This report provides a review and performance assessment of the National Program for Irrigation Research and Development (NPIRD) during 1993-1998. The Program is a partnership between LWRRDC, State water agencies and irrigators. The objective of the review was to assess the performance and impact of the program over that time and to identify where improvements might be made for a third phase ofthe program that was to be initiated in July 1999.

This edition of RipRap is dealing with the difficult management issue of stream bank stability

Determining whole-of-system water use efficiency for NSW river valleys What are real or unreal water savingsΓ

Annual report 2008 09 for Land & Water Australia (statutorily the Land and Water Resources Research & Development Corporation) is a statutory corporation established under the Primary Industries and Energy Research and Development Act 1989 (PIERD Act), within the Australian Government's Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry portfolio

The purpose of this booklet is to help you understand more about the importance of wet and dry times in wetlands by: * Asking and answering relevant questions about the water regime in your wetlands; * Selecting and monitoring wetlands; * Measuring water level above and below ground, as well as water presence or absence; * Comparing the vegetation of the wetlands at different times; * Considering what water regimes are likely to encourage the development of particular vegetation and habitats in your wetland; and * Deciding whether making your wetland water regime closer to a natural pattern is desirable or practical.

This booklet provides information for those who want a general and quick overview of what programs have been conducted to improve outcomes for wool producers in Australia's pastoral zone. The program _Managing Pastoral Country_ worked with woolgrowers t

Improving feedbase utilisation and distribution is the key focus for a new national Grain & Graze research project. Making the most of your feedbase throughout the year can reduce business risk and improve natural resource management outcomes. Together, a team of CSIRO scientists and software experts are exploring feedbase management by identifying where feed gaps exist in current systems and how best to address them.

An outline of the Sustainable Primary Industries research and development programs in Land And Water including: Grain and Graze; Land, Water and Wool; Managing Climate Variability; National Dryland Salinity Program and National Program for Sustainable Irrigation

Ballidu farmer Bernie Driscoll has always had sheep and in the past 20 years he has had salt-affected land. But it was a trip to Michael Lloyd's Lake Grace property that left him with a lasting impression of how sheep could benefit from saltland.