For the last decade
NQ DRY TROPICS
has been working with people to
improve our environment

In the last five years
we have helped graziers install
136 watering points to
protect waterways

Improved
130,000 hectares
of grazing land in the
Burdekin region

Protected
104,000 hectares
of wildlife corridors

Improved the environmental sustainability of
40,000 hectares
of sugar, fruit and vegetable farms

Protected
25 hectares
of coastal vegetation

Reduced the use of fertiliser on
20,000 hectares of farmland near the
Great Barrier Reef

Improved
the quality of soil on
15,000 hectares
of land in the dry tropics region

We have removed barriers
to fish movement along
5,000 kilometres
of creeks and rivers

We have helped over
90 families in semi-urban areas
to protect native plants in their backyard

frog

Don’t catch the wrong one

24 March 2010

You’re creeping up on a warty toad sitting upright in the spotlight of the torch and your gloved hands are reaching out to catch the large creature when shock horror!

When you get closer you notice it’s not as bumpy as other toads.

What you’ve just tried to catch could have been a striped burrowing frog or an eastern snapping frog. They’re two of many native frogs often mistaken for cane toads.

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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.

NQ Dry Tropics is a not for profit, community organisation supported by:

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Don’t catch the wrong one

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