1. Rangelands Connecting Landscapes Engaging landholders in the Riverland Biosphere and Burra to Pualco Ranges Project Co-ordinators David Setchell – Mallee Eco Services Rebecca O’Leary – O’Leary Consultants

3. Project area

4. Project aims Engaging landholders in the control of feral goats and rabbits at a landscape scale Reducing total grazing pressure Improving the condition & resilience of native vegetation for biodiversity and productivity outcomes

5. Project governance Riverland Biosphere Steering Committee Burra to Pualco Ranges Steering Committee Project Management Committee Landholders & Stakeholders

6. Stakeholders & partners Natural Resources SA Murray-Darling Basin & Northern and Yorke Rangelands & Riverland NRM Groups Landholders and pastoralists in the project area Australian Landscape Trust (Calperum and Taylorville Stations) Birdlife Australia (Gluepot Reserve) Bush Heritage Australia (Boolcoomatta Reserve) Australian Wildlife Conservancy (Scotia Sanctuary) NSW DECCW (Tarawi Nature Reserve) DEWNR Pastoral Unit Volunteer Organisations Western Local Land Services (NSW) Parks Victoria

7. Aerial surveys Landholder & stakeholder engagement On-ground works Building landholder capacity Monitoring (vegetation, satellite tracking and conceptual model) Project components

8. Aerial survey (2011-2015)

9. Landholder & stakeholder engagement Property visits Tailoring communication to suit landholders Steering Committee membership Landholder grant agreements

10. Challenges for engagement Wide variety of views regarding feral goats Economic value of feral goats Limited amount of labour & time available to landholders/pastoralists Geographical barriers Previous experiences & attitudes towards government projects

11. On-ground works Dam rationalisations

12. Warren ripping On-ground works

13. Before After Warren imploding On-ground works

14. Aerial operations Strategically targeted based on geography and aerial survey results Landholders can choose mustering/culling or culling In kind contribution of on-ground mustering support Targeting feral goat populations that are inaccessible On-ground works

15. Mustering and trap yards On-ground works

16. Building landholder capacity Providing technical advice Assisting with grant applications Permanent trap/muster yard construction Portable trap yards for loan Exclusion fencing In-kind contribution from landholder for all on-ground works

17. Portable trap yards Building landholder capacity

18. Monitoring Vegetation assessment sites

19. Satellite tracking Monitoring Conceptual model

20. Riverland Biosphere achievements 22 pastoralists and land managers involved Additional 9 stakeholders engaged 81,906 feral goats removed by mustering and trapping 16,771 feral goats removed by ground and aerial culling 1,058 rabbit warrens destroyed 23 dams closed 49 trap yards on pastoral properties 21 trap yards on the conservation reserves 43 vegetation monitoring sites established

21. Burra to Pualco Ranges achievements 31 pastoralists and land managers involved 4,530 feral goats removed by mustered and trapping 3,526 feral goats removed by ground and aerial culling 4,261 rabbit warrens ripped 702 warrens imploded 20 trap yards on 10 pastoral and conservation properties 5 vegetation monitoring sites established

22. This program would not be possible without funding from the following programs and funding bodies: SAMDB NRM Board Australian Government Biodiversity Fund