Regenerating desert land

Chihuahuan Desert rancher Alejandro Carrillo has worked for 15 years to dramatically improve the soil and pasture on his 12,000ha...

Landscape Reyhdration day

NQ Dry Tropics plans to run a Landscape Rehydration Workshop before the end of the year. This workshop will provide a foundational...

Gully maintenance

NQ Dry Tropics is maintaining and monitoring gullies remediated between 2017 and 2020 through the LDC project. The aim is to evaluate...

Weetalaba first test

The dust had barely settled on a Weetalaba Station landscape rehydration project when it copped a lashing from an intense rain event...

RSS MLA field days

A cluster of properties in the Bowen and Collinsville area have been ground-truthing a range of landscape remediation and grazing...

Lots on offer — Gullies

Got a small gully or erosion problem? We can help tailor solutions to remediate small-scale eroding gullies. Two options are available...

Gully maintenance

NQ Dry Tropics has secured funding to maintain and monitor gullies remediated between 2017 and 2020. During this time, Landholders...

Belmore in design phase

Detailed technical design plans are being developed to remediate a large-scale gully system on Belmore Station, near Collinsville....

Havilah cultural survey

A cultural heritage survey and impact assessment was completed on Havilah last month in consultation with the Birriah People to address...

Maintenance funding

Between 2017-2020, the Landholders Driving Change project completed 25 gully remediation projects (five large-scale and 20 small-scale...

On-ground gully works

On-ground remediation works include five large-scale gullies and 20 small-scale gully sites. Collectively, these gully works treated...

The Challenge

Fine sediment and nutrients from agricultural land are a significant threat to the Great Barrier Reef. The Burdekin catchment is the...

OLM NQ_Gas

NQ Dry Tropics has contracted Mary River Catchment Coordinating Committee (MRCCC) to design remediation plans for 10 gully erosion...

Glenmore intervention

Three years ago Collinsville grazier Jim Hillier, of Glenmore Station, reshaped a few small gullies, installed several dams and put in...

Contractors EOI

NQ Dry Tropics is updating its register of contractors to work on large-scale gully remediation projects in the BBB....

Dartmoor rehydration

Diversion banks constructed above the head of a gully has halted the progress of the gully head. Water is now being held in the...

Gully days

LDC has hosted field days at the Havilah and Gattonvale large-scale gully remediation site to bring landholders in at the beginning so...

Monitoring Update

Monitoring project activities helps keep track of milestones and monitor progress towards pre-defined project outcomes....

Gully prioritisation

LDC and Griffith University mapped gullies in the BBB to help prioritise gully rehabilitation projects. Ground verification work has...

Havilah-Gattonvale

Treatment of a large actively eroding alluvial gully complex near Collinsville marks LDC’s fifth large-scale gully remediation site....

UNESCO visit

NQ Dry Tropics hosted the United Nations monitoring mission when it toured North Queensland. So much has been achieved by graziers in...

Gullyremediation

Bowen Broken Bogie (BBB) catchment graziers are eligible to apply for a grant of up to $20,000 to fix problem small-scale gullies....

Hats off to the BBB

Salute to the BBB community. It’s been a privilege working with you on the LDC project since its inception....

Mt P data

The 2019-20 wet season monitoring results are in for the Mt Pleasant Learning Hub and they show an improvement in vegetation on the...

Glen Bowen gully remediation

Glen Bowen Station was LDC’s second and third large-scale gully remediation sites. Neilly Group Engineering designed the remediation...

Strathmore responds

Strathmore Station near the Bowen River rodeo grounds is LDC’s fourth large-scale gully. The remediated site has responded well...

Havilah gully

LDC’s fifth large-scale gully remediation site is at Havilah Station. Works are expected to start in July. The Havilah gully site has...

Rehydration at Weetalaba

The Mulloon Institute is designing a cost-effective way to address an erosion hotspot on Weetalaba Station to help hold and keep water...

Gas pipe

The North Queensland Gas Pipeline (NQGP) is a 391km onshore natural gas pipeline system, with capacity to transport up to 108...

WRC drains

The LDC project, Whitsunday Regional Council and Fruition Environmental is monitoring fine sediment export from V bottom and flat...

Scottville videos

Cluster groups supported by the Landholders Driving Change project help disseminate knowledge and skills in the Bowen, Broken, Bogie...

WRC drains

Rural roads in the BBB directly serve thousands of rural and regional residents living along them. They provide essential market access...

2020_year

IT may have been a transformative year, but I am delighted to say that during 2020, the Landholders Driving Change (LDC) project...

GBRF funds for BBB

NQ Dry Tropics has secured $5 million to continue to roll out water quality projects in the Bowen, Broken and Bogie (BBB)...

Eungella rainforest group

Rainforests are the undisputed champions of biodiversity among the world’s ecosystems. The Eungella Rainforest Cluster Group recognises...

Photo competition 2020

Strathmore gully

Work is expected to start at Strathmore Station shortly, LDC’s fourth large-scale gully remediation site....

More funding

More funding is to be directed into the BBB. The Great Barrier Reef Foundation (GBRF) has announced a $5 million program...

Case Study – Glen Bowen

A GULLY, covering more than 3ha of Glen Bowen Station has always been “off-limits” to graziers Christian and Melissa Cormack....

The road ahead

As part of an integrated program the LDC team, in conjunction with project partners, is delivering a series of workshops and supported...

Worona field trip

In response to considerable landholder interest, NQ Dry Tropics has become increasingly involved with the concept of landscape...

Raining on The Hub

LOOK at the Mt Pleasant Learning Hub. The rain came and the small-scale, low-cost interventions installed at the Hub did what they were...

Eungella update

SWATHES of burnt-out rainforest at Eungella are being transformed thanks to the dedication of the Eungella Rainforest Recovery Cluster group....

Trajectory

THE Landholders Driving Change project has laid a foundation on which it can accelerate the rate of transformational change in the BBB....

GRASS

THE Grazing Resilience and Sustainable Solutions (GRASS) program supports producers to address land in poor or degraded condition....

Rainforest field day

RAINFOREST at Eungella is still recovering from the impacts of the 2018 fires that roared through the region, and a dedicated group of...

Scottville field day

The Scottville Cluster Group has proven that working together can result in great outcomes. A field trip is being organised to share...

Small gullies update

THERE'S been a great deal of focus on large scale gully projects in the BBB, but there’s also been a significant amount of work on...

LDC extension

THE Queensland Government has granted the Landholders Driving Change (LDC) project more time. The new completion date is September 2021....

Learning Hub

A DEMONSTRATION site and learning hub at Mt Pleasant Station, Bowen, is trialling how regenerative agriculture practices can restore...

LDC halfway

The NQ Dry Tropics’ Landholders Driving Change (LDC) project has reached the halfway point. It is piloting land management and repair...

Exciting M&E

Monitoring and evaluation is an important part of the LDC project because it collects data as we go.  It also makes sure the right...

Mt Wickham phase 2

GULLY remediation phase two at Mt Wickham has been completed. The work consisted of a series of rock chutes in the main gully and the...

Glen Bowen work begins

WORK has started at Glen Bowen Station, the LDC’s second large-scale gully remediation site.  Machinery was mobilised in November, and...

Christmas catch-ups

The LDC ‘Catchment Catch ups’ are an opportunity for graziers to quiz the LDC team about the project and priorities specific to their area....

Mt Wickham update

The Landholders Driving Change Landscape Remediation Activity Area is about trialling different remediation approaches to determine...

Whoa boy video

Fast flowing water caused by heavy rainfall can wreak havoc on rural roads and access tracks, and fencelines. Constructing erosion...

Gully symposium

More than 100 delegates including engineers, scientists and practitioners, from Australia, USA, China, Japan, Germany, Spain, France,...

Nutrition matters

Dry pastures can leave graziers with low protein, stubble and roughage to get stock through summer, so supplementation can play a vital...

Walking landscape

THE field day will visit three properties, Mt Wickham, Riverview and Glen Bowen stations on 1 May. At Mt Wickham and Riverview,...

Collaboration

LEVERAGING cross team collaboration is a no-brainer, it leads to deeper insights, fresher perspectives and delivers results. Staff from...

Erosion control training

Register now to take advantage of two erosion control workshops being held this month. Highly-respected landcare specialist and plant...

Demo site search

ARE you keen to integrate innovation and technology into your management system to optimise productivity and profit? Keen to access...

Rain test

Great news - the rain poured down and remediation work on a large-scale gully at Mt Wickham held up! A total of 33.6mm of rain fell...

Works and Training

Graziers in the BBB have a suite of funded on-ground works, and training opportunities available to them as part of the LDC project to...

On-ground opportunities

Grazing practice change is central to the Landholders Driving Change (LDC) project because it is the proven most cost-effective way of...

Riversymposium

LANDHOLDERS Driving Change is facilitating a multidisciplinary approach to designing cost-effective approaches to remediate large-scale...

Works at Mt Wickham

LANDHOLDERS Driving Change is conducting a large-scale gully remediation project on Mt Wickham. In mid-August LDC staff walked the...

Gully work begins

THANKS to the landholders who nominated potential gully remediation works.  It was great to receive a high level of interest and it is...

Whoa boy project

Never before has a whoa boy project rolled out across the BBB catchment.  Every landholder in the catchment is invited to be involved. ...

Catchment repair sites

PROBLEM gullies are the focus of the first Landscape Remediation sites in the Landholders Driving Change project throughout the BBB...

BBB Gully Repair

GOT an eroding gully problem? If you’re in the Bowen, Broken, Bogie catchment, you’re probably in luck. The Landholders Driving Change...