Queensland update
Natural wetland area threatened by erosion in the Lansdown catchment.
Late season heavy rains fell over the dry tropics in May bringing a sigh of relief from graziers all over the region. Undeterred by rain, Sam and Joe are running at full tilt on the Lansdown Catchment Rehydration Initiative (LCRI) and Weetalaba Landscape Rehydration Demonstration Site. Sam has also presented at the two day Goondiwindi Region Agribusiness Summit, discussing landscape rehydration, landscape pattern, rehydration and how to kick start building productivity and resilience.
The Lansdown Catchment Rehydration Initiative (LCRI) is a catchment scale project that is building drought resilience into the Lansdown community by empowering graziers to undertake landscape rehydration measures in their landscape. The Mulloon Institute is working with six landholders to identify opportunities for landscape rehydration and undertaking detailed designs of leaky weirs, contours and fencing plans. The Mulloon Institute is delivering the LCRI in partnership with NQ Dry Tropics and it is funded by the Future Drought Fund.
Dam to be enhanced in the Lansdown Catchment Rehydration Initiative.
The Weetalaba Landscape Rehydration Demonstration Site near Collinsville is set to have construction completed by mid-September 2022. Landscape rehydration works will focus on restoring the natural landscape function of an extensively eroded gully system. This will increase production values on the property by reconnecting the landscape with historic overland flow patterns whilst halting the movement of polluting sediment into the Great Barrier Reef. This project is funded by NQ Dry Tropics through the Great Barrier Reef Foundation.
Extensive gully system on Weetalaba Station.
Unfortunately, a workshop scheduled for the Upper Herbert Sediment Reduction Project has had to be postponed due to COVID and poor weather. The workshop was designed to introduce the audience to key concepts of landscape rehydration. We are working with Terrain NRM to reschedule to a later date. The Upper Herbert Sediment Reduction Project is funded by the partnership between the Australian Government’s Reef Trust and the Great Barrier Reef Foundation.