Get on board a two-year push to stop 45kt of sediment

Darryl Hill shows Old Hidden Valley grazier Steve Plath how to work a dumpy level.

During the next two years, LDC has committed to deliver at least 30 Grazing Land Management projects, in collaboration with graziers, to reach a 45kt target of fine sediment under the $5 million funding arrangement through the Great Barrier Reef Foundation’s partnership with the Australian Government’s Reef Trust.

Financial incentives are available to BBB graziers and NQ Dry Tropics is confident the grazing community will take advantage of this opportunity to get involved with the LDC project. 

If you have been considering making a grazing management practice change on your property, or installing new infrastructure to support intensification of the changes you’re already making, contact the LDC team. Their contact details are at the bottom of this page.

30 grants up for grabs!

BBB graziers are eligible to apply for a grant of up to $20,000 to improve grazing land management for productivity and water quality outcomes.

We want to make the application process as straight forward as possible. 

An LDC grazing officer will help graziers complete the application to meet the assessment criteria that has been determined by the Great Barrier Reef Foundation. 

Diversity of pasture species is the aim.

Projects will focus on delivering a reduction of fine sediment into the Great Barrier Reef lagoon across an area of approximately 2200ha per project.

Sediment savings will be determined using the recently released Sediment Projector Tool and the savings will be dependent on the specific practices implemented by the landholder. See story (right), for further information about the Sediment Projector Tool.

Projects will also focus on implementing best management grazing techniques to improve and maintain groundcover at the end of the dry season.

Of critical importance is implementing a practice change that will grow more grass, reduce stock numbers over the dry season or reduce grazing periods during the dry season. 

A range of management practices can be implemented, including (but not limited to) the following:

• New fences to split large paddocks and implementing seasonal spelling programs.
• New stock watering points to spread grazing pressure across land that is underutilised. 
• Riparian fencing to control seasonal overgrazing. 

For further information, get in touch with one of LDC’s grazing officers. Scroll down to the end of the story for their contact details.

A grazing management field day at Weetalaba.