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

Suttor Basin

The Suttor basin is a medium-sized basin, comprising just over 18,000 square kilometres.

The land is mostly used for grazing with a small proportion used for broad acre cereal cropping. Less than 1 per cent is used for conservation purposes.

This basin consists of six subcatchments. These are:

Diamond Creek

Diamond Creek is a relatively small subcatchment where the land use is dominated by grazing. About three per cent of the land is used for dryland cropping of cereals.

People use the area for stock watering, and the cultural and spiritual values of the Wangan/ Jangalingou Traditional Owners.

Logan Creek

Logan Creek is a medium sized subcatchment where the major land use is grazing. A large proportion of the land is used for dryland cropping of cereals.

People use the area for irrigation, stock watering, and the cultural and spiritual values of the Wangan/Jangalingou Traditional Owners.

Lower Suttor River

Lower Suttor River is a small to medium sized subcatchment where land use is almost exclusively grazing.

Part of the lower Suttor River is inundated by Lake Dalrymple (Burdekin Falls Dam).

People use the area for recreation, stock watering, human consumption, and the cultural and spiritual values of the Jangga Traditional Owners.

Rosetta Creek

Rosetta Creek is a relatively small subcatchment where land use is exclusively grazing.

People use the area for stock watering, drinking water, and the cultural and spiritual values of the Jangga and Birri Traditional Owners.

Selheim River

Sellheim River is quite a small subcatchment where land use is exclusively grazing.

The subcatchment consists of dry, sandy short-lived creeks with limited aquatic habitat. The lower part of the subcatchment is inundated by Lake Dalrymple (Burdekin Falls Dam).

People use this area in a limited way for stock watering, and cultural and spiritual values of the Jangga Traditional Owners.

Upper Suttor River

Upper Suttor River is a relatively large subcatchment where land use is almost exclusively grazing.

People use this area for recreation (swimming, boating and tourism), stock watering, human consumption, industrial use (mining), and the cultural and spiritual values of the Jangga and Birri Traditional Owners.

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