site description / history / treatment:
  • Vegetation: Light melaleuca forest with grasses up to 1m high
  • Ground Cover: Covered with approx. 3-5cm partly decomposed leaf litter
  • Soil Surface: Sandy soil, not compacted, moist
  • Last Rainfall: Rainfall on Kachana 2004/2005
  • Fire: Active fire exclusion 1996 and 2005
  • Biological: Grazed with livestock 4 months prior to sampling
  • Mechanical: None
  • Chemical: None
Profile description:
  • 0-8cm: Almost decomposed litter mixed with black humus, moist, with grass roots; color: dark brown
  • 8-18cm: Dark humus layer with grass and tree roots, no undecomposed litter, moist; color: almost black
  • 18-28cm: Dark sand, slightly crumbled, moist, lots of tree roots; color: dark brown to black
  • 28-50cm:Moist sand, forms chunks, with small roots; color: brown
  • 50-60cm:Wet sand, almost no roots; color: light brown
 

Soil surface

Profile 2

Laid out profile

Top soil, humus layer