WetlandUpdate February 2014

Farm run-off treatment systems—toolkit

The Farm run-off treatment systems—toolkit fact sheet provides advice to extension officers and land managers on planning and designing farm run-off treatment trains, specific to coastal agriculture in the wet/dry tropics region between central and Far North Queensland.

Sediment basins

The Sediment basins fact sheet provides advice to extension officers and land managers on the use of sediment basins to improve run-off water quality, specific to coastal agriculture in the wet/dry tropics region between central and Far North Queensland.

Buffer strips

The Buffer strips fact sheet provides advice to extension officers and land managers on the use of buffer strips to improve farm run-off water quality, specific to coastal agriculture in the wet/dry tropics region between central and Far North Queensland.

Vegetated swales and drains

The Vegetated swales and drains fact sheet provides advice to extension officers and land owners on the use of vegetated swales and drains to improve farm run-off water quality, specific to coastal agriculture in the wet/dry tropics region between central and Far North Queensland.

Constructed (treatment) wetlands

The Constructed (treatment) wetlands fact sheet provides advice to extension officers and land managers on the use of constructed (treatment) wetlands to improve farm run-off water quality, specific to coastal agriculture in the wet/dry tropics region between central and Far North Queensland.

Wetland management case studies

On-farm wetland demonstration site–Lower Burdekin

The case study On-farm wetland demonstration site–Lower Burdekin shows how Burdekin cane farmer John Quagliata demonstrates how the rehabilitation of a wetland on his property will benefit his cane farming enterprise and also the quality of water entering the local waterway.

Watch the video to follow the rehabilitation process.

De Moleyns Lagoon rehabilitation and monitoring project

The case study De Moleyns Lagoon rehabilitation and monitoring project shows the outcomes of partnership project carried out by the Queensland Wetlands Program (QWP) and the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF). The project on wetlands in agricultural production areas within the Mackay-Whitsunday region.

Updated tools fact sheet

The Queensland Wetlands Program tools fact sheet has been updated to include the new tools.

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Last updated: 30 January 2014