December 2009 - Giving Gifts to Childen in Need this Christmas
The staff and board of NQ Dry Tropics have reached into their hearts and pockets for Christmas and gathered over fifty presents to give to sick children at the Townsville Hospital. [doc 491.5 kb]
Care for our Coastline - Bushland Beach this Sunday
In the leadup to national Coastcare Week, Bushland Beach residents are invited to help care for their coastline this Sunday afternoon by helping plant native plants and enjoy a free barbeque as part of a special community project coordinated by NQ Dry Tropics. [doc 491.0 kb]
November 2009 Chairman Speaks at NQ Dry Tropics AGM
At the NQ Dry Tropics Annual General Meeting the Chairman of the Board, Mark Stoneman, spoke about the work carried out by the organisation and how it is positioning itself for the future. [doc 494.5 kb]
October 2009 Queensland State Funding for NQ Dry Tropics
The Queensland Government has announced funding for our region – with $750,000 going to NQ Dry Tropics to help improve land and water practices in the region. This funding comes out of its new ‘Q2 Coasts and Country’ funding program. [doc 494.0 kb]
September 2009 Love your Livestock and your Lizards
The importance to farmers and landholders of native plants and animals such as Burrowing skinks, Irwin’s turtles and Grey Crowned babblers has been revealed in a new book developed by CSIRO and NQ Dry Tropics. 'Healthy Grazing Country Indicators: Native Plants and Animals' was developed in consultation with graziers and provides them and other landholders with clear information on what story plants and animals might tell them about their land.
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September 2009 - Protecting our Fish for the Future
NQ Dry Tropics has continued its work on helping to maintain fish numbers in the region by constructing two more fish ways on Hazelwood and Exe Creeks in the Bowen-Broken region. [doc 492.5 kb]
August 2009 Local Homes to Open Their Doors for Sustainable House Day
Nine homes in the Townsville region will open their doors to the public on Sunday, 13 September, for this year’s Sustainable House Day as millions of Australians continue to embrace renewable energy, recycling and other practices designed to lessen our impact on the environment. [doc 492.5 kb]
August 2009 Reef Rescue Round Two Open
Following on the massive success from last year, NQ Dry Tropics has just opened Round 2 of the Reef Rescue program, which provides financial incentives to help support the adoption of improved land management practices. [doc 491.5 kb]
Graziers and farmers committed to improving water quality
The first round of the Australian Government’s Reef Rescue funding saw more than 100 projects completed by sugar and horticulture producers within the Burdekin Dry Tropics NRM region. [doc 491.5 kb]
July 2009 A Healthy Land Yarn
NQ Dry Tropics has developed a booklet aimed at highlighting the Aboriginal cultural significance of land in the Burdekin Dry Tropics region. [doc 164.0 kb]
July 2009 Protecting Bowling Green Bay
Bowling Green Bay is one of Australia’s largest and most diverse coastal wetlands and NQ Dry Tropics is going to do its bit to help protect it. [doc 41.0 kb]
July 2009 Reef Rescue funding promises more successful projects
A novel constructed wetland is almost complete thanks to Reef Rescue funding and with almost $12m granted to NQ Dry Tropics over the next three years the organisation hopes there will be more successful projects. [doc 492.5 kb]
July 2009 NQ Dry Tropics welcomes Caring for our Country funding
NQ Dry Tropics has secured almost $19m of the Australian Government’s Caring for our Country funding announced by Environment Minister Peter Garrett and Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Tony Burke last week. [doc 496.0 kb]
June 2009 NQ Dry Tropics sorts native frogs from toads
NQ Dry Tropics has developed a website to help residents distinguish native frogs from the exotic cane toad.
NQ Dry Tropics Project Manager, Meredith Anderson said the website, www.frogsnotcanetoads.com.au, was a great way for school students and members of the community to become familiar with the native frogs found in our backyards that look similar to the cane toad.
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June 2009 NQ Dry Tropics Welcomes Landcare Annoucement
NQ Dry Tropics welcomes a recent move by the Australian Government to continue to fund the national network of local landcare facilitators. This will include one position for the Burdekin Dry Tropics NRM region. [doc 494.5 kb]
June 2009 Cane Farm and Reef Set to Benefit
The first artificial wetland of its type in the region is set to be developed on a Burdekin cane farm. [doc 494.0 kb]
June 2009 Land Condition Booklet a Boon for Northern Graziers
NORTHERN graziers now have a handy reference tool to optimise their land management strategies.
The Queensland Government and NQ Dry Tropics have launched a booklet that describes the condition of grazing land types found in north Queensland.
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May 2009 Townsville Plays Host for State Environment Conference
From 20-21 May, Townsville will play host to Queensland’s natural resource management bodies in a two-day showcase where past successes will be presented across a range of natural resource management themes. [doc 494.5 kb]
March 2009 New Name for the Future
In a move to embrace a whole-of-region focus, Burdekin Dry Tropics NRM has changed its’ name to NQ Dry Tropics with a tagline of ‘land and water solutions’. [doc 1.1 Mb]
March 2009 Linking Landscapes in our Region
Burdekin Dry Tropics NRM, in partnership with Greening Australia, the Environmental Protection Agency and landholders are undertaking a project funded by the Australian Government’s Caring for our Country program to enhance biodiversity values in core areas of the northern Brigalow Belt.
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March 2009 Successful 'ASK GB' Workshop Returns
Reef Rescue brings the ‘ASK GB’ Spray Application Workshop back to the Burdekin next week following on from the great success of these workshops in 2008. [doc 193.5 kb]
March 2009 A Plan for the Future: Looking After our Water
After three years of gaining knowledge and understanding of the condition of our land and water resources, as well as consultation around land management practices, Burdekin Dry Tropics NRM has released the region’s first draft Water Quality Improvement Plan for public comment. [docx 181.1 kb]
February 2009 Best Management Practice Guidelines for Graziers Now Available
In a first for our region, Best Management Practice Guidelines for water quality improvement in the grazing industry have been released by Burdekin Dry Tropics NRM. [doc 196.0 kb]
February 2009 Funding Received for Queens Beach Restoration
Burdekin Dry Tropics NRM and Whitsunday Regional Council are working together on a six-month project to improve Queens Beach in Bowen. The project, which was approved by the Australian Government as part of the Green Corps program, is due to commence by March. [doc 195.0 kb]
February 2009 Water Quality Improvement Project Comes to an End
An innovative project has just concluded where cane growers and graziers received a total of $605,000 in an incentive scheme designed to improve water quality on their properties. [doc 197.0 kb]
February 2009 Reef Rescue Proves a Massive Success
Farmers in the Burdekin Dry Tropics region came out in their droves to support the region’s Reef Rescue program with over 160 expressions of interest received to date. [doc 196.0 kb]
February 2009 Kalamia Lagoon Weed Removal
Work has begun on the removal of weeds from Kalamia Lagoon, located on Kalamia Creek in the Burdekin delta. The works are expected to cost approximately $70,000, which is jointly funded by Burdekin Dry Tropics NRM and Burdekin Shire Council. [doc 193.5 kb]
January 2009 Creating Free Passage for Fish at Rita Island
A rock ramp fishway has been constructed to enhance migration of native fish within the Burdekin Anabranch. This will help small fish such as mullet migrate upstream while still allowing the water in the river to be used by local people. [doc 194.0 kb]
January 2009 Draft Pest Management Strategy Available for Comment
A draft regional pest management strategy has been released and is open for comment from members of the public. It covers the Burdekin Dry Tropics region which includes the local government areas of Townsville, Charters Towers, Burdekin, Barcaldine, Flinders, Etheridge, Hinchinbrook, Isaac, Palm Island and the Whitsundays. [doc 195.5 kb]
January 2009 New Alva Fence, New Alva Saltpan
Burdekin Dry Tropics Natural Resource Management (BDTNRM) teamed up with Burdekin Shire Council to deliver around $70,000 worth of works to Alva Beach in an attempt to make the area more ecologically sustainable. [doc 194.0 kb]
