Join RegenWA in this webinar to dive into Landscape Rehydration in a Western Australian context. Learn about restoring saline and degraded lands into more productive ones, building resilience to climate change and reducing the impacts of agriculture on the landscape.
Hear from Lance Mudgway, Landscape Planner at the Mulloon Institute and Warren Pensini of Blackwood Valley Beef about rehydrating agricultural land in a Western Australian context.
This event is supported by the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation through their Soil Wise Program.
Soil Wise is funded by the National Landcare Program Smart Farms Small Grants – an Australian Government initiative. It is supported by Healthy Estuaries WA – a State Government program.
Date: Wednesday 15 March 2023, 10:00 am – 11:00 am AWST
Cost: Free
Location: Zoom
More Info: For more information, email info@regenwa.com
Tickets: Register for the webinar here
Speakers
Lance Mudgway
Landscape Planner, Mulloon Institute
Lance Mudgway is a hydrologist based in Wagin, Western Australia with over 20 years’ experience managing surface and groundwater in WA’s agricultural landscapes. He has 16 years’ experience as a hydrologist working in landscape repair in response to salinity and land degradation issues in the WA Wheatbelt, bringing extensive experience and knowledge of natural capital, landscape properties and processes in that region. Lance is passionate about large-scale change in agricultural systems, to a more natural systems focus, restoring saline and degraded lands to productivity and building resilience against climate change and other external factors as well as reducing agriculture’s climate impact. Lance brings with him a well-developed network with local NRM groups, Landcare and community groups, Aboriginal groups and local and state government agencies.
Warren Pensini
Blackwood Valley Beef
The Pensini family has been raising cattle in Western Australia for a century. In Western Australia, they farm some of the most fragile and worn soils in the world, so farming here is very challenging. Add to this the effects of climate change and declining rainfall, it soon becomes clear the old European ways of farming are not sustainable. Nestled in the beautiful Blackwood Valley in South West WA, Warren Pensini manages his farm holistically. This means employing planned grazing methods to ensure ground cover year-round and true environmental sustainability.