Identifying and prioritising anthropogenic barriers that prevent, delay or obstruct fish migration in the Greater Brisbane Urban Area. The Greater Brisbane Urban Fish Barrier Prioritisation Process was created as part of a larger federally funded fish migration project: Re-connecting aquatic habitats across the greater Brisbane Urban Area.
Diadromous fish in Mackay and Whitsundays face serious transit challenges.
Reef Catchments is working to restore and increase the resilience of our region in response to the impact of natural disasters, in particular Severe Tropical Cyclone (STC) Debbie.
The WQIP is an important document that aims to ensure water quality is suitable for human uses and aquatic ecosystem protection. This plan builds upon the 2008 WQIP and describes management interventions for rehabilitation of priority habitats and reduction of pollutant loads from diffuse and point sources.
The treatment train approach to improving water quality enables water to pass through multiple chambers to reduce nutrient, sediment and pesticides before exiting to the waterways.
The Mackay-Whitsunday-Isaac Healthy Rivers to Reef Partnership (the Partnership) supports the development of an annual Mackay-Whitsunday-Isaac waterway health report card.
A Wetland Working Group was formed in 2014 to promote the sustainable use and management of natural and constructed wetlands in the Mackay Whitsunday Isaac NRM region.
NRM Reef Catchments is working with community and industry to promote sustainable fisheries management in the Mackay Whitsunday region.
Reef Catchments River Restoration Projects seek to advance science and standards of practice of river restoration through education and community participation programs.
Reef Catchments River Restoration Projects and Healthy Waterways Program seek to advance science and standards of practice of river restoration and improving the health of the waterways throughout the region through education and community participation programs.