Natural Disaster Recovery Resources

The NSW North Coast region has been hard hit by a range of natural disasters in recent times; drought, bushfires and floods have all taken a heavy toll on landscapes and livelihoods.

In the aftermath of each disaster, it’s natural for people to focus on their most urgent needs of survival and asset protection. But as time goes on, many landholders are turning their attention to restoring natural assets on their property – in other words, helping nature to recover. Below is a selection of resources to assist in this process:

General Resources for Small Landholders

Property Planning

Climate Change

Landscape Resilience

Bushfires

Native Vegetation

Weeds

Erosion

Soils

Water

Biodiversity

General Resources for Small Landholders

Every bit Counts

Property Planning

Property Planning - Western Australia Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development

Rural Living Handbook - Page 6

Climate Change

Weather Interpretation Resouces (Hunter LLS)

Landscape Resilience

Building landscape resilience (Central West LLS)

Bushfires

Management for bushfire recovery (Murray LLS)

Native Vegetation

Managing native vegetation to prepare for a bushfire

Managing native vegetation during a bushfire emergency

Managing native vegetation after a bushfire emergency

Restoring/planting native vegetation:

Planning your revegetation (Central West LLS)

Native vegetation germination guide (Murray LLS)

Planning your native revegetation (Murray LLS)

North Coast Local Land Services TSR Vegetation Guide

Climate-Reveg-Guide-v2-2018.pdf (mq.edu.au)

Weeds

Weeds and Drought (Hunter LLS)

Basic weed control techniques

Weed Control and Management

Erosion

Bushfire erosion video series (Murray LLS)

Managing erosion before and after floods

Stabilising active gully heads (Western LLS)

Soils

Understanding Our Soils (12 factsheets on soil):

1 The Nature of Soil

2 Soil Sampling

3 Soil Chemistry

4 Cation Exchange Capacity

5 North Coast Soils

6 Soil Carbon and Organic Matter

7 Soil Biology

8 Enhancing Biology

9 Soil Physics

10 Soil Water

11 What is a Healthy Soil

12 Managing Pastures

Soil testing - video series (Central West LLS)

Water

Water Sampling (Central West LLS)

Manage your water runoff (Central West LLS)

Management of sediment in dams (Northern Tablelands LLS)

Biodiversity

Building nest boxes (Greater Sydney LLS)

Recognising native habitats (Central West LLS)

Identifying and recording species (iNaturalist / Atlas of Living Australia)

Providing water for koalas (North West LLS)

NSW Koala Country resources (DPIE)