WetlandCare to aid Barratta Creek Catchment

Original story at WetlandCare Australia: Delivering Biodiversity Dividends for the Barratta Creek Catchment

WetlandCare Australia, with support through funding from the Australian Government’s Clean Energy Future Biodiversity Fund, will protect, manage and enhance the high ecological functional values of the Barratta Creek Catchment which forms the main artery of the Bowling Green Bay wetlands, the only Ramsar site in north Queensland.

Wetlands on agricultural farms are an intergral part of sustainable land management in the Barrattas. Photo: WetlandCare Australia

Barratta Creek is one of the most high integrity floodplain creek systems on the developed east coast of Queensland. Since the introduction of intensive irrigated agriculture the creek and wetlands have suffered serious impacts through a lack of active management and understanding including invasive aquatic and terrestrial weeds, hot frequent fires regimes and excessive and nutrient rich tailwater flows.WetlandCare Australia will unite multiple stakeholders to improve biodiversity outcomes in the Barratta Creek catchment and internationally listed Ramsar wetlands through integrated catchment based management.