waterways

NQ Dry Tropics helps to coordinate the management of weeds. We have a plan (the Pest Management Strategy) that identifies target weeds in order of priority. It also outlines who is responsible for managing them.

Introduction

The dry tropics has many established and emerging tree, shrub, grass and water weeds.

The Cape Campaspe Basin is a medium sized basin and covers just over 20,000 square kilometres.

The land is mostly used for grazing, with just under a fifth set aside for conservation and minimal use – mostly as native vegetation.

Cape Campaspe Basin waterways are generally dry and sandy, with few permanent water bodies.

The Bowen Broken Bogie Basin is relatively small, covering just under 12,000 square kilometres.

The land is mostly used for grazing, with about a quarter used for conservation and minimal use. Most of this lies in the Broken River subcatchment.

In this Basin, waterways vary between largely sandy, dry short-lived creek systems to permanently flowing clear-water rivers and creeks that originate in mountain rainforest.

The Upper Burdekin Basin is the largest in the Burdekin Dry Tropics NRM region. It comprises over 40,000 square kilometres.

The land is mostly used for grazing with just over ten per cent used for conservation purposes. There are many abandoned and operational mines in this basin.

Waterways vary between largely sandy, dry short-lived creek systems to permanently flowing clear-water rivers and creeks that originate in mountain rainforest.

The main office number for NQ Dry Tropics is 07 4724 3544.

Improving water quality

There are a number of programs underway that are helping to make changes to the way farms are managed throughout the catchments adjacent to the Great Barrier Reef.

These initiatives are helping to reduce run-off from agricultural land into waterways that flow out into the marine environment.