by IMIT | Apr 12, 2018 | Information
Burdekin graziers profit from Grazing Best Management Practices program Increasing international demand for high-quality beef means that the northern Australian beef industry can – and should have – a bright future. That’s the view of beef producer Simone...
by IMIT | Apr 9, 2018 | Information, Wetlands
Many of our native fish species need to migrate between freshwater and the ocean to breed. But stocks of local favourites such as barramundi and mangrove jack plummet if juveniles fail to make it past the many barriers they face on their journey, such as dams, weirs...
by IMIT | Mar 15, 2018 | Information
The 2018 Project Catalyst Forum has attracted more than 150 sugar cane growers from partner regions of the Wet Tropics, Burdekin and Mackay Whitsunday, to network with researchers, program partners and industry groups, and share knowledge and new ideas. The two-day...
by IMIT | Mar 15, 2018 | Information, Wetlands
A visit to the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) last week gave a group of Burdekin cane farmers an opportunity to learn more about the science behind water quality research. The NQ Dry Tropics event, designed to help foster a better understanding between...
by IMIT | Mar 8, 2018 | Information
NQ Dry Tropics, Lower Burdekin Water and TropWater took advantage of last week’s wet weather by deploying fish monitoring survey traps at Lilliesmere Lagoon to see whether recently installed fishways are working effectively. Due to the extended dry, this was the first...
by IMIT | Mar 8, 2018 | Information
Burdekin graziers are adopting management practices for a more sustainable and productive farming future – and the results are in to prove it. The estimated annual average total suspended sediment load leaving Burdekin catchments had reduced by 17.7 per cent since the...
