Reef Catchments Mackay Whitsunday Isaac

Reef Catchments is the Natural Resource Management (NRM) organisation for the Mackay Whitsunday Isaac region. We facilitate change and work for long-term solutions to sustain, protect, and improve our region’s natural resources and environment, both now and into the future.

Our team are skilled and outcome-focused people who are all dedicated and motivated to facilitate positive change in the Mackay Whitsunday Isaac region.  We do this through listening, respecting and connecting with landholders, industry, first nations people and the community. Our local connections and insights are enhanced by an ongoing commitment to embracing new technologies and adapting to evolving standards.

Community Ties

We love to engage with the local community, this is a high priority activity at Reef Catchments. It is through such engagement that we are able to focus our efforts where they have the most influence, from landholders to school children, urban and rural. Our staff all live locally and many have spent their entire lives here, being from multi-generational local families.

We have offices in Mackay and Proserpine and a staff of more than 30 people who work to improve the condition of our region’s land and sea.

We believe

We believe a healthy environment and well-managed ecosystems are the basis for a healthy region, a healthy economy, and a strong community.

See our Strategic Plan for more details.

We work

In partnership with the community, local council, and State and Federal government agencies as well as with the private sector. We seek to improve community knowledge of natural resource issues, and community capacity to be involved in natural resource solutions. Our role is also to record and report natural resource conditions and progress.