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Upper Brisbane River Catchment Network
Need More Information - See
Activities in the Catchment.
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Contact Us!
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Chair |
Mary Lou Gittins
Ph 54971018
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Secretary |
Ed Surman
Ph 54963248
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Coordinator |
Larraine Clewett
Ph 54241200 |
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About Us
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Background
A meeting was held on the 23rd of July 1998 in the Moore
Community hall in response to increasing community interest in water and
land management issues in the upper section of the Brisbane River and
Stanley catchments. The meeting was coordinated by the Brisbane Valley /
Kilcoy landcare group.
Interest came from:
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EMU Creek ( Crows Nest and and Esk Shires, |
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Cooyar Creek ( Rosalie and Nanango Shires), |
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Kilcoy and Esk Shires and |
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part of the Caboolture Shire. |
Those attending represented a cross section of the
catchment community. Landholders from across the catchment were highly
represented.
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Development between 23 July 1998 and January 2000
DNR ( now DNR & M ) in conjunction with landcare and council
representatives discussed the potential for applying for a project for the
Upper Brisbane Catchment.
The project consisted of two components:
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A position for a Catchment Coordinator - Larraine Clewett
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A second position for a Rivercare officer - Rob Wallace
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These positions were filled in June 1999 and November 1999
respectively and are still current.
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Geographical Details
The Upper Brisbane region catchment extends from the Bunya
Mountains in the west across to the ranges of Caboolture in the east and to
Mt Crosby Wivenhoe dam in the south. The Stanley catchment is also contained
in the upper Brisbane Catchment as is the mid Brisbane catchment from
Wivenhoe Dam to Mt Crosby Weir.
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Resources in the Catchment
Discussions on the resources in the catchment for this
section are confined to the existing resources to support the principles of
natural resource management in line with ICM principles. However for ICM and
landcare activities to occur the resources available and needed for
integrated catchment management across a range of disciplines and issues
needs to addressed by the Network. The logic supporting the need to address
multidiscipline issues is based on the reality that recreation for example
cannot be separated from water and land management and Local Area Plans for
local government cannot be separated from land and water management. |
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