Better Burnett

Reef Rescue

The Burnett Catchment Care Association BCCA are partners in the ‘Burnett Mary Reef Partnership’, involved in the delivery of incentives to graziers who wish to improve their properties and property management in ways that improve production and catchment health. The incentives are administered by the Burnett Mary Regional Group with funding provided from the Reef Rescue package which is a component of the Federal Government’s Caring for our Country initiative.

Reef Rescue is a key element of the Australian Government’s Caring for our Country initiative, initially funded for $2.25 billion over five years, to restore the health of Australia’s environment and build on improved land management practices. It represents a new, coordinated approach to environmental management in Australia built on transparent and consistent national targets. Reef Rescue’s objective is to improve the water quality of the Great Barrier Reef lagoon by providing land holders with assistance to improve land management that reduce nutrient, pesticide and sediment run-off from agricultural land.

Burnett Mary Reef Partnership

The Burnett Catchment Care Association, the Burnett Mary Regional Group, and the Mary River Catchment Coordinating Committee have been working together to develop frameworks that will deliver incentives to graziers.

They are a part of the Burnett Mary Reef Partnership which includes:

• Growcom,
• Queensland Dairy Organisation,
• Isis and Maryborough CANEGROWERS,
• Bundaberg Sugar Services,
• Burnett Catchment Care Association,
• Mary River Catchment Coordinating Committee,
• Agforce,
• Bundaberg Fruit and Vegetable Growers, and
• Burnett Mary Regional Group.

Reef Rescue Grazing – Year 5

BCCA are currently taking Expressions of Interest for Year 5 of Reef Rescue Grazing (2012/13) for graziers located in the priority area (see map).

Currently, BCCA is only taking expressions of interest from graziers who have not previously been involved in Reef Rescue Grazing in the past.  If you are grazier who hasn’t been involved in Reef Rescue Grazing previously and would like to be involved, you can find an Expression of Interest form by clicking here!

Expressions of Interest for Year 5 close 1 July 2012. 

For more information contact BCCA on (07) 4166 3898 or email admin@burnettcatchment.org.

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