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Pastoral Board

The Pastoral Board is a statutory authority responsible to the Minister for the administration of the Pastoral Land Management and Conservation Act 1989.

Meetings are held every two months to discuss the Board's responsibilities. These include:

• the administration of the pastoral lease system
• determining, managing and enforcing lease terms and conditions with regard to Natural Resources Management (NRM) Plans and Indigenous Land Use Agreements (ILUA)
• assessing and reporting on the condition of leased land
• determining lease land management conditions, including the number and type of stock to be run
• the implementation of property plans and other measures to prevent land degradation
• collecting and recording annual stock returns
• producing an annual report
• assisting the Valuer General in determining pastoral rents
• the administration of the Pastoral Land Management Fund.

The six Pastoral Board members come from a range of backgrounds and have extensive knowledge of the administrative, environmental and economic pastoral issues faced in the South Australian Rangelands.

Current Pastoral Board members are:

The AW Howard Memorial Trust – Awards

The AW Howard Memorial Trust Incorporated offers study awards and research fellowships to Australians working towards promoting and improving the development, management and use of pastures (including natural resources management) in Australia. Grants-in-Aid are also awarded to Australian organisations, associations and communities for projects related to pastures. These grants commemorate the outstanding vision that Amos W Howard achieved in discovering and then promoting the value of subterranean clover to farmers in Australia.

More information:

• http://www.sardi.sa.gov.au/employment/awhoward