INVESTING IN OUR FUTURE

Drones to monitoring the grazing impact of cattle vs kangaroos

WaterTight 2027Project is well underway with landholders working hard to get flowing bores throughout the region capped and piped by 2027

Preview of monitoring results to be released in April

At one of our main spring recovery sites we now have over 72% of the rubber vine removed thanks to the hard work of our DCQ field team and landholders.

Conceived and funded by the Queensland Government under the Natural Resources Investment Program the aspirational aim was for DCQ to develop and undertake works to stimulate artesian springs.

A rare and threatened species, the Edgbaston Goby is making a comeback thanks to a new wetland built with funding from the DCQ Foundation.

Landholders have a responsibility to control weeds, but everyone has a responsibility to ensure that we are not increasing risk or introducing weeds onto a property or into an area. In our project areas you will see these signs starting to appear.

We’re fortunate in our region to have landholders willing to try things, and it’s even more wonderful when their endeavours start to show results. The journey for John Wearing as he’s trialled seeding of Mitchell grass has been an interesting one, and you can see some...

A project dedicated to assisting the progression of the grazing industry into the future is one that deserves close attention and support from all involved in the industry. One of 10 projects under the Queensland Government’s Drought and Climate Adaptation Program...

The trial has applied coated Mitchell Grass seed (a native perennial grass from the area) at a range of different densities. See more at the April 2023 field day

Footage of the anastomosing channels of the Hamilton River sprawled 6km wide.

We talk to Doug and Lauren Tindall from Janet Downs and Gaza. They discuss the problems they are having with Gidyea Thickening, the commercial cost of the spread and what they do in an attempt to keep ahead of it.