GRASS program tackles poor or degraded ground
The Grazing Resilience and Sustainable Solutions or GRASS program is aimed at helping Burdekin graziers improve areas of poor or degraded land condition and to develop and implement a tailor-made action plan for land management.
Graziers can apply to participate in GRASS and may be eligible to apply for incentive funding for works identified in their land management plan. This includes infrastructure improvements such as fencing, water troughs and erosion works.
NQ Dry Tropics can take the guesswork out of the application process and help you to apply.
Support is also provided for graziers to understand their obligations and access support to meet the reef protection regulations and have the opportunity to be acknowledged as low priority for compliance visits.
Burdekin graziers have had great success by being a part of the GRASS program. Click on any of the stories below to read about their involvement in the GRASS program.
NQ Dry Tropics delivers the GRASS program in collaboration with the Department of Primary Industries and other NRM groups.
To find out more about the program contact Carleigh Drew on 4799 3592 or carleigh.drew@nqdrytropics.com.au.
The saltpan flat paddock in Lamington Park’s GRASS plan pictured before and after graziers Sam and Genevieve Clarke introduced a system of intensive rotational grazing. The transformation took less than two years. The photos were taken from opposite ends of the paddock.
