Our Projects
Gascoyne Pilbara Rangelands Initiative Inc. delivers practical, producer-driven projects that strengthen pastoral businesses and support healthy, resilient rangelands across the Gascoyne and Pilbara. Our work focuses on solutions that make a real difference on the ground, lifting landscape condition, improving business capability and opening doors to new opportunities across the value chain.
We collaborate with pastoralists, researchers, industry partners and government agencies to deliver projects that are grounded in local experience and supported by sound science. Every project we take on is designed to support long-term resilience: stronger landscapes, stronger businesses and stronger communities.
Our Focus Areas
Rangelands Health
Healthy rangelands underpin productivity, profitability and long-term business resilience. Our projects aim to improve carrying capacity, strengthen landscape function and build the ability to manage seasonal variability, including drought. Healthy country also supports biodiversity, soil stability and water quality—key factors in maintaining both ecological function and social licence.
Applied Research and Development
We actively participate in applied research that advances sustainable production and practical land management. Through partnership and open communication, we help raise the profile of pastoral innovation in the Gascoyne and Pilbara, contribute to policy discussions and ensure producers have access to relevant, timely information that supports informed decision making.
Marketability
With new domestic and international markets emerging for Australian beef, our work helps pastoral businesses understand and capture these opportunities. We collaborate with producers and supply chain partners to strengthen relationships, increase visibility and support access to value-adding pathways that benefit the region.
Our Approach to Projects
We focus on delivering innovative, practical projects that reflect the needs and priorities of pastoralists. Members and stakeholders are actively involved in project design, implementation and review, ensuring our work remains grounded in local knowledge and directly applicable across the rangelands.
We welcome project proposals from our members and seek funding for initiatives that align with our strategic goals and contribute to a productive, sustainable and profitable pastoral industry.
Smart grazing, stronger lands - Building grazing & land management capacity across Australia's Southern Rangelands
June 2026 - March 2028
The Smart Grazing Stronger Lands Project, funded through the Australian Government’s Climate-Smart Agriculture Program under the Natural Heritage Trust (NHT), is a national initiative supporting improved grazing management and rangeland resilience across South Australia, New South Wales and Western Australia. Led by Adelaide University through the SA Drought Hub, the project brings together regional hubs, research organisations and delivery partners.
Pilbara Extension Network (PEN) 2.0
July 2026 - June 2027
GPRI is proud to be a delivery partner for Pilbara Extension Network Round Two, supporting pastoral businesses across the Pilbara to design, deliver and evaluate practical, on station projects that address real business and landscape challenges. Round Two includes projects focused on grazing management, land stewardship, reproductive performance, phosphorus deficiency and landscape restoration.
Voices of the Rangelands: Stories from the Gascoyne and beyond
July 2026 - October 2027
Improve social connection and collaboration for preparedness for drought in the Gascoyne community through a digital storytelling project that records oral histories of drought experiences, produces a targeted podcast series and supporting materials, and engages young people through hands‑on media training that builds intergenerational capability.
Engaging Pastoralist
July 2025 - June 2028
Engaging Pastoralist: Providing a deeper understanding of biodiversity and monitoring is a project supported by Landcare Australia Biodiversity in Action Grants and aims to increase pastoralist understanding of biodiveristy and the benefits of managing key biodiversity areas on stations.
Cultivating Landscape Knowledge
Together
June 2025 - June 2026
Empowering the Gascoyne community through workshops and demonstrations to understand regional plant species, the whole of landscape function, water retention's role, and sustainable land management to increase regional knowledge to build the biodiversity of the region.
Node Manager Gascoyne
May 2025 - June 2027
GPRI is partnering with the Northern Hub through to June 2026 to strengthen climate and drought resilience across the Gascoyne and Pilbara. Our Executive Officer, Krystie Bremer, is serving as the Gascoyne Regional Node Manager, ensuring our region is connected to national opportunities, resources and discussions that matter.
Planning for Resilience
July 2025 - April 2027
The Planning for Resilience project is supported by the Northern Hub and is a 12-month initiative (July 2025 – June 2026) piloting a property-level approach to drought planning for pastoral stations across the Northern Gascoyne and Western Pilbara. Building on the region’s Future Drought Fund-supported Regional Drought Resilience Plans (RDRPs), the project translates regional drought resilience priorities into practical, on-ground actions tailored to individual pastoral enterprises.
Data Management Partnership
June 2025 - September 2026
In partnership with the Pilbara Innovation Partnership, GPRI is working with pastoralist to develop and implement a standardised data collection and management framework for pastoralists in the Northern Gascoyne and Lower Pilbara, improving business decision-making, productivity, and industry-wide collaboration.