Mainoru Station is a 1300 km2 cattle station, 250km north east of Katherine. In the 10 years since Danny and Cathy Hayes purchased it, they have been relying predominantly on native vegetation for the cattle production system.
In this episode Danny shares the challenges he has in managing his native pastures, including below average rainfall, grazing pressure from both cattle, feral animals, and wildlife, and of course weeds.
He also discusses the Territory Conservation Agreement he entered into, how and why he chose the site he did, and what he hopes to achieve.
A Territory Conservation Agreement supports land managers to protect areas of conservation importance on their properties.
They are a 10-year voluntary agreements between Territory Natural Resource Management (TNRM) and a land manager.
The program is supported through funding from the Australian Government's National Landcare Program. The agreement is a contract, but it is not registered upon the title of the property or binding to future owners.
My name is Steph Coombes, and for this episode I travelled to Mainoru Station to learn about how Danny manages his native vegetation, and what impact the Territory Conservation Agreement will have.
This episode is supported by the Australian Government's National Landcare Program.
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