by IMIT | May 24, 2017 | Community Event
Local cane farmer improves natural areas Giru cane farmer John Cernusco is partnering with NQ Dry Tropics to plant native vegetation along a lagoon on his property to reduce weeds and restore habitat. NQ Dry Tropics project officer Thijs Krugers is working with Mr...
by IMIT | Feb 3, 2017 | Information, Wetlands
World Wetlands Day celebrates region’s special waterways Townsville landcare groups and volunteers today celebrated World Wetlands Day by visiting Reef HQ and the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) to learn how wetlands can protect coastal communities...
by IMIT | Jan 10, 2017 | Information, Wetlands
New project to revitalise Horseshoe Lagoon and protect the Reef Graziers, cane farmers, and community groups came together in Giru last week to find out how a new NQ Dry Tropics project will improve the health of Horseshoe Lagoon, local wetlands and the Great Barrier...
by IMIT | Dec 5, 2016 | Community Event, Wetlands
Plastic shopping bags, drinks bottles, crab pots, bicycle tyres and a bollard were just some of the items that filled more than 20 large sacks of rubbish on Saturday during a community clean up of popular fishing spot Aplins Weir. More than thirty dedicated locals...
by IMIT | Dec 1, 2016 | Information, Wetlands
A much-needed culvert upgrade is underway at Lilliesmere Lagoon, which could increase fish stocks by supporting them to breed, and also help deliver irrigation water to farmers more efficiently. NQ Dry Tropics is working with Lower Burdekin Water to install fishways...
