In early 2019, Catchment Solutions commenced a project aimed at addressing severe erosion in the Ogmore area of the Styx River catchment, funded through Reef Trust IV. Due to the sodic nature of the soil found within the Styx River Catchment, even with restricted grazing, active gully erosion is … [Read more...]
Bakers Creek Treatment Train Wetlands Fishway Construction
In June 2019, fish passage from the Bakers Creek estuary into the Bakers Creek treatment train wetlands was rehabilitated through the installation of a rock-ramp fishway. The treatment train wetlands located south of Mackay were constructed in 2014, to serve as a series of sediment and nutrient … [Read more...]
Landings Road Fishway
In June 2019, Catchment Solutions undertook a fish passage improvement project involving the repair of the Landings Road fishway which connects the upper estuarine reaches of Rocky Dam Creek (Rocky Dam catchment) to the Tedlands wetlands in Koumala, south of Mackay. The rock-ramp fishway at the … [Read more...]
150 tonnes of hardwood set to stop river erosion in Gladstone
Scientists have engineered 150 tonnes of salvaged hardwood into ‘log jam’ structures to halt heavy erosion in Clyde Creek, Gladstone. It is the first time the novel environmental solution has been used in the area. And while log jams have been used in freshwater rivers previously, this could … [Read more...]
Innovative growers wanted!
Project Catalyst is a grower led innovation project in sugar cane that was formed more than ten years ago to explore and validate farm management practice change, leading to improved water quality for the Great Barrier Reef (GBR). With a focus on changes that have environmental, as well as social … [Read more...]
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