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Bell's Riparian Re-vegetation at Upper Warrill

Website/Report

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Project lead

Partnerships

Landcare Australia Limited

Landholder

Industries

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Activities

On-ground work

Case study type

(none)

Funding source

Landcare Australia Ltd (through Computershare e-Tree program

Landholder;

Funding amount

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In-kind contribution

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Start date

1 May 2011

End date

31 December 2011

Summary

This project will complement riparian flood remediation earthworks undertaken by the landholder in the Upper Warrill by re-vegetating with 900 native plants over a 150m stretch of a streambank that was severely eroded during the October 2010 and January 2011 floods. The landholder will undertake the planting and provide most of the fertiliser for the plants, which will mostly be lomandra along the toe of the stream bank, with bottle brushes, tea trees and other local native riparian species appropriate to the regional ecosystem thought to have historically occurred along the creek (Endangered regional ecosystem 12.3.3 Eucalyptus tereticornis woodland to open-forest on alluvial plains).

The landholder will water and maintain the plants to establishment stage.
The landholder tried to stabilise the bank using concrete blocks, but these were washed away in the floods. Trees and lomandra will help with the stabilisation process.

Benefits

The project will:
  • improve water quality in Warrill Creek by stabilising the creek bank through riparian plantings
  • plant 900 stems (grasses and trees) along a 150m stretch of stream bank.

Lesson

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Reference ID

SEQC1716

Last updated: 16 May 2015

This page should be cited as:

Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland (2015) Bell's Riparian Re-vegetation at Upper Warrill, WetlandInfo website, accessed 18 March 2024. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/resources/tools/wetland-project/bells-riparian-re-vegetation-at-upper-warrill-8740/

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