Improving Condition and Connectivity of Riparian Habitat in Cainbable: Solomon

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Australian Government (Caring for our Country program)

Scenic Rim Regional Council

Landholder

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On-ground work

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Australian Government (Caring for our Country program)

Scenic Rim Regional Council

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23 April 2013

10 June 2013

This project aims to enhance the condition and connectivity of riparian habitats in the Cainbable Creek district. With funding provided through the Australian Government’s Caring for our Country program, and with support from Scenic Rim Regional Council, SEQ Catchments is providing support to grazing landholders to help protect and buffer World Heritage Area vegetation, and enhance condition and connectivity of remnant and regrowth native vegetation. This project contributes to these overall program goals through supporting the landholder to undertake more ecologically sustainable land management by reducing the impacts of uncontrolled stock access to riparian areas.

The property contains vegetation mapped as Queensland blue gum on floodplains, which is listed as ‘endangered’. The property also features a variety of remnant and regrowth eucalyptus woodlands (e.g. RE 12.3.7), which is listed as ‘of concern’.

This project will improve connectivity and enhance the condition of approximately 4.8ha of regrowth/remnant vegetation through the following activities:

• fencing to control stock access to 4.8ha of riparian area along 1km of stream bank
• re-vegetation with local native species to enhance 1.9ha of riparian area.

The landholder is committed to monitoring and the maintenance of project outcomes including:

• establishing two standard photo-points and taking ‘before and after’ photographs to monitor changes in habitat condition and natural regeneration over time
• ongoing selective weed control and sustainable grazing management practices to maintain ecological values of the native vegetation communities.

This project will:

• improve biodiversity in the upper Albert River catchment by enhancing the condition and connectivity of riparian habitat along Cainbable Creek through re-vegetation and managing stock access.

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