Support available for gully remediation action

Remediated gullies can help control water movement to stay on property to improve soil and pasture health and to reduce fine sediment from flowing into local waterways. This photo shows a remediated gully, left, and what happens without intervention at the control site, right.
Bowen Broken Bogie (BBB) catchment graziers are eligible to apply for a grant of up to $20,000 to fix problem small-scale gullies.
These projects focus on delivering a reduction of fine sediment into the Great Barrier Reef lagoon.
Sediment savings are determined using the CSIRO and Department of Resources Sediment Calculator Tool, and on-site sediment savings will be dependent on the specific actions and practices implemented.
Graziers can undertake small-scale gullies and erosion features works that will reduce sediment loss through a range of remediation options, including:
- rock chutes for gully head protection;
- diversion banks and water spreading structures to control and manage water flow across paddocks at, before, or after, erosion features;
- ripping for scald rehabilitation;
- sediment or silt traps to slow water flow and collect sediment;
- farm road and track works – constructing whoa boys, rehabilitation or re-siting roads;
- repair degraded areas or preferentially-grazed area through reseeding pasture (can also require fencing or ripping);
- new fences to allow for control of seasonal overgrazing on re-establishing pastures; and
- water distribution to better control grazing and improve land condition.
For further information about infrastructure options for grazing, see Land Management Actions.
A wide range of knowledge and skill-building training is available when you get involved in a project.
We want to make the application process as straight forward as possible.
An LDC team member will help graziers complete the application and advise on applicable remediation methods to meet the assessment criteria laid out by the Great Barrier Reef Foundation.

Remediated gullies can help control water movement to stay on property to improve soil and pasture health and to reduce fine sediment from flowing into local waterways. This photo shows a remediated gully, left, and what happens without intervention at the control site, right.


