Our Reef Water Quality Grants project is coming to a close after three years. During this time Peter (BCCA Extension Officer) has completed 50 Property Assessment and Capability Plans (PACPs) in conjunction with participating Landholders. 50 Landholders in the...
The staff at BCCA have been working hard over the past year putting together nearly 50 Reef Rescue projects with graziers in the coastal Burnett area, and almost 30 projects under the Healthy Habitats program (both in partnership with Burnett Mary Regional Group)....
After the wet and rainy weather we have seen recently and over the past 12-24 months, the dangers of having bare soil and eroding gullies are increasingly important. What can start as a small problem during the drought years can quickly escalate into a major problem...
BCCA announces that the fifth and final year of Reef Rescue Grazing is now open and we are accepting expressions of interest from graziers interested in participating. Reef Rescue is an initiative of the Australian Government’s Caring for Our Country program aimed at...
Currrently in it’s 4th of 5 years, the Reef Rescue program has been run across the Queensland coast to help land managers to improve the management of and reduce their sediment and nutrient runnoff into the creeks and onto the Reef. In the Burnett this year, 48...
BCCA are currently taking Expressions of Interest for Year 4 – Round 2 of Reef Rescue Grazing (2011/12) for graziers located in the priority area (see map). Reef Rescue is an initiative of the Australian Government’s Caring for Our Country program aimed at...
BCCA is offering to undertake Property Management Plans (PMP’s) on properties participating in the Reef Rescue program in the Burnett region. This free service is available to graziers that wish to possess a detailed plan of their grazing property. The process...
Reef Rescue is an initiative of the Australian Government’s Caring for Our Country program aimed at improving water quality in the Great Barrier Reef Lagoon through assisting farmers and graziers to improve their management practice. Within the grazing industry...
On Friday, Industry and Natural Resource Management Groups quietly celebrated the formalisation of partnerships that would see delivery of incentives to landholders in Queensland Reef catchments including the Burnett. At a Reef Summit in Brisbane on the same day, the...
