Rangelands Monitoring Tool

2007

Gascoyne Catchments Group has developed the Rangelands Monitoring Tool© as an industry driven and endorsed rangelands self-assessment and reporting tool. This tool was developed to maintain, emphasise and build on the information collected using existing Pasture Monitoring Sites, an initiative developed and established by the Department of Agriculture and Food WA in the early 1980s.

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The Rangelands Monitoring Tool© is a process of rangeland assessment that provides:

• perennial shrub & grass trends to monitor pasture composition;

• perennial shrub & grass indicators to monitor trends in range condition;

• monitoring for soil health, stability, infiltration rates and nutrient cycling;

• a method to record and assess the type and severity of rangeland erosion;

• improved day to day management decisions on pastoral leases.

The evidence collected from this self-assessment tool is used to communicate with regulators, agricultural industries and conservation agencies. It also provides a credible basis on which to disseminate information to the general public on the condition and management of the Rangeland resources. Most importantly, it assists pastoral managers in adjusting management responses to specific land and vegetation indicators.

2017 - 2019

2017 Gascoyne Catchments Group work with Kimberly Pilbara Cattlemans Association to integrate shrubs and grasses relevant to the Pilbara region of Western Australia.  This also include the ability to utilise the tool offline, providing greate access for land managers.

 In 2019, the Gascoyne Catchment Group launched an iOS application to allow for easier use of the tool in the field.

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2023

Gascoyne Catchments Group, with thanks to support received from Province Resources was  able to undertake development to move the app to a new platform.

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What this means:
•Available on both apple and android devices or via the website
•Easier to use and view past data
•Access to all of your current data
•We are also hopeful that access to the new report will also be available here