Contour Furrowing (more information)
 

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If you know of some furrowing that has been done in the Western Division of NSW, the Western Catchment Management Authority would like to hear about it. Please help us by filling out this form. We'd like to know the location of the furrowing, its type, and any other information you feel like giving us. It's not necessary answer all the questions. If you wish to just tell us where furrowing is, you can use the other survey: "Contour Furrowing (name & place only)". Thank you!

1. Your name

2. Your contact (phone, mailing address, or email)

3. Property that the furrowing is on

4. Location of the furrowing (paddock name, bore name, GPS, or other information)

5. Type of furrowing?

6. Would you be willing to talk to WCMA about this furrowing?

7. Description of the furrowed area (for example, sloping or flat, stony or sandy or muddy soil, big hill or small hill or river flats or high flats, ... )

8. Vegetation: either the normal vegetation for that type of country, or the state of the area before the furrowing (including bare or eroded, if that's how it was)

9. Is there some banded vegetation / stony gilgai / crabhole country nearby?

10. Do you think the furrowing worked?

 YesNoAbout the sameDon't know
Did it make the area more productive than it used to be?
Is the area more productive than nearby similar areas that haven't been furrowed?
Are there problems in the furrowed area that didn’t exist before the furrowing, or that don’t exist in nearby similar areas that haven’t been furrowed?

11. After the furrowing, the following five seasons were

12. Stocking levels after the furrowing were

13. The level of grazing by feral or wild animals after the furrowing was

14. Have you noticed a marked change during a particular year or season?