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One year.
40 projects.
Real impact.

Explore the FY2026 Impact Report ↗

Looking after the Mackay Whitsunday Isaac region, together

Reef Catchments is an independent, community-focused not-for-profit, working alongside landholders, Traditional Owners and local partners across the Mackay Whitsunday Isaac region. We manage more than $32 million across 30-plus projects, driving real outcomes for our region.

Explore our projects, read our first Impact Report or meet the team below.

Read the FY2026 Impact Report Our NRM plan Strategic plan Meet our team

OUR REGION

Our region runs across four catchments: the Proserpine, the O’Connell, the Pioneer and the Plane Creek. Cane fields and cattle country, creeks and wetlands, rainforest and beach scrub, all the way out to the islands and the Reef. For more than 20 years, we’ve been bringing people together to look after this place.

From our offices in Mackay and Proserpine, our team works with landholders on sustainable farming, restores creeks and wetlands, monitors water quality, looks after threatened species and helps keep the Great Barrier Reef healthy. We connect the right people to turn good ideas into real, on-ground change.

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Cattle Creek Restoration in Action

Oct 16, 2026 | Water
Cattle Creek Restoration in Action Project progress so far:  3 engineered sites completed  1 revegetation site completed  5,854 ...
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Koala Sighting Highlights the Power of Long-Term Habitat Restoration

Sep 2, 2026 | Biodiversity
Local landholder Judy Langdon has witnessed first-hand the long-term benefits of habitat restoration, with koalas and other native ...
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New technology slashing weed management time along the Pioneer River 

Aug 28, 2026 | Great Barrier Reef
If you’ve driven into Mackay city along the Bruce Highway recently, you’ve probably admired the blue waters of ...
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A New 10-Year Roadmap for Water Quality in the Mackay Whitsunday Region

Aug 26, 2026 | Water
Reef Catchments has released the Mackay Whitsunday Regional Water Quality Strategy 2025–2035, along with the technical Synthesis Report ...
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Additional Investment Expands Cattle Creek Restoration Effort

Aug 24, 2026 | Water
For years, landholders along Cattle Creek have watched productive farmland disappear as floodwaters carved into unstable streambanks, with ...
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Penny and Owen morgan standing with their fencing on their paddock

Riparian Fencing Fast-tracks Transition to Regenerative Grazing

Aug 12, 2026 | Sustainable Agriculture
Landholders: Owen and Penny Morgan  Project: Continuing the path to nature-based solutions  Location: Mt Charlton  Area: 400 acres ...
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NRM Regions Queensland

Reef Catchments is proud to join with 11 other regional Natural Resource Management organisations through NRM Regions QLD to provide coordinated, supportive services across the state.

NRM Regions Queensland is the representative body for NRM in Queensland. They coordinate statewide programs and provide a forum for these organisations to collaborate and support each other.

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Working to sustain, protect and improve natural resources in the Mackay Whitsunday Isaac region

A region that is resilient and adaptive to change; where people, the environment, production and development exist together in balance.

6%

Conserved land

7.4%

Sugar cane land

2.5%

Wetlands

68+

Islands

3.6%

Forestry land

14.6%

Grazing land

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Reef Catchments would like to acknowledge the Traditional Owners, past and present, on whose land, sea and waters we work. We acknowledge their enduring spiritual and cultural connection and their responsibility as First People to maintain and care for Country.
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