Northern Gulf NRM region
2007
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Featured projects in the Northern Gulf NRM region.
Scooby-Doo's mission impossible, ghost nets busting
The Ghost Nets Programme sounds more like an episode of Scooby-Doo rather than the name of a multi-award winning program implemented by Indigenous rangers to help protect sea turtles and other marine creatures in the Gulf of Carpentaria... read more
2008
Art contest will help protect Gulf region
Children in northern Gulf communities will have their say on protecting their local natural resources through an art competition ... more
Building a raft of alignment for Queensland's northern regions
Working better together for better outcomes was the focus of a workshop hosted by regional NRM bodies of the northern region in Cairns last month ... more
'Duty of Care' pays off
The Northern Gulf Resource Management Group recently asked graziers in the region to participate in a 'Duty of Care' survey conducted by River Consulting...more
Spreading the good word in the Gulf
The Northern Gulf Resource Management Group (NGRMG) recently held a Community Awareness Day hosted by the Northern Gulf Indigenous Savannah Group (NGISG) in Dimbulah...more
Skyrocketing fertiliser costs forces change in farming practices
With the costs of chemical fertilisers hitting $2000/tonne, growers and farmers are looking at other methods of supplying nutrients to their crops...more
There are plenty more fish in the catchment
Ecowise, on behalf of the Northern Gulf Resource Management Group (NGRMG), have just completed a survey of freshwater fish and aquatic bugs in the Staaten River Catchment...more
New battle against rubber vine
From Hopevale in the north to Charters Towers in the south and across almost to the border of the Northern Territory, vast tracts of prime grazing land have been overrun with the invasive weed, rubber vine...more
2009
The new northern sea wreaking havoc on north-west Queensland
Over the last six weeks record rains have been lashing north-west Queensland and the resultant flooding has created a vast inland sea. Livestock and other wildlife throughout much of the gulf country have effectively no high ground to stand on...more
Reducing the bellyache in the Upper Walsh River
Weed management is identified as important in the Northern Gulf Plan for natural resource management (NRM) which was developed by the Northern Gulf NRM Group in consultation with the community...more
Tourism opportunities for Mutton Hole
The Gulf community had the opportunity to have there say on the future of the wetlands at a community consultation forum recently held at the Normanton Visitors Information Centre...more
Last updated 31 July 2009