Gully maintenance

Work on a gully at at Emohruo. Photographs were taken in November, 2018 before work began and in November, 2022. Funding enables maintenance and monitoring of LDC gully work NQ Dry Tropics has secured funding to maintain and monitor gullies remediated between 2017 and...

Belmore in design phase

Belmore Downs work begins design phase Remediation will focus on six highly-active gullies that cover 45ha on a small tributary of the Bowen River, which enters Bowen River 1.5km downstream. The gullies are yielding approximately 5000 tonnes of fine sediment each year...

Havilah cultural survey

Cultural survey, impact assessment complete A cultural heritage survey and impact assessment was completed on Havilah last month in consultation with the Birriah People to address NQ Dry Tropics’ obligations and cultural heritage duty of care under the Queensland...

Maintenance funding

Funding to underpin long-term gully maintenance Between 2017-2020, the Burdekin Major Integrated Project (Landholders Driving Change) completed 25 gully remediation projects (five large-scale and 20 small-scale sites). Collectively, these gully works treated more than...

The Challenge

Gully remediation in some areas of the Bowen Broken and Bogie (BBB) river catchments is challenging to say the least. Gullies are often uneconomic to fix because there is no return on investment for the landholder. YOU MAY ALSO BE INTERESTED IN: Grants to help...