Neil Dixon

Rural and coastal drainage reform practitioner & PHCC Regional Estuaries Initiative Project Coordinator

[Jesse Rowley @Jesse_Rowley5]

A day spent out at Lowlands #planting 1000 Lepidosperma persecans along the #SerpentineRiver banks. #PeopleWorkingTogether to #SaveOurSerpy through our @AlcoaFoundation project.

[5 Rivers NRM @PeelHarveyCC]

We are hiring....
Coordinator, Wetlands Science and Management https://t.co/K78vYaDbGZ

[Andrew Del Marco @AndrewDelMarco]

@PeelHarveyCC is one of six catchments involved in the Regional Estuaries Initiative. The REI Sustainable Agriculture Group is working to help farmers reduce fertilisers entering waterways and increase farm profitability. @nrmwa #estuaries @AusLandcare

[Neil Dixon @NeilDDixon]

Hoping phosphorous sticks to the mud like the mud is sticking to the diggers! @PeelHarveyCC - @DWER_WA offline water treatment pilot project continues to take shape, despite sticky conditions. #WAEstuaries

[Neil Dixon @NeilDDixon]

What the cows drop in the drains in summer, the downstream lakes and #WAEstuaries cop in winter ☹️ Good news but, the farmer wants 1 of our new @PeelHarveyCC small weirs built here to slow things down 😀 Its a start! #Healthywaterways #Phosphorus #Mandurah

[Neil Dixon @NeilDDixon]

@PeelHarveyCC every day it is becoming more and more obvious that we need to change the phosphorous game - globally and locally. Some stressors we can't manage - but phosphorous we can! #WAEstuaries #DaveKellyMP #SaveOurSerpy @RamsarConv

[Dr. Jim Elser, PhD 🇺🇸 @DrLimnology]

If you work on #phosphorus #sustainability issues, take a look at and consider signing the Helsinki Declaration calling for a global science initiative focussed on phosphorus.
https://t.co/Z3ymhK3Qfj

[Neil Dixon @NeilDDixon]

Its midwinter @PeelHarveyCC and our coastal drains are at capacity. Difficult times for spruiking the benefits of small weirs & riffles like this one, but in ~3 months this site will be bone dry - except for behind the riffle! #WAEstuaries @watercorpwa

[Neil Dixon @NeilDDixon]

Latest cinematic drone shot of @PeelHarveyCC Peel Main Drain water treatment project highlights just how unnatural our modern drained landscapes are. We cant go back but we can keep going forward - towards healthier #WAEstuaries!
#Phosphorus #SaveOurSerpy

[Megan LeRoy @leroy_megan]

The environment benefits when organisations and community work together for a common goal - restoring the lower Harvey River. Photo credit: Jess Collins @GreeningAust #HRRT @PeelHarveyCC @AlcoaFoundation @JordonGarbellin

[Neil Dixon @NeilDDixon]

Showing local Elder Harry Nannup and great grandson Mark around our Peel Drain project today. Its been a long 18 months since Uncle Harry held the first smoking ceremony on site but we all remain excited for the future of the Serpentine River #WAEstuaries #Noongar #SaveOurSerpy

[Neil Dixon @NeilDDixon]

Queensland Alliance for Platypus : Enclosed yabby traps drown platypus - ban their sale, possession and use in Queensland. - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/oLXNn5jigC via @ChangeAUS

[Neil Dixon @NeilDDixon]

...Unless it tastes like peppermint - that would make it a Ringtail possum. https://t.co/IeIaeRECRl

[Jordon Garbellini @JordonGarbellin]

Who's Poo? Scats are a helpful tool to identify wildlife on your property. I think this might have been left by a friendly Brushtail possum #LandforWildlife @PeelHarveyCC

[Neil Dixon @NeilDDixon]

Managed drainage = beef & biodiversity = Smart Farming
#WAEstuaries #HealthyWaterways #Phosphorus #sustainablefood

[Neil Dixon @NeilDDixon]

Check out our new weir in action! It has a stop of just 30cm but holds back 78,000 kL of farm runoff. Next year we'll up it to 50cm = extra 7ha of lake. The black swans, stilts & mallards sure are big fans 😃 #WAEstuaries https://t.co/OagS3gulVL #HealthyWaterways #Phosphorus

[Neil Dixon @NeilDDixon]

Our small ag weirs for slowing water in drains and reducing nutrients to the Peel-Harvey Estuary have made the local news! https://t.co/2jqyq638aN #WAestuaries @PeelHarveyCC @Davekellymp

[Neil Dixon @NeilDDixon]

Yay - 'WEIR' all happy!! The first #REIPeel small ag weir is in after just 2 days - welcome to a new farmscape where water and nutrients are managed as a resource and not a waste, for the benefit of all. #WAestuaries thanks R4R https://t.co/OagS3gulVL

[Neil Dixon @NeilDDixon]

Something concrete at last! The first of the #REIPeel 'small' ag weirs finally arrives. Up to 10 of these weirs will be installed in rural drains in Peel-Harvey to keep water and nutrients on the farms and out of our #WAestuaries #phosphorus @Davekellymp https://t.co/OagS3gulVL

[Neil Dixon @NeilDDixon]

Despite June being decidedly wet for a (nice) change, construction of the #REIPeel Main Drain water treatment project access road forges ahead. 250m in the first week - only 600m to go! Thanks again to our partners @DWER_WA and @watercorpwa for helping #WAestuaries

[Neil Dixon @NeilDDixon]

Looking forward to seeing the outcomes of this great trial - keeping #phosphorus on the farm and out of our #healthywaterways! https://t.co/gihdhkaFWG

[DWER WA @DWER_WA]

#fromthefield It’s been hard work getting our remediation trial sites in #Peel ready. An amendment product is being used to coat drains to absorb phosphorous and stop it running off into #WAEstuaries

[Landcare SJ @LandcareSJ]

Landcare SJ planting season started today, with thanks to the volunteers from Byford EnviroLink. Check our website for the planting calendar and lend a hand if you can. Dont forget National Tree Day on July 29 - supported by Byford and Districts Bendigo Bank.