The South East Queensland Healthy Waterways Partnership is a collaboration between government, industry, researchers and the community. On this website Find out about the South East Queensland Healthy Waterways Partnership and our Strategy for protecting and improving the waterways of South East Queensland. Look up the health of your local catchment through our Ecosystem Health …
Catchment Facts Total area: 468km2 Stream network length: 795km Local Councils: Moreton Bay Regional Council Dominant land uses: native bush, grazing, rural residential, urban, poultry farms, strawberry and pineapple farms Upper catchment includes the undisturbed streams in the D’Aguilar National Park The mid and upper catchment is characterised mostly by agricultural and rural residential areas …
Subcatchments of the Logan – Albert Catchments Logan River Albert River Teviot Brook The catchment of the Logan and Albert Rivers is characterised by meandering courses. The Logan River is 185km long and flows across an extensive flood-plain delta for much of its length. The headwaters are located in Mt Barney National Park and are …
The work of the South East Queensland Healthy Waterways Partnership is coordinated through the Partnership Office which delivers five programs: Science and Innovation – provides research-based and independent scientific advice to Partners and develops tools to help decisions. Ecosystem Health Monitoring Program – monitors the health of 19 catchments, 18 estuaries and Moreton Bay and …
Your invitation to host an event celebrating our waterways Please join Healthy Waterways’ members in hosting a community event for the inaugural Connect to Your Creek Week between 17-25 May 2014. Throughout Connect to Your Creek Week, a variety of events will be held across South East Queensland to celebrate the diversity and beauty of …
Healthy Waterways and SEQ Catchments are joining forces to form a single entity with a common purpose: “To provide the preeminent services in South East Queensland for understanding and communicating about waterways and the natural assets that support them, and for connecting science, community and management to influence and deliver on-ground outcomes that address risks …
Healthy Waterways’ Ecosystem Health Monitoring Program, established in 1999, is one of the most comprehensive freshwater, estuarine and marine monitoring programs in Australia. The Program delivers a regional assessment of the ambient ecosystem health for each of South East Queensland’s 19 major catchments, 18 river estuaries and nine zones in Moreton Bay. Through the Program, …
Since 2000, Healthy Waterways has produced an annual Report Card which helps us understand and communicate the health of South East Queensland’s waterways, and identify issues that require intervention. Ecosystem health is assessed against relevant benchmarks, resulting in a single grade (‘A’ to ‘F’) for each freshwater, estuarine and marine system. A = Excellent: Conditions …
Lockyer Newsletter 4 November 2010 Lockyer Newsletter 3 March 2010 SEQ Catchments Newsletter February 09 Lockyer Newsletter August 09 Healthy Country Focal areas Media Gatton Star 5.11.09 Posters SEQ Catchments: Leaders in Waterway Restoration SEQ Catchments : Leaders in Waterway Restoration Lockyer Fact sheets Sediment ponds in agriculture Home site erosion management Floodplains Grazing Horses …
The South East Queensland Healthy Waterways Strategy 2007-2012 (the Strategy) is an integrated set of 12 Action Plans which the Partners have committed to undertake between 2007 and 2012. The Strategy contains over 500 committed actions to maintain and improve the health of the waterways of South East Queensland by: reducing urban and non-urban diffuse …
