Voice of the Region - July 2007
Burdekin Dry Tropics NRM
Overhead irrigation trials Underway in the Lower Burdekin
Burdekin Dry Tropics NRM (BDTNRM), Mulgrave Area Farm Integrated Action (MAFIA) and Sugar Research and Development Corporation (SRDC) are currently trialing an Overhead Low Pressure (OHLP) irrigation system in an effort to determine the potential benefits for cane growers in the region, with a particular view to the adoption of green cane harvesting on the Burdekin Flood Plain Soils.Read more
Burnett Mary Regional Group
Major funding boost to improve Burnett catchment health
A massive funding injection of $750,000 by the Burnett Mary Regional Group for Natural Resource Management Inc (BMRG) will help safeguard the future health and sustainability of the Burnett Catchment.Read more
Cape York Peninsula Development Association
Roma based fire project coordinator all fired up to work with landholders
Well known Roma identity Ray Klein has been appointed as Regional Coordinator for the Queensland Rangelands Fire Project which was launched in Roma at a meeting in February by Brian Cifuentes, Project Manager from Cape York Peninsula Development Association Inc (CYPDA).Read more
Condamine Alliance
Look out, Adelaide, here it comes…
Heavy rain over cropping and grazing land left bare by the drought in the Condamine River catchment would wash at least 1.3 million tonnes of soil into the river or its tributaries, at the head of the Murray-Darling Basin.Read more
Desert Channels Queensland
Behind the GoldenOrb
Anyone who’s ridden a horse or motorbike through the inland Australian bush will have, at some stage, caught a face-full of spider web. DCQ’s Regional Coordinator and resident ‘nature boy’, Steve Wilson, sheds some light on the culprit.Read more
Old ways, new ways
An exciting new project being run by Desert Channels Queensland is set to record and store traditional Aboriginal knowledge using the latest in recording and storage technology.Read more
Queensland Murray-Darling Committee
Saving Mitchell's soil
Erosion and degradation of waterways from soil run off has been an ongoing challenge for land managers in much of Australia’s prime grazing areas. In fact, in the Maranoa River catchment, near Mitchell, an estimated average of 30,000 tonnes of soil is washed down streams and waterways every year. With additions from inflows and depositions on floodplains, an average of 41,000 tonnes of sediment will be exported into the Balonne River system at Beardmore Dam (near St. George), annually.Read more
SEQ Catchments
Satellite's-eye view puts natural resources into perspective
High resolution satellite imagery capable of distinguishing ground features as small as dams, homes and sheds is providing the clearest picture yet of the scale and impact of changes across South East Queensland’s natural resources.Read more
School water project just the beginning
A $115,000 stormwater collection project is the centrepiece of work that is transforming Gatton State School into a model of sustainable develop, education and community involvement.Read more
Southern Gulf Catchments
I thought I saw-a-fish
The weird and wonderful world of our aquatic environment is best captured by the sawfish. Described as a cross between a shark and a ray, sawfish are immediately identifiable by their extended bill (rostrum) which is armed with between 17-30 pointed teeth on either side.Read more
Walker-Warianna Creek Prickly Acacia Eradication
Property managers have been committed to eradicating Prickly Acacia and other woody weeds for decades. After a combined effort of planning and action... the results are amazing.Read more
Queensland Landcare
Conference to look at how landcare is making a difference
More than 300 delegates are expected to descend on Mackay for the 18th annual Queensland Landcare Conference taking place 22 – 25 August this year.Read more
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Last updated 18 July 2007