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Mary River Catchment Coordinating Committee 25 Stewart Terrace Gympie

Mary River Catchment Coordinating Committee 25 Stewart Terrace Gympie. Ian Mackay Tanzi Smith Deb Seal. www.mrccc.org.au. Community Based Catchment Management. MRCCC aims to promote, within the community, a common view of a sustainable and productive catchment

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Mary River Catchment Coordinating Committee 25 Stewart Terrace Gympie

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  1. Mary River Catchment Coordinating Committee 25 Stewart TerraceGympie Ian Mackay Tanzi Smith Deb Seal www.mrccc.org.au

  2. Community Based Catchment Management MRCCC aims to promote, within the community, a common view of a sustainable and productive catchment • Celebrated 20 years of incorporation in 2015 • Committee - 24 delegates from different sectors - community, industry and government • We take a strategic approach • Public donations have funded our “new” catchment centre at 25 Stewart Terrace, Gympie What do we do? How do we do it?

  3. Restoring Riparian Resilience- Biodiversity Fund Implementing the Mary River Threatened Aquatic Species Recovery Plan $2.4 million project - May 2012 to June 2017 Funded by the Australian Government’s Clean Energy Futures Fund Partners include Noosa, Barung, Tiaro & Gympie Landcare, Seqwater, Greater Mary Association Inc, the Councils and landholders Threatened species: Mary River Cod and Turtle, Australian Lungfish, Giant-barred Frog & Freshwater Mullet

  4. Restoring Riparian Resilience.. • Projects in 22 Demonstration Reaches • Goomong (Demo 1) • Kenilworth (Demo 5) • Six Mile (Demo 16) • 23+ Engagement events in the last year • Consistently exceed targets required by the Australian Government • Revegetation • Restoration • Weed control • Community engagement

  5. On-farm Flood Recovery (ex Tropical Cyclone Oswald) • Mary River Kenilworth Charles Street Park riverbank stabilisation project demonstrates collaboration • Seqwater • Sunshine Coast Council • BMRG & MRCCC • funding partnership with BMRG • Three key areas: • Mary River, Maryborough • Mary River, Kenilworth • Lower Munna Creek

  6. Reef Programme Projects Targeting projects that improve downstream water quality Promoting best practice through field-days Local grazing industry is an enthusiastic supporter Over-subscribed for grazing projects Grazing projects such as riparian fencing

  7. Citizen Science – A Decade of Waterwatch In 2014-2015: • 8 networks including 2 new networks with new volunteers • Tiaro – Gundiah • Upper Tinana • 77 individuals, families and businesses volunteering • 871 water samples collected • 127 sites sampled at least once • Interactive map online: • https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?mid=zGIQzjdBcxy0.ktIDaHQ9QgGE

  8. HOW?

  9. A long term perspective 2005 1997 2013 1999 Mary River, Gilldora

  10. Ramsay Creek, near Biggenden Before, 2005 After, 2009 After, 2014

  11. MRCCC supporting the community • Hosting 4 Land for Wildlife Field days in the Gympie and Fraser Coast regions annually

  12. MRCCC supporting the community Auspicing Valley Bees, Cooloola Nature and the Gerry Cook Hatchery at Lake Macdonald

  13. MRCCC supporting the community • Auspicing the Koala Action Group, Gympie region, established in December 2014 • A sighting form for members of the public to record koala sightings has been developed • MRCCC staff and volunteers enter Koala and other fauna sightings into the Qld Government Wildnet database • KAG members are spreading the word about the need to protect koalas and their habitat

  14. Mary Catchment Resource Centre Provision of an information and resource centre in Gympie Offering a basic dam, bore and creek water testing serviceProviding space for small meetings Incorporating solar power and hot water, and 15,000 gallons of rain water Aim to establish demonstration gardens

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