Protecting our ancient dunes

Protecting our ancient dunes

NQ Dry Tropics has been working with enthusiastic volunteers to clean up and restore beach scrubs, one of our most important coastal communities.   More than 40 hectares of weeds, including Weeds of National Significance, lantana, prickly pear and rubber vine has been...
Cool lesson on ‘cool burns’

Cool lesson on ‘cool burns’

Cool lesson on ‘cool burns’ at workshop Residents and landholders of the Woodstock/Majors Creek region received a cool lesson on cool burns at a “Fire as a Tool for Conservation and Land Management” workshop held on Saturday. Workshop organiser, NQ Dry Tropics project...
New Regional Ecosystem identified in Plantation Park

New Regional Ecosystem identified in Plantation Park

The NQ Dry Tropics Biodiversity team has identified a unique ecosystem in a section of Ayr’s Plantation Park that has resulted in a regional ecosystem code being created specifically for this area of the park. Regional ecosystems (REs) are groupings of vegetation...
Community landcare groups plan for the future

Community landcare groups plan for the future

Local community groups who attended an NQ Dry Tropics site management planning workshop in Townsville last week learned important skills that will help them deliver their projects more effectively. The aim of the workshop was to to help landcare community groups...