Conservation and Communities

View of islands off the coast of Mackay.

Youth Ambassadors program underway

Our Youth Ambassador program helps to shape our conservation leaders of the future, by empowering them to deliver their ...
Treatment train on Cowleys Creek.

Wetland treatment train

Reef Catchments was awarded funding from the Queensland Government DEHP to study the water quality benefits of constructed ...
Marine classroom students in front of South Cumberland Islands sign.

Marine classroom on Scawfell Island

Students from Sarina State High School were treated to a trip of a lifetime aboard SV Whitehaven out ...
Revegetation above river.

Community Action Plan (Protect the Great Barrier Reef!)

Reef Catchments worked with the Mackay Whitsunday Isaac community to develop a Community Action Plan to protect the ...
Aerial view of Dumbleton Weir.

Annual Report RCL 2019-2020

Reef Catchments proudly presents our Annual Report for the 2019-2020 Financial Year. We invite you to read about ...
Woman surrounded by vegetation.

Coastcare newsletters new and old

Conservation and Communities E-news, previously Coasts and Communities E-news 2023 SUMMER 2023 2022 SPRING 2022 WINTER 2022 AUTUMN ...
Aerial view of ocean and coral.

Tourism operators reignite water quality monitoring program

Easing of COVID-19 restrictions sparked a return to action for Whitsunday tour boat operators involved in a citizen ...
Juvenile barramundi and adult.

Record numbers of young barramundi found migrating into wetlands

Juvenile barramundi are on the move in the Mackay region. Recent monitoring of fish ladders, situated in the ...
Coral growing underwater.

Tourism operators turn into citizen scientists to monitor reef water quality

Tourism operators in the Whitsundays are collecting data through a citizen science project to keep track of the ...
Treatment train with rocks.

The quality of water

Read all about it! The Water Quality Summary for 2017-2019 for the Bakers Creek repair site is now ...
Healthy vegetable garden.

Could Syntropic Farming work for you?

Reef Catchments recently sent Wendy Eiteneuer from Pioneer Catchment & Landcare Group Inc to Cairns to take part ...
Men with mesh container on water.

31,000 fish all in a day’s work

Tens of thousands of fish have been recorded flowing through constructed fishways in Mackay. Fisheries ecologists say the ...