Logan River catchment eligible for landholder riverbank funding

The project would target seven SEQ rivers and catchments between Noosa to Logan and Lockyer Creek, with riverbanks and grazing land also eligible in the funding round known as Healthy Land and Water.

According to Minister for Natural Resources and Mines Dr Anthony Lynham, the funding will help make these areas more resilient in extreme weather events and improve overall catchment health, water quality and surrounding land condition.

“Healthy Land and Water will work with other community groups, local governments, participating landholders and other departments to raise awareness of water quality and waterway health issues and encourage private landholders to undertake improved riparian land management,” he said.

Healthy Land and Water will use the funds to manage pests and weeds, implement sustainable land management practices and restore native vegetation in the Logan River catchment, Lockyer Creek catchment, Bremer River catchment, Upper Brisbane and Stanley Catchments, Moggill Creek, Noosa River and the Upper Mooloolah River.

The funds are part of the $80 million, five-year Queensland Natural Resource Management Investment Program.

“The work that groups like Healthy Land and Water do supports two of our key industries – agriculture and tourism,” Dr Lynham said.

“These projects also help build resilience to extreme weather, build the state’s natural resources volunteer base; improve landholder and industry skills, knowledge and engagement; and greater participation in indigenous interests.”

Further information about regional NRM bodies in Queensland is available on the DNRM website at dnrm.qld.gov.au/land/accessing-using-land/natural-resource-management/nrm-investment-program.