weeds

Publications by Topic

Animals

Coastal Birds of the Burdekin Dry Tropics

Freshwater Fishes of the Burdekin Dry Tropics

What am I, Native Frog or Cane Toad?

Woodland Birds of the Burdekin Dry Tropics

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Get help eliminating weeds and pests

NQ Dry Tropics understands that it's not easy to find the time and money to control weeds and
pests. Many of our projects are designed to work with small and large landholders to reduce weeds and pest animals. The following initiatives have funding and other support available.

Healthy Habitat

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Weed List

Common Name

Scientific Name

Status
White ball acacia Acaciella glauca (formerly Acacia angustissima) Class 1
African fountain grass Pennisetum setaceum Class 3
African tulip t
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Weeds of Our Region

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.

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Semi-rural landholders - Healthy Habitat

NQ Dry Tropics

Looking after land and water within the Townsville Coastal Plains

Semi-rural landholders

Creating Healthy Habitats through property management support:

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Weeds in our Region

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Delbessie Ready

The Delbessie Agreement is a new arrangement of leasing land in Queensland.

Most grazing properties throughout the state are leased and the leases used to be renewed automatically every 30 years. The Queensland Government wants to reward good landholders by offering longer term leases to those who met environmental and social benchmarks.

In 2007, it signed an agreement with rural lobby group Agforce and the Australian Rainforest Conservation Society on a Hughenden property called Delbessie, cementing a new leasehold strategy.

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Grader Grass

NQ Dry Tropics has published a Grader Grass Management Guide to help you identify and manage it through a number of options including grazing, fire, slashing and spraying.

Why is gGrader grassrader grass a problem?

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Managing weeds and pests

Most graziers, farmers or landholder would say they have a problem with weeds and pests. Managing them underpins many of the programs at NQ Dry Tropics.

Weeds and animal pests can outcompete native species and they lead to losses in production on agricultural land.

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Protecting the Ramsar wetland of Bowling Green Bay

Salt pans, mud and mangroves typify one of just five internationally-recognised wetlands in Queensland. Move away from the water and you're greeted by wonderful hoop pine, ghost gum and paperbark forests.

Bowling Green Bay, just south of Townsville between Cape Cleveland and Ayr is a very diverse place.

The 35,500 hectare beauty is also a Ramsar site - a world-wide conservation treaty that recognises important wetlands.

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