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.7: "Burnt Spiral Palm"

Management objectives:
  • Maximum sustainable pastoral productivity
  • High level of succession
  • Stable creek banks
Site description / history / treatment:
  • Vegetation: Burnt down forest with pandanus, grevillea, eucalyptus
  • Ground Cover: No ground cover, soil covered with 3-5cm of ash;
  • Soil Surface: Dry dust and ashes
  • Last Rainfall: Rainfall on Kachana 2004/2005
  • Fire: Hot wild fires in October 1996 and August 2005 (2 weeks prior to sampling)
  • Biological: 2 months low density grazing (cattle and horses)
  • Mechanical: None
  • Chemical: None
  • Small stream of flowing water appeared after the fire
  • Little green sprouts appearing wherever there is water
Profile description:
  • 0-3cm:Dusty top soil mixed with ashes, some thin grass roots and thicker tree roots
  • 3-23cm:Sandy soil with humic compounds, some tree roots; color: dark brown
  • 23-60cm:Wet sand with ground water entry; color: brown to grey
 

Soil surface

Laid out profile