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Fire hazard reduction and habitat protection—Crab Creek

Website/Report

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Project lead

Burnett Mary Regional Group

Partnerships

Queensland Govnernment

Industries

Other

Activities

On-ground work

Case study type

(none)

Funding source

(not documented)

Funding amount

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In-kind contribution

(not documented)

Start date

4 October 2012

End date

31 October 2012

Summary

Large and small pine wildlings on the stream bank of Crab Creek cause a threat to the integrity of wallum and Eucalypt biodiversity. A fire control line is surveyed to provide a new fire management zone that  enables fire control to be targeted at juvenile pines and emergent seedlings in the controlled area. A contractor is engaged by the Queensland Government to:
  • remove stack felled pine logs in high density area adjacent to Dart Street (roughly 80 trees with a diameter at breast height from 100mm–250mm)
  • chip retrieved logs, remove pine chip piles and transport materials to Council for later use
  • install a gate and signage at the entrance of the new control line to prevent unauthorised vehicle access.

Benefits

  • Reduction of fire hazard
  • Improved fire management
  • Protection of coastal biodiversity
  • Improved integrity of Ramsar site for resident and migratory shorebirds.

Lesson

(not documented)

Reference ID

(none)

Last updated: 9 October 2017

This page should be cited as:

Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland (2017) Fire hazard reduction and habitat protection—Crab Creek, WetlandInfo website, accessed 18 March 2024. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/resources/tools/wetland-project/fire-hazard-reduction-and-habitat-protection-crab-creek-17ea/

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