by David Wosner | Apr 29, 2021 | 2021, Biodiversity, BSP18, Latest News
Rocks were placed to prevent vehicle access. Big rocks protect beach scrub Beach scrub is a threatened ecological community growing on ancient sand dunes along the North Queensland coast. Last week, rocks weighing more than 650 tonnes, and spanning a total length of...
by . | Jun 15, 2020 | 2020, BSP18, Latest News
BEFORE AFTER NQ Dry Tropics Project Officer Thijs Krugers gives a thumbs-up in recognition of the work done by the cochineal bug in a patch of drooping prickly pear that was threatening beach scrub at King’s Beach. Department of Agriculture and Fisheries Senior...
by . | Oct 9, 2019 | 2019, Biodiversity, BSP18, Latest News
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries Senior Entomologist Dr Subra Subramaniam delivers a batch of cochineal to be released in the Bowen prickly pear patch. A piece of prickly pear infested with cochineal being introduced to the patch of prickly pear in the beach...
