Wheatbelt Natural Resource Management (WNRM) works with individuals and groups to protect the land, flora and fauna of the Avon River Basin, and operates out of its offices in Northam, WA. Our projects span across agriculture, biodiversity, and providing meaningful work for first nations people through our Ballardong Noongar Budjar Ranger team.
Our friendly team is here to assist with fencing opportunities, feral control, cultural burns, seed collection, soil health management, crop trials and rotations for fodder and ground-cover, and more!
Wheatbelt NRM provides a range of funding opportunities that support landholders to take practical, on‑ground action for the environment. Through targeted grants and project partnerships, our teams work directly with farmers, community groups, and local organisations to deliver activities such as fencing of priority habitats, feral animal control, threatened species monitoring, and protection of culturally and environmentally significant sites.
We also perform scientific data collection, ecological surveying, and the adoption of sustainable land management practices that align with regional NRM priorities.
Wheatbelt NRM works in close partnership with the Noongar Ballardong people, ensuring Traditional Owner knowledge and values guide our operational strategy and projects. Our Noongar Boodjar Rangers play a central role in this work, applying practical skills across cultural burning, seed collection, planting, weed control, and on‑ground maintenance.
Oversight from our Elders Advisory Group, composed of up to 8 Elders from across the Avon River Basin, ensures our projects and strategies reflect cultural responsibilities and respect for Country.
The Wheatbelt region of Western Australia is one of the state’s most significant broadacre agricultural production zones, forming a major contributor to national food supply through extensive wheat and grain cropping, livestock grazing, and mixed farming systems.
The region includes a mosaic of landscapes ranging from open farmland to woodlands and low shrublands, much of which forms part of the Avon Wheatbelt bioregion, one of Australia’s recognised national biodiversity hotspots.
Ballardong, Kalaamaya, Njaki-Njaki, Wiilman, Whadjuk, Yued.
Beverley, Brookton, Bruce Rock, Corrigin, Dalwallinu, Dowerin, Dumbleyung, Goomalling, Kent, Koorda, Kondinin, Kulin, Lake Grace, Merredin, Mount Marshall, Narambeen, Northam, Nungarin, Pingilley, Quairading, Toodyay, Training, Victoria Plains, Westonia, Wickepin, Wongan‑Ballidu, Wyalkatchem, Yilgarn, York.
Visit our website for project opportunities and practical resources on conservation, land management and sustainable farming, including our own Birds of the Avon River Basin and Noongar Dictionary books.
Wheatbelt NRM’s contributions to NRM shared knowledge across Australia
Wheatbelt NRM’s contributions to our national NRM snapshots
