seq catchments catching up newsletter logan and albert february 2014

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In the Logan & Albert Catchments

FEBRUARY 2014

Catching Up

Our regions natural assets are important for the economy, lifestyle and wellbeing of our

community.

Natural assets provide many of the services that attract people to live in the region suchas great beaches and clean air, rich forests, productive farmland as well as the wide

variety of plants and animals.

After five years, the targets in the SEQ Natural Resource Management plan are being

updated to consider activities that will better prepare the community and the economy

for future pressures such as extreme weather events and natural disasters.

Have your say on what actions and investment in natural assets are important for you

and your community. This information will be used to update the SEQ NRM Plan so it

can better guide community, industry and government support for landholders in the

management of their local areas.

You can also provide feedback via the our online community consultation site, which

will be launched in the near future.

For more information contact [email protected].

LOCAL NEWS and EVENTSSoil health and grazing

field dayTues 4th March 9.00am -1.30pm

Guest speaker Rodger Savory -

grassland management specialist.

More info over page

Rathdowney Hall

Free EventLunch included

RSVP: Colin Hastie

M: 0457 109 122 or

[email protected]

Introductory workshop to

support Chambers Flat

land managers22nd March

Over the coming years a series of

workshops and field days will be

hosted covering grazing

management, pasture, soil health

and weed management. ContactCol Hastie for more information

0457 109 122 or

[email protected].

Wyaralong Dam Carp

Busters Comp1st March

The Logan & Albert Fish

Management Associations annual

carp eradication competition.

Prizes for registration, most carp

and biggest carp caught, and fly

fishing. Contact Lloyd Willmann on

0429 614 892.Click herefor more

info.

Supporting the sharing

economy free public

lecture and workshop24-25th Feb, Southbank

Building sustainable communities

by supporting localised economies

such as barter, community tradenetworks & more.

LectureQCA Gallery Theatre,

24th Feb 6pm-7.30pm.

Workshop, Griffith University,

Southbank,

25th Feb 9am-12.30pm.

To RSVP click here.

Beaudesert Community Roundtable, Thursday March 13th, 9.30am-1pm,Loganand Albert Hotel, Beaudesert. Tea and coffee from 8.30am, lunch provided.

Logan Community Roundtable, Tuesday March 18th, 9.30am-1pm, LoganEntertainment Centre. Tea and coffee from 8.30am, lunch provided.

Please RSVP to Col Hastie: Ph 0457 109 122 or [email protected]

Take a look at more confirmed datesin SEQ.
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Completed works site, December 2013

Innovating management of sewerage nutrient discharges into the Logan River

Eroding river banks contribute large amount of nutrients and sediment into our waterways, which can have a majorimpact on the aquatic environment and decrease water quality. Erosion can also lead to loss of land, impacting farmsand livelihoods, as well as degraded habitats.

Repairing and stabilising eroded banks and planting trees along the banks are important in helping control erosionand thereby reducing sediment and associated nutrient flows into our waterways.

A pilot study on a 400 m stretch of the Logan River, just outside of Beaudesert near II Bogan Park, is assessing towhat extent restoring eroding banks can reduce sediment and nutrient pollution. This is expected to improve thequality of the Logan River, but also limit further land losses for local landholders and increase biodiversity and habitatalong the river banks.

The study is being funded by Queensland Urban Utilities (QUU), the managers of the Beaudesert SewerageTreatment Plant. QUU, together with the Department of Environment and Heritage and SEQ Catchments, areinvestigating whether reducing bank erosion and its associated nutrient loss into the Logan River can counterbalancethe release of nutrients into our waterways from the treatment plant.

If the pilot study proves successful, QUU may be able to improve the water quality in the Logan River by funding bankstabilisation works, rather than pursuing the more expensive option of building expensive new sewerage treatmentplant capacity.

Pre project commencement site photo, II Bogan Park, Nov 2013

Rathdowney grazing field day to look at

soil health and stock nutrition

The free field day on Tuesday March 4th willcommence at Rathdowney Hall at 9am before movingon to a nearby 142ha mixed poultry and beef cattlefarm owned by the Dan and Kym Coaster-Garton andtheir family.

The field day is intended to be the first in an ongoingseries that will focus on day to day farm decisions,using the property hosting the day as an example,with expert advice on hand from a guest speaker.

This field day will be followed by several others toprovide an opportunity for landowners to regularly gettogether to discuss grazing management strategieson a seasonal basis.

We are hopeful that everyone will leave each field day having gained something useful to put into practiceimmediately and in the longer term, provided through the expertise of the guest speakers, the information on thehost farm, and the collective knowledge of the landowners attending on the day.

The field day is funded by the Queensland Government and is being delivered through a partnership withBeaudesert Landcare and Croftby Community Group in a 5 year project to address river and land health. RSVP with Col Hastie Ph. 0457 109 122, [email protected].


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SEQ Catchments Office -Beaudesert

82 Brisbane St, Beaudesert Qld 4285

P: (07) 55412702

Col Hastie

Community Partnerships Manager

E : [email protected] M: 0457 109 122

RESOURCES -GRANTS -EVENTS

Logan City Council

The EnviroGrants program aims to enhance and protectthe natural

environment and foster environmentally sustainable practicesacross Logan

City. Up to $5000 is available for Environmental Projects and $2000 for

Wildlife Carer Grants. Closes 5 March 2014. Click herefor

more information.

Apanie Wood returns as Regional Landcare Facilitator

After 18 months of freshwater research in North

Queensland, Apanie is enjoying resuming her work with

SEQ Catchments to support community groups and land

managers across SEQ to implement sustainable

agricultural practices. For more information click here.

Agricultural Competitiveness Issues Paper released for publiccomment

The Australian Government is requesting input on the development of anAgricultural Competitiveness White Paper, the governments plan to grow

agricultures competitiveness, farm gate profitability and contribute to

Australias prosperity. An issues paper identifies the key topics the

government would like community input on and will guide the development

of the White Paper. To contribute, please make a written submission before

April 17th, or arrange an appointment to meet with a government

representative in Toowoomba on March 25th. Click hereor ring 02 6271

6272 for more information.

Weeds of Southern Queensland app

The Weeds Society of Queensland released its highly popular publication

Weeds of Southern Queensland as a smartphone app in 2013. The app

contains information for 132 weeds present in Southern Queensland, along

with details of control methods. For more information click here.

The National Landcare webinar series

These webinars provide a platform

for farmers and land managers to

participate in discussions with a

range of speakers on issues relevant

to Landcare. Video broadcasts on topics such as soil health, the use of social

media for Landcare groups, Allan Savory on Holistic Management. For more

information click here.

Tamborine Landcare AssociationOffice: The Piccabeen Bookshop -

Shop 10/15 Main St North TamborineP: (07) 5545 [email protected]

Logan and Albert ConservationAssociation

Anne Page -PresidentP: (07) 3297 0624Kathy Faldt -Vice PresidentP: (07) 3200 0129www.laca.org.au

Boonah Organisation for aSustainable Shire

Julie Jackson-Secretary

P: (07) 5463 4774M: 0435 992 [email protected]

Logan Albert River CatchmentsAssociationMatthew ArkinstallM: 0429 618 147

Beaudesert Landcare Group

Dan Coaster-GartonP: (07) 5541 4353

This newsletter is produced by SEQ

Catchments in partnership with the

Regional Landcare Facilitator project,

an initiative of the Australian

Governments Department of

Agriculture.

Please send information on your groupsactivities, events, workshops andmeeting dates to Apanie Wood [email protected] inclusion in this newsletter.

GROUPS CORNERMeetings - Functions -

Events - NewsLogan & Albert Catchment Network

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