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...Prioritising Gully Remediation
Prioritising remediation of active gullies in the BBB Verterra representatives inspecting the first large-scale gully site at Mt Wickham. Glen Bowen grazier Christian Cormack (left) with Associated Professor Griffith University Dr Andrew Brooks inspecting gullies....Water monitoring
Monitoring group helps scientists Nine properties in the BBB catchment make up the LDC Community Water Quality Monitoring Group. This group has been established to better understand the water quality variations throughout the BBB catchment, with a focus on sediment...Glenmore intervention
Three years later, the dozer work is paying dividends Glenmore is a 207ha property on the banks of the Bowen River, near Collinsville. Jim took over management in 2003 and immediately set about addressing erosion issues. There were several large eroded gullies on the...Want more quizzes?
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