2011 Northern Rivers Landcare Awards
Highlighting leading lights of landcare
12. ‘Northern Rivers Soil Health’ Award
This award will be made to a primary producer who implements innovative practices or activities to implement carbon mitigation practices
and productivity outcomes.
Please complete this form, including the contact details of the individual nominated and the nominator (if different), and information that
demonstrates how the nominee meets the judging criteria below. Please remember to send two digital photographs, two referees and any
relevant supporting documents.
Nominee Details (ie contact person for the individual being nominated)
Dr
Mr
Miss
Mrs
Ms (please circle or bold)
Name
Group/Organisation
Position/Title
Postal address
Home phone number
Mobile phone number
Email address
Nomination prepared by (if different from above)
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Mr
Miss
Mrs
Ms (please circle or bold)
Name
Group/Organisation
Position/Title
Postal address
Home phone number
Mobile phone number
Email address
This nomination is accompanied by (aerial photo, farm map, soil test results,photographs et al )
Digital image files (JPEG or TIF)
Hard copy documents/photos
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Digital document files (Word, PDF)
Do you want them returned?
I give authority to the North Coast Regional Landcare Network & Northern Rivers CMA to use the information and
photographs provided within and with this nomination for the purpose of promoting the Northern Rivers Landcare
Awards and natural resource management in the region within the Networks and Authority’s media materials.
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Judging Criteria - the judges will use the information provided in this nomination to assess the extent to which:
1.
Do you have a current farm or property management or grazing management plan plan? Yes  No 
What year did you complete the plan?
2.
Do you derive your principal income from the farm?
3.
Your size of your farm (ha) and principal enterprises?
Yes  No 
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4.
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6.
Do you mind showing the judge(s) over your farm if required? Yes  No 
Please explain land management systems that have stored carbon on your farm over the past 10 years and the portion of the
farm allocated to these practices.
Please also explain;
a. How have you increased the input of carbon into the soil? add eg mulched crops/applied compost/chicken litter
compost/reduced soil erosion/reused dairy effluent How have you increased your ground cover? e.g. retaining stubble,
grazing management
b. How have you increased the perennially of your pasture systems?
c. How have you increased the biodiversity of your farm? e.g. more pasture species & more crops in rotations)
d. What soil management strategies have you implemented to maximize water use on your farm? e.g. no-till, system,
contour banks etc
e. re biodiversity eg more pasture species & crop rotations, establishment of windbreaks & fencing out of waterways
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7.
Do you have any methods of reducing your carbon emissions?
a. FARM management systems
No till/pasture
Offset farm
Wind mills/solar
Biodiesel/ethanol
cropping
trees/revegetation
panels ie fencing
plant

Ha
Year est


Ha
Year est

No
Year est
No
b. FARM house/infrastructure
Solar hot water system
Solar panels
Year est

Year est

Reduced methane
emissions from
livestock

No
Hybrid car
No
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Other i.e. manure
management, reduced
fertiliser emissions
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No
Insulation/ aspect/energy
efficient design
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Comment
Other energy
efficient features
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Comment
c.
d.
Winner will be nominated to the State Carbon Farming Awards, Please contact Simon Proust, NRCMA for more information on 66530111
Please refer to Nomination Guidelines for details on how to submit your nomination
Nominations close Monday the 21st February 2011
2011 Northern Rivers Landcare Awards – ‘Northern Rivers Carbon’ Award