A concrete mat chute handles its first summer storms and were able to witness firsthand how well this approach works in mitigating large-scale bank erosion.
Find out more about how this and other solutions can help us lock down that soil!
NEWS & EVENTS
The RACQ Foundation recently brought a team of amazing volunteers for a full week of planting native trees along the riverbanks. These champions worked extremely hard to contribute to the future resilience for the area and deliver benefits for the Laidley Creek Restoration Master plan.
We sent along our roving reporter, Alberta, to cover the story.
Caring for creeks might be simpler than you think! Whether you live by a creek or not, all the water that goes down our drains and runs off our properties eventually ends up in our waterways. Find out what you can do at home to help care for your closest local creek!.
It's been a whirlwind couple of months for the Healthy Land & Water’s Water by Design team with the first ever statewide Urban Stormwater (USW) and Erosion and Sediment Control (ESC) Community of Practice (CoP) workshop finally coming to fruition at the end of February in Brisbane.
Article written by Natalie Taylor.
Our very first Queensland Fire & Biodiversity Consortium’s Backing Onto Bush fire awareness workshop was launched in April for the Brisbane area. We had lots of questions about this new workshop, so we asked our Events Officer Natalie (or as we like to call her our events wizard), to give us the low down to share with you all on this interesting and instructive event.
Six of Queensland's popular Fire Management Dashboard Guides have just been updated and the electronic versions are being made available free of charge on our website!
Fire preparedness is a hot topic right now (pardon the pun). We’re rolling out fire information nights and hands-on property fire planning workshops across the region for landholders, community and stakeholders to upskill in the latest best practices to get properties and townships better prepared.
This is a great way to access decision support tools and guidance materials to equip you with essential knowledge and tools for effective fire management and biodiversity conservation. This is delivered through the Healthy Land & Water led Queensland Fire & Biodiversity Consortium (QFBC).
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