National Soil Monitoring Program – Western Australia North
Challenge
Australia needs consistent, long-term soil health data to better understand soil condition and trends across regions. In northern Western Australia, this is challenging because monitoring sites are remote, dispersed and require specialist planning, landholder engagement, field sampling capability, safe travel logistics and consistent data collection methods.
Solution
Rangelands NRM is supporting CSIRO’s National Soil Monitoring Program by delivering the regional field component across Western Australia North.
This includes desktop assessment of proposed monitoring sites, identifying suitable locations, engaging landholders, obtaining sampling authorisations, coordinating field teams, collecting soil samples, recording land use and management practices, completing soil characterisation, submitting data to the NSMP database and preparing samples for transport.
Impact
This project strengthens national soil knowledge by contributing regionally significant data from remote northern Western Australia. The work supports evidence-based decision-making, improves understanding of soil condition and trends, builds soil assessment capability within Rangelands NRM, and helps farmers, landholders and decision-makers prioritise soil health, land stewardship and sustainable land management.
Outcome
The project will confirm and sample 65 monitoring sites across the WA North/Kimberley project area, contributing soil samples, soil characterisation data, land management information and site-level reporting to the National Soil Monitoring Program.
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