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2019 – 2020 Community Participation Highlights
National Landcare Program 2019-2020 Highlights
We are proud to share our major community wins achieved over the 2019-2020 financial year through the Australian Government's National Landcare program.
10/09/2020
2019 – 2020 Enhancing Threatened Ecological Communities Highlights
National Landcare Program 2019-2020 Highlights
We are proud to share our major Enhanced Threatened Ecological Communities wins achieved by over the 2019-2020 financial year through the Australian Government's National Landcare program.
10/09/2020
2019 – 2020 Regional Agricultural Landcare Facilitator Highlights
National Landcare Program 2019-2020 Highlights
We are proud to share the major wins achieved by our Regional Agricultural Landcare Facilitator over the 2019-2020 financial year through the Australian Government's National Landcare program.
10/09/2020
Fitzroy Region – Understand Your Flood Risk
Fitzroy Regional Resilience Strategy
Learn about the Fitzroy Basin in Central Queensland and understand your flood risk. The Fitzroy Basin includes eleven catchments, with their creeks and rivers flowing into the Fitzroy River and its estuaries eventually flowing out to the Great Barrier Reef. The Queensland Government has partnered with six councils to deliver the Fitzroy Regional Resilience Strategy, which uses a collaborative catchment approach for best practice management of flood warning infrastructure. The purpose of the Strategy is to provide a consistent and coordinated approach to manage flood warning infrastructure throughout the region that will enhance community safety and resilience. The Strategy has been developed in consultation with Central Queensland Regional Organisation of Councils (CQROC); Banana Shire Council; Central Highlands Regional Council; Isaac Regional Council; Livingstone Shire Council; Rockhampton Regional Council; Woorabinda Aboriginal Shire Council; with input from supporting stakeholder agencies including the Bureau of Meteorology, Fitzroy Basin Association and SunWater.
29/04/2020
FBA’s Tilapia A4 factsheet
Tilapia A4 factsheet
Factsheet on Tilapia (aka Mozambique mouthbrooders) including how to identify them and prevent their spread.
15/07/2019
Educational FBA paddock to reef resources
From paddock to the reef - a catchment is all connected
A catchment is an area where water is collected by the natural landscape. Water flows from the highest point of the catchment, like the hills or mountains, to the lowest points where it collects in rivers, creeks, lakes, wetlands or the ocean. No catchment is exactly like another. Each has a different size, shape and pattern of waterways. The way we use our land and water can impact the health of our catchments and the Great Barrier Reef (GBR).
03/07/2019
Fitzroy Basin awareness campaign 2017
Tilapia - Stop the Spread
Tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus) is an aggressive pest fish regarded as one of the greatest threats to Australia’s aquatic ecosystem. They are a highly successful invasive species due to a number of key characteristics: rapid reproduction with maternal care, adaptable food requirements and tolerance for a wide range of aquatic habitats. Tilapia have progressively established populations in waterways throughout the south-east and northern Queensland and Western Australia since the 1970s.
01/07/2017
Additional funding leads to significant increase in hatching rates
Nest protection for vulnerable Fitzroy River Turtles
For over a decade, Fitzroy Basin Association Inc. (FBA) and Greening Australia have teamed together to protect iconic Fitzroy River Turtles from predation. However, by securing corporate partners to complement funding from the Australian Government’s National Landcare Programme, the two organisations have exponentially increased their nest protection efforts over the past two years.
14/06/2017
Wetlands and coastal scrub species just a few of the winners arising from dune restoration
Farnborough Beach Dune Restoration project
Farnborough Beach is part of the internationally-recognised Shoalwater and Corio Bays Area Ramsar site. Its dunes form a natural buffer between the water and the terrestrial and wetland habitats within Byfield National Park. These Farnborough dunes have been slowly eroding.
12/06/2017
