Natural Sequence Farming at Spring Creek, ANU Masters student Nick Streeton reports (HQ)

Natural Sequence Farming (NSF) is a holistic land management initiative developed by Mr Peter Andrews in the Upper Hunter Valley in the 1970s that seeks to reintegrate stream flow and floodplain processes to sustainably drive production and nature conservation outcomes.
The Lake Cowal Foundation (LCF) undertook the first NSF trial project in the Australian semi-arid zone in 2006 and has been working closely with many partners on this project since then.
Two Masters students from the Australian National University (ANU) have done research on this project since its inception. In 2009, Nick Streeton from ANU, sponsored by the LCF completed his masters on the development of an upstream sediment budget for Spring Creek. This is an interview with him at the completion of this Masters.

[@PacoOtis]

Very well presented and thanks for sharing and the very best of luck!

[@mightyfraserriver977]

Smart people taking control. This is what Australia needs and all of the dry desert areas over the world

[@Zombiemeat00]

Has a new study been done on this in the last 12months, it would be interesting if the increased rainfall this year has made an impact on the data originally collected, great video Peter Andrews was a man of his time.

[@tesha199]

Check out Geoff Lawton an how his farm handled historical rains

[@peterdixon3540]

Interesting research. It reinforces that there are no magic bullets.

[@robbrowne8814]

Is there any update on this area after the recent wet seasons?

[@janestephens6802]

Has there been a more recent update?

[@zazarays]

idk. I found this th-cam.com/video/-4OBcRHX1Bc/w-d-xo.html before coming here

[@bearfootbowhunter3054]

How larg a lot of land would be needed to implement this ?

[@allotment3275]

This looks just like peat gully restoration in the UK

[@Aussiem8e]

It's ok to blink bud!

[@Faithful_Tribe]

Throw in some swales, eh.

[@paulshakespeare2967]

What will they teach at university next 1 +1 =2 . It is so obvious what is wrong !

[@oldbatwit5102]

It is not 1+1, it is x+y. That is why the answer is not always 2.

[@lawrencechan2693]

0:30 - this is a problem that dates back to settlement and the land in many areas still has not recovered. It's easy to say how obviously wrong everyone's approach is when you've been handed the answer, but this is a problem that needs to be solved with education, not arrogance.