Protecting the Great Barrier Reef by reducing soil loss

by Samantha Morris | Sep 5, 2024 | Nature Positive, News, Nurturing Nature Cultivating Culture

Completed in June, 2024 with nearly $20 million invested through the Reef Trust Partnership, the Fitzroy Water Quality Program had an ambitious goal: to prevent 50,000 tonnes of fine sediment from the Fitzroy River Basin entering the Reef’s waters every year. A series...

Burnett Mary Region Environmental Account

by Samantha Morris | Sep 5, 2024 | Nature Positive, News, Nurturing Nature Cultivating Culture

After the community, the natural capital of the Burnett Mary region is arguably its most valuable asset, underpinning the tourism economy and a thriving agricultural sector – known for its prime agricultural land, well-managed water resources and innovative...

Delivering outcomes for the Great Barrier Reef

by Samantha Morris | Mar 12, 2024 | Impact, News, Nurturing Nature Cultivating Culture

Thanks to the support of the Australian Government’s Reef Trust VII project, Reef Catchments supported 30 graziers to reduce erosion and improve the condition of soil and vegetation connectivity which in turn reduced the loss of fine sediments from grazing land...

Century-old cattle station works improve pastures as well as Reef

by Samantha Morris | Feb 27, 2024 | News, Nurturing Nature Cultivating Culture

Minnamoolka Station, at the headwaters of the Herbert and Burdekin rivers, is undergoing changes to improve cattle production, the land, and the water flowing to the Great Barrier Reef. Landholders Margie Atkinson and Greg Jenkins say it is never too late for fresh...

Enhancing remnant native vegetation in the Burnett

by Samantha Morris | Feb 27, 2024 | Nature Positive, News, Nurturing Nature Cultivating Culture

Crawford landowner Brian O’Reilly (pictured) is one of the land managers engaged by Burnett Mary Regional Group to participate in an Australian Government-funded pilot program aiming to offer incentives to enhance remnant vegetation on their properties. Brian runs...

Beetles used as biocontrol for ecosystem health

by Samantha Morris | Feb 27, 2024 | News, Nurturing Nature Cultivating Culture

Ecologists at Healthy Land & Water are on the ground deploying biological control agents in the Lockyer Uplands and Little Liverpool Range districts to help protect habitat and keep ecosystems flourishing. The beetles are being used to target cat’s claw creeper...