Burnett Catchment Care Association
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What We Do
BCCA helps land managers, industry and community improve sustainable catchment health for the Burnett, Kolan, Isis, Gregory, Elliott, Burrum and Baffle catchments.
Funding
BCCA brokers and administers funding for onground projects, workshops and events that assist Burnett region landholders and community groups improve sustainable land management. To find out what funding is currently available check out our Current Programs.
Community Groups
BCCA partners with Landcare, Producer, Local Government and other Community Groups to improve agriculture and catchment health. For current opportunities check out Work With Us and Current Programs.
Landholders
BCCA works with landholders in the Burnett, Kolan, Isis, Gregory, Elliott, Burrum and Baffle catchment areas to improve sustainable agriculture.
We provide funding for onground projects, assistance with weeds and pests, property mapping , field days and workshops to assist landholders make agriculture more sustainable.
Events
A calendar of BCCA and Catchment Workshops, Meetings and Events.
Nuffield Conference – Brisbane
20 September - 21 SeptemberHeartland Festival – Gayndah
20 September - 22 September
Soil Solution Workshop – Emerald
23 September @ 8:45 am - 5:00 pm
Programs
Important information about funding, support and education currently available.
Reef Alliance - Burnett Grazing
Reef Alliance – Growing a Great Barrier Reef is a partnership between agricultural industry and regional NRM bodies which is facilitated by the Queensland Farmers’ Federation (QFF) with the goal of securing the future health of the Great Barrier Reef.
Invasive Weed Control in the Barambah and Boonara Catchments
The project aims to monitor current infestation levels of Rubber Vine, Parthenium Weed and Honey Locust in the Barambah, Boonara Creek and sections of the Moonda Waamba Creek located in the Gympie Regional Council (GRC) area.
Reef Trust Cropping
Reef Alliance – Growing a Great Barrier Reef is a partnership between agricultural industry groups and regional NRM bodies which is facilitated by the Queensland Farmers’ Federation (QFF) with the goal of securing the future health of the Great Barrier Reef.
Natural Disaster Resilience Program
Building Resilience in the North Burnett is a project jointly funded by the Commonwealth and Queensland Governments under the Natural Disaster Resilience Program (NDRP). This project aims to build and enhance the natural disaster resilience of agricultural North Burnett regional communities.
Mount Lawless Water Monitoring
BCCA are contracted through The State of Queensland as represented by the Department of Science, Information Technology and Innovation (DSITI), for the ongoing monitoring of water quality at the Burnett River at Mount Lawless. Mount Lawless is one of the 43 sites involved in the Great Barrier Reef Catchment Loads Monitoring Program.
Monto Agricultural Strategy
The Monto Agricultural Strategy aims to empower growers in what was once the Monto Shire by providing relevant information regarding diversifying income streams, reducing financial risk and ensuring more reliable farm incomes.
About Our Team
Meet and connect with the team behind BCCA's operations.
Katie Muller
General Manager
Based in Monto, Katie has been with the Association since 2007 and has a Bachelor of Agricultural Science – Rural Technology from the University of Queensland, Gatton. Katie oversees the overall, day-to-day operation of the organisation including contract management and reporting as well as assisting in the field with Sustainable Agriculture programs.
Mobile: 0428 753 338
Email: [email protected]
Melinda Clarke
Administration Manager
Melinda provides extensive administrative and organisational support on all organisational projects in addition to serving on the executive staff as Secretary and providing assistance to the Treasurer with the Association’s financial operations. Melinda currently manages our Community Sustainability Action Grant – Invasive weed control in the Barambah and Boonara catchments
Email: [email protected]
Marisa Young
Extension Officer
Marisa joined the Mundubbera office as an extension officer focusing on the floodplain management recovery projects in response to the flood events of early 2013. Marisa has a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Studies from Griffith University and her background is in environmental planning and natural resource management. She and her husband and family run a grazing property south of Mundubbera. Marisa currently manages the Reef Alliance – Burnett Grazing program.
Mobile: 0439 032 253
Email: [email protected]
Naomi Purcell
Strategy Development Officer
Naomi started with BCCA in the Monto office, on a part-time basis as Project Support and Communications Officer. Her role was to promote BCCA’s community profile using different mediums and offer general support to BCCA staff. With a Bachelor of Business Administration, majoring in Management and Information Systems and a Diploma in Purchasing and Materials Management, it follows that her professional background is largely based in the fields of Administration, Marketing & Human Resources Management. She has spent her whole life living and working in rural communities and moved to Monto in 2011 after purchasing a rural manufacturing business. Other pastimes include grazing stud and commercial cattle, farming, artificial breeding, and horse riding. Naomi currently manages the Monto Agricultural Strategy project which aims to empower growers in what was once the Monto shire by providing relevant information regarding diversifying income streams, reducing financial risk and ensuring more reliable farm incomes.
Email: [email protected]
Misty Green
Research & Funding Officer
Misty has previous experience in environmental research, accounting, management, human resources, contract management, tenders/funding applications and business. Project`s she has been involved in include the effects of coal mining on fresh water ecosystems, riparian habitats, ecological species status, biogas development and seagrass restoration. Before joining BCCA Misty worked for regional government in community economic recovery following natural disaster events with a focus on agriculture
Email: [email protected]
Kirstie Roffey
Community Resilience Officer
Kirstie comes to us with extensive agribusiness experience having previously worked across the agribusiness financial sector, natural resource management and agricultural extension projects in addition to having a Bachelor of Agribusiness. Kirstie also has a background in commercial beef production and will be coordinating our Natural Disaster Resilience Program through the National Partnership Agreement on Natural Disaster Resilience. We are very fortunate to have Kirstie join us in the Monto office and assist in supporting our Burnett catchment communities.
Email: [email protected]
News
The latest news from the BCCA, our current programs and sustainable land management.
The Burnett Buzz…..Spring 2019
The latest Burnett Buzz is out, highlights include: Upcoming RCS Clinic— Biggenden 9 - 11 October Inland Burnett SMARTHub survey! Managing Risk in Agriculture - review of August workshops Drought Declaration - assistance available To download your copy click...
Entire Burnett Now Drought Declared
Due to significate ‘lack of rain and rapidly depleting pasture reserves’, the North Burnett local Council area has been drought declared, back dated to 1 September 2019. The North Burnett local government area now joins the South Burnett (declared March 2017) and the...
Inland Burnett: SMART Audit and Strategic Gap Analysis
Inland Burnett: SMART Audit and Strategic Gap Analysis project is funded by the federal governments Building Better Regions Fund— Community Investment Stream. The founding concept behind this project is based on the fact that agriculture is fast becoming more...
Monto Agricultural Strategy Launch
On Thursday evening, 29 August 2019, a crowd gathered to see the official launch of the Monto Agricultural Strategy. The Monto Agricultural Strategy was funded by the Australian Government through the Building Better Regions Fund. BBRF as it is known is an...
Water Weed Threats
Three invasive water weeds (hygrophila, saggittaria and alligator weed), which are currently not found in the Burnett, are being targeted in an awareness campaign to make sure the Burnett stays clear of these high-priority water weeds. If you think you have seen these...
Burnett Mary Regional Grants Program
BMRG's funding program is targeting local community groups for implementation of organisational capacity building activities. The total available funding under this round is $50,000 with a maximum of $2,500 available for each eligible organisation; small community...
Case Studies
Sustainable Land Management case studies from projects supported or funded by BCCA.
