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4 The condition of selectively-grazed land types is effectively managed. Accredited training (e.g. GLM or equivalent) and targeted, accredited extension to ensure: Selectively-grazed land types are fenced where practical and cost-effective. Elsewhere, regular wet season spelling, with or without fire, is used to help preferentially grazed areas recover. Consideration is given to using other means (e.g. supplement feeding sites, water points locations) to even out grazing pressure. Grazing BMP Strategic fencing, water points 5 Timing and intensity of grazing is managed in frontages of rivers and major streams, including associated riparian and wetland areas. Accredited training (e.g. GLM or equivalent) and targeted, accredited extension to facilitate: Installation of fencing and/or off-stream watering points to enable these ecologically sensitive areas to be maintained or improved. Where selectively grazed, grazing pressure is kept low, with consideration given to regular wet season spelling, weed control through fire or other means and feral pig control where required. Grazing BMP Strategic fencing Off-stream watering points Weed and pest management 6 Strategies implemented, where practical and affordable, to remediate gullied areas Professional advice to inform: An appropriate mix of actions, which may include stock exclusion, mechanical reshaping of gully heads and sides, installation of porous check dams, gypsum treatment and reseeding. Grazing BMP 7 Linear features (roads, tracks, fences, firebreaks, and water points located and constructed to minimise their risk of initiating erosion Accredited training (e.g. GLM or equivalent) and targeted, accredited extension to ensure: Roads and tracks are planned and built with due attention to erosion risk. Where there are significant risks, an appropriate mix of mitigation actions are undertaken, such as locating tracks on contour where possible; avoiding disturbance of sodic subsoils, using whoa boys or similar means to allow to cross tracks; installation of table drains where required; installation of outfalls for low usage, cross-slope roads on steep country, etc. Fences follow contour lines where possible, or ridge lines in steep country. Where fence line is not on the contour, and slope is steep, whoa-boys are used as required. Grazing BMP 8 Use of agricultural chemicals Accredited training (e.g. GLM or equivalent) and targeted, accredited extension to ensure: Grazing BMP
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