Community stewardship
Landholders including graziers, council workers, and other land managers inspect a finished contour bank during a Darryl Hill workshop. Fostering an ethic of land and water stewardship in the community In its broadest sense, stewardship is recognition of a collective...Focus on ground cover
The focus is onall-importantground cover Ground cover is important because it can reduce runoff and erosion. Sediment loads can be reduced by maintaining ground cover and pasture biomass to improve rainfall infiltration. Ground cover assists in improving the...Grazier support
Supporting graziers to make land management practice changes Dr Ian Braithwaite, Sheridan Callcott, Ness Allen, and Roxanne Morgan of DAF (Mackay), at back. Grazing enterprises occupy 92 per cent of land in the BBB region. The Grazier Support program aims to provide...What’s next?
So, what’s next? (Click on the pictures to read about what’s coming up in each area) IN GULLIES IN WATER QUALITY SAMPLING FOR OTHER LAND MANAGERS FOR TRADITIONAL OWNERS The Challenge Sediment source? Water sampling Gully prioritisation Work thus...On-ground gully works
Gully intervention prevents more than 10,500t of sediment reaching the reef On-ground remediation works include five large-scale gullies and 20 small-scale gully sites. Collectively, these gully works treated more than 11,000 linear metres of gullies eroding from 54...Want more quizzes?
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