Dryland salinity occurrence in the medium sized Majors Creek Salinity Province is due mainly to saline groundwater discharge from local to intermediate scale Groundwater Flow Systems along drainage lines, with few ‘break-of-slope’ style occurrences. Discharge areas up to 46 ha have been mapped in the province; however most areas occur as smaller patches along drainage lines, especially northeast of Pyalong.
Much of the north of the province is Federal Defence held land where salinity significance appears to have declined due to the effects of the 1999 - 2009 drought years, as well as improved land management on the Puckapunyal reserve. Mostly grazing country, salinity management should focus on increasing the area of perennial pasture and the protection of remaining discharge areas.
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