February is Rabbit Buster Month across Victoria, and North Central CMA is celebrating by helping landholders around key northern wetlands control the pests.
Landholders next to Kerang Ramsar-listed wetlands can buy subsidised products to help keep rabbit numbers down.
“We’re offering locals with an Agriculture Chemical Users Permit a deal on a range of bait products to help them keep on top of their rabbit control,” North Central CMA environmental reserve officer Peter O’Toole said.
“It’s basically buy one, get one free on us. Baits include 1080, oats and carrots.
“We have a cap on supply, so landholders should get in quick.”
Mr O’Toole said the Kerang Lakes included a number of internationally significant wetlands, and the CMA worked alongside locals and other Victorian Government departments to protect them.
“A key part of that protection is pest management,” he said.
“We partner with land managers such as Parks Victoria and Goulburn-Murray Water and assist local farmers with rabbit control programs to enhance the wetlands and help protect sensitive cultural sites.
“There’s never been a more important time to do that, with climate change impacting our communities, our farms and our wetlands.
“A drying climate means rabbits will be more attracted to crops and to the areas we revegetate around the wetlands.”
To order from a selection of bait products, contact North Central CMA on 5448 7124 or email peter.otoole@nccma.vic.gov.au
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