About
In 2007, the Burnett Catchment Care Association (BCCA) launched Better Burnett, funded by the Federal Government through the Burnett Mary Regional Group (BMRG). The pilot was completed in 2008, and BCCA have continued to work with BMRG with funding through the Federal Government’s Caring for our Country program.
For more information about funding programs with BCCA currently underway, check out Better Catchments; Healthy Habitats; Reef Rescue in the menu bar at the left of the screen.
More information is available regarding projects for 2010-11. To stay in touch, register to receive updates from our website or phone the office and ask how you can become a member.
Better Burnett Catchment Recovery Pilot 2007-2008
The Better Burnett Catchment Recovery Pilot was a 14 month program supporting land managers to undertake onground works that would improve landscape, lifestyles, and livelihoods.
Activities supported fell into three main areas; Better Beef – providing assistance to implement sustainable grazing land management, Better Bush – managing our best assets and greatest threats, and Better Water – taking care of our water ways for a healthy river system.
The Better Beef program focused activity on the Cardarga Creek, Baywulla Creek, and Auburn River sub-catchments in Phase 1, providing graziers with incentives to better use of grass and water for productivity and catchment health.
Better Bush put support into sustainable forestry, demonstrations for better weed management, and taking care of endangered, vulnerable and rare species.
Better Water assisted land managers in taking care of the water ways and reducing aquatic weeds.