Protected: NRM organisations supporting early detection and response
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Restoring Collinson’s Lagoon through partnership
Restoring Collinson’s Lagoon through partnership A partnership between NQ Dry Tropics, Burdekin Shire Council and local landholders is helping restore the health of Collinson’s Lagoon, a coastal wetland that flows into the internationally-recognised Ramsar-listed Bowling Green Wetlands, south of Townsville. Part of the Lower Burdekin irrigation network, used by Lower Burdekin Water and SunWater, the […]
Swap out an African Tulip tree
Right now, African tulip trees are impossible to miss. Their bright orange-red flowers are in full bloom, making this the perfect time to identify trees growing on your property. If you have an African tulip tree, follow the flowers down to the trunk and mark it for future management. Once flowering finishes, it can be […]
Wombat Foundation lends support
Major improvements to a predator-proof fence, designed to protect the last natural population of the critically endangered Northern hairy-nosed wombat, will now be fully completed, thanks to a grant of more than $100,000 from The Wombat Foundation. NQ Dry Tropics is working to secure a permanent water supply at Epping Forest and to improve the […]
2026 Burdekin Regional Water Quality Science Forum
Strategic, collaborative, targeted, selective. They’re some of the main focus points to come out of the 2026 Burdekin Regional Water Quality Science Forum. Held in the field and at the Home Hill Memorial Hall, it drew more than 60 people from across the agribusiness sector including scientists, farmers, producers, Traditional Owners, service providers, extension officers, […]
World Fish Migration Day
NQ Dry Tropics celebrated World Fish Migration Day with a community event at Lower Burdekin Ski Club in Ayr, attended by locals and supported by a range of groups involved with managing and protecting wetlands and creeks. Attendees had the chance to learn more about the fish species they love to catch, and how weed-free […]
Australasian Weeds Conference presentation
Big news! NQ Dry Tropics’ Senior Biodiversity Project Officer, Jaymie Rains (pictured), is heading to New Zealand as a speaker at the Australasian Weeds Conference (AWC) 2026. Jaymie will dive into a challenge many in restoration know all too well — what happens when funding gaps put the brakes on weed control and other on-ground […]
Aerial mapping
A series of drone flights across multiple coastal sites in the Burdekin region has officially launched the Climate Ready Coastlines in the Lower Burdekin project, with baseline monitoring now complete. This means the team has hit “start” on understanding what’s happening along our dunes and wetlands before the on-ground restoration work kicks off. The project […]
Big bird big mission
Big bird. Big mission. We need your help! Once upon a time, the mighty Southern cassowary (Casuarius casuarius johnsonii) roamed far and wide across North Queensland. These days they’re a little harder to spot, with only a few isolated populations remaining between Townsville and Cape York. But here’s the exciting part…One of the southernmost populations […]
Protecting brigalow
Hillalong Station grazier Will Fordyce is acutely aware of the two large patches of Brigalow scrub on his 15,000ha property in the Suttor catchment. From an ecological perspective. he knows the brigalow communities house unique and beneficial biodiversity. From a business perspective, he wants to manage grazing in and around those scrubs probably more tightly […]