16 | ANNUAL REPORT 2017-2018
Tackling erosion
from the ground up
Landholders
Driving Change
EROSION is a big issue in the Burdekin Dry Tropics of
North Queensland. It causes valuable topsoil primarily from
grazing lands to wash downstream, carrying fine sediment
particles that reduce the amount of light needed by coral
reefs and seagrass to grow and thrive.
The Landholders Driving Change (LDC) project
is one of two Major Integrated Projects funded
by the Queensland Government through the
Queensland Reef Water Quality Program.
This project aims to tackle erosion and
improve land management, productivity and,
consequently, the quality of water flowing
into the Great Barrier Reef lagoon from the
Burdekin region.
We completed the first year of implementation
of LDC in 2017-2018.
A program of activities to keep soil on the land
– designed by graziers and tailored to their
needs – has begun and will continue to roll out
during the next two years in the high-priority
Bowen, Broken, Bogie (BBB) catchment near
Bowen and Collinsville. Almost a quarter of the
entire fine sediment load that ends up on the
reef comes from the BBB.