Voice of the Regions - March 2008
Across the regions
Beach scrub back on the map
Beach scrub is being put back on the map on the Central Queensland coast. A unique cross-regional project is underway to bring back the Beach Scrub through assessing the condition and distribution of remaining beach scrub patches, and implement management actions at priority sites ... more
Flower power across the regions
Story from DCQ
The Florestina Field Day in December last year raised the profile and awareness of florestina in the Tambo and Barcaldine shires, the only two shires in Queensland where florestina is found ... more
Grazing land management preparing for the future
Story from DCQ
Grazing land management is a major cross-regional project managed by Desert Channels Queensland and delivered by the Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries.
As the project nears completion, project staff are preparing case studies and consulting with graduates to gather the lessons learnt and knowledge gained and present it to others ... more
Burdekin Dry Tropics NRM
From cane farm to the cattle station
By Terry Butts
Cattle cockie cum diesel fitter Steve Musson calls it a reverse sea change - "and the best thing I've ever done."
Steve sold his cane farm and engineering business at Gargett, a tiny township in the rich Pioneer Valley of Mackay, and bought a tired old cattle station at Barcaldine eight years ago ... more
Burnett Mary Regional Group
Farmers look after rare cockatoos
Landowners in the Burnett Mary region are helping to save a vulnerable bird.
Under a project jointly sponsored by the Burnett Mary Regional Group and the Glossy Black Conservancy, landholders are reporting sightings and protecting habitat of the glossy black cockatoo ... more
Cape York Peninsula Development Association
Progress being made on protecting Cape York marine turtles
The Natural Heritage Trust is funding a major initiative to monitor marine turtle nesting on the west coast of Cape York Peninsula and trial methods to reduce high levels of predation primarily by feral pigs ... more
Condamine Alliance
Clifton students learn to love their river
Condamine Alliance has teamed up with Clifton State High School to develop a community engagement process for Condamine River Rescue works at Passmore Reserve on the Condamine near Clifton ... more
Desert Uplands Committee
Landscape Linkages wins environmental award
The Desert Uplands Build-Up and Development Strategy Committee (DU) were winners at the Central West Industry Excellence Awards held in Longreach on 8 March ... more
Fitzroy Basin Association
Forestry a feasible income option for CQ landholders
Harvesting trees for forest products is an untapped market for landholders in the Central Queensland region, according to Reg Connolly ... more
FBA finds new uses for GPS technology
Innovative use of GPS and computer mapping is helping Fitzroy Basin Association improve NRM in Central Queensland ... more
Queensland Murray-Darling Committee
Thallon get carp busting
Six fishing clubs have joined forces with the Queensland Murray-Darling Committee, to coordinate one of the biggest community awareness programsfor European Carp in the Murray-Darling Basin ... more
Southern Gulf Catchments
Locals complete weed control certificate
Mount Isa is strategically located on the rim of the Georgina and Leichhardt River catchments in the control of many weeds of national significance.
By being proactive, our community can play a key role in the campaign to prevent the spread of weeds such as bellyache bush, parkinsonia, parthenium, mesquite, and rubber vine to name only a few ... more
SGC helps Arilla Paper turn waste into art
As a way to aid the local community and to help reduce paper waste within their office, Southern Gulf Catchments (SGC) is now taking their used paper products to Arilla Paper so it may be turned into paper or handmade works of art by local Indigenous women ... more
South West NRM
Frozen bait boost to battle feral beasts
Baiting programs in the Tambo Shire will get a boost with a cool new piece of equipment ... more
Water monitoring lessons well learnt in Eulo
Students from Eulo, Wyandra and Yowah schools recently got together for a practical lesson in water monitoring at the Paroo River near Eulo ... more
Torres Strait Regional Authority (Land & Sea Management Unit)
Torres Strait communities caring for their Islands
The Island communities of Mer, Masig, and Erub in the Torres Strait are working towards independently sustaining their natural resources by participating in the National Landcare Program's (NLP) Re-establishing Stable Landscapes Project ... more
Last updated 27 January 2009