Creeks

Burdekin Water Quality Improvement Plan

The Burdekin Water Quality Improvement Plan aims to reduce the sediment and agricultural chemicals going into creeks, rivers and the ocean.

The Plan is detailed in a comprehensive book for landholders and stakeholders interested in water quality in the Burdekin. It looks at the current condition of the region’s 48 sub-catchments and the best management practices for grazing and sugar lands within these.

It also lists targets and priorities such as by 2018, 80% of sugar land has best practice herbicide management.

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Stones Creek

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Landers Creek

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Pests of Our Region

Many animals have adapted easily to this region. Some of the pest animals identified by NQ Dry Tropics are significant because they are threats to agriculture. According to local governments in our region rabbits, wild dogs and feral pigs are most concerning.  Foxes, feral cats and locusts follow closely behind. 

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Rivers to Reefs

The rivers and streams of the NQ Dry Tropics region drain a tremendous diversity of tropical landscapes: semi-arid dry lands, wooded grasslands, mountainous tropical rainforests, coastal plains and wetlands.

They then flow to the Great Barrier Reef.

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