by IMIT | Aug 1, 2019 | Uncategorized
Video outlines range of gully strategies When tackling soil erosion on grazing lands, it’s important to treat both the cause and symptoms.NQ Dry Tropics works closely with landholders on strategies that promote better pasture cover, and help hydrate landscapes by...
by IMIT | Jul 9, 2019 | Latest News, RSP03, Sugarcane
Download Water Quality Grant Guidelines Irrigation improvement funding to support cane growers and the reef Burdekin cane growers can apply for support worth up to $20,000 to improve irrigation practices and profitability while preventing valuable water and nutrients...
by IMIT | Jun 28, 2019 | Biodiversity, BRI18, Latest News
Conserving Brigalow corridors in the Burdekin Land managers in the Northern Brigalow Belt region are working to conserve and protect brigalow threatened ecological community corridors to help conserve wildlife, specifically endangered species. The NQ Dry Tropics’...
by IMIT | Apr 29, 2019 | Latest News
Two water quality scientists visited a cane recycle pit at Horseshoe Lagoon, Giru, last week to chat with local cane farmers about the importance of local wetlands as habitat for species such as fish, birds, turtles and crustaceans.Principal Research Scientist Dr...
by IMIT | Mar 7, 2019 | Latest News
A series of erosion control measures installed at a grazing property south west of Home Hill have held firm despite nearly record monsoonal rainfall during February. Last September, whoa boys – a type of diversion bank – were installed along 14 km of roads throughout...