REEF TRUST GULLY EROSION CONTROL PROGRAMME

# / Project Title / Project Description / Grant Funding Location / Recipient / Value (GST excl)
1 / 50% reduction in gully erosion from high priority sub catchments in the Normanby / This project utilises the most advanced spatial gully prioritisation method within the Great Barrier Reef catchment to target implementation of cost effective on ground action to achieve a 50% reduction in sediment load from gully erosion in highest priority sub-catchments in the Normanby Basin. Exclusion fencing of the gully sub-catchment, direct seeding of native grasses and trees and strategic gully stabilisation works will be targeted at the most actively eroding gullies on high priority properties. Training of technical extension officers and grazing land managers will ensure that the benefits of the Reef Trust Gully Erosion Control Programme are communicated to the wider grazing community. / Normanby, Cape York NRM region / Cape York Natural Resource Management Ltd / $780,248
2 / Gully management in highly erodible sub-catchments of the Mary River Catchment / The Mary River Catchment Coordination Association and the Gympie District Beef Liaison Group will cost effectively address gully erosion predominantly in the Western Mary Catchments. Gully erosion extension and on-ground activities will focus on key landscape units where gully erosion occurs on fragile duplex soils that export fine sediment to the Great Barrier Reef. This project will build on six years of successful delivery of Reef Water Quality Grants to the local grazing industry where gully erosion projects were a key focus. The Mary River Catchment Coordination Association will also offer professional grazing land management extension services and a suite of extension tools in these key landscape units customised to the local industry utilising experienced practitioners in erosion control, GLM, forage and pasture management. / Mary, Burnett Mary NRM region / Mary River Catchment Coordination Assoc Inc / $808,760
3 / Don River Catchment Sediment Reduction Project: Improving GBR water quality. / This project will undertake cost effective erosion gully restoration in conjunction with the Don River Improvement Trust, a Queensland statutory authority as well as Bowen and Collinsville Landcare Inc. Two sites have been selected as representative of the gully systems in the upper Don River catchment and will be used as ongoing demonstration & monitoring sites. A range of stakeholders within the Bowen region will participate including local property owners involved in agricultural enterprises. / Don, Burdekin NRM region / Greening Australia (Qld) / $962,550
4 / Point Source Sediment Management in the Burdekin Dry Tropics NRM region. / This project will implement a range of cost-effective gully remediation techniques on monitored demonstration sites in the Bowen-Bogie management unit of the Burdekin Dry Tropics NRM region by integrating best available science, extensive land rehabilitation experience and strong monitoring and evaluation framework. / Bowen Bogie, Burdekin NRM region / NQ Dry Tropics Ltd / $906,000
5 / Gully Remediation in the Fitzroy by Revegetation and Grazing Land Management / Over three years, Fitzroy Basin Association will work with landholders to undertake on-ground works at 10 sites in each of the high sediment source catchments of the Theresa Creek and Isaac management units to reduce sediment delivered to the Great Barrier Reef Lagoon through gully erosion processes. Targeted work with graziers in these areas will be achieved through the use of best available evidence to identify the highest sediment source sub-catchments in these management units as well as targeting grazing businesses that have the potential to achieve practical and meaningful outcomes to address gully erosion processes. / Theresa Creek and Isaac, Fitzroy NRM region / Fitzroy Basin Association Inc / $1,405,767
6 / Point Source Sediment Management in the Burdekin Dry Tropics NRM region – East Burdekin / This project will implement a range of cost-effective gully remediation techniques on monitored demonstration sites in the East Burdekin management unit of the Burdekin Dry Tropics NRM region by integrating best available science, extensive land rehabilitation experience and strong monitoring and evaluation framework. / East Burdekin, Burdekin NRM / NQ Dry Tropics Ltd / $906,000
7 / Gully Remediation in the Fitzroy by Revegetation and Grazing Land Management – Fitzroy and Mackenzie / Over three years, Fitzroy Basin Association will work with landholders to undertake on-ground works at 10 sites in each of the high sediment source catchments of the Fitzroy and Mackenzie management units to reduce sediment delivered to the Great Barrier Reef Lagoon through gully erosion processes. Targeted work with graziers in these areas will be achieved through the use of best available evidence to identify the highest sediment source sub-catchments in these management units as well as targeting grazing businesses that have the potential to achieve practical and meaningful outcomes to address gully erosion processes. / Fitzroy and Mackenzie, Fitzroy NRM / Fitzroy Basin Association / $1,405,767
8 / Gully prevention and Remediation over 11,000 ha on Normanby River, Kings Plains / This project aims to prevent new gully formation and to encourage stabilisation and remediation of existing active gully systems over an area of approximately 40,000 ha along the Normanby River including 11,000 ha of highly erodible deep alluvial terraces. Stock exclusion fencing will be constructed or repaired along access points to permanently remove all feral and domestic stock from this area. Revegetation of gullies will be undertaken using locally sourced seeds with existing gully heads bunded. / Normanby, Cape York NRM region / South Endeavour Pty Limited as trustee for South Endeavour Trust / $304,400