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

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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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Reef Plan

The Reef Plan also known as the Water Quality Protection Plan is jointly funded by Australian and Queensland Governments.

It’s worth $375 million over five years and its aim is to reduce sediment, nutrient and pesticide run off by 20 per cent into the Great Barrier Reef. It applies to all the land between Cape York and Hervey Bay.

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Plans are still a puzzle for landholders

16 June 2010

Graziers are still confused about new Queensland Government reef protection legislation.

Over 500 landholders in our region attended information days throughout north Queensland explaining the new environment plans they need to do.

By September this year all graziers on properties over 2,000 hectares in the Burdekin Dry Tropics natural resource management region have to complete an Environment Risk Management Plan.

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Explore the Catchment

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Burdekin Water Quality Improvement Plan Catchment Atlas

The Burdekin Water Quality Improvement Plan Catchment Atlas is a 148 page document that provides detailed information about the six individual basins and the 48 subcatchments found within the Burdekin dry tropics catchment region.

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