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Upper Teviot Brook Restoration: Kelleher

Website/Report

(not documented)

Project lead

Partnerships

Australian Government (Caring for our Country program)

Queensland Bulk Water Supply Authority (trading as Seqwater)

Scenic Rim Rivers Improvement Trust

Scenic Rim Regional Council

Landholder

Kelleher Constructions

Industries

(not documented)

Activities

On-ground work

Case study type

(none)

Funding source

Australian Government (Caring for our Country program)

Queensland Bulk Water Supply Authority (trading as Seqwater)

Scenic Rim Rivers Improvement Trust

Scenic Rim Regional Council

Kelleher Constructions

Funding amount

(not documented)

In-kind contribution

(not documented)

Start date

14 February 2013

End date

10 June 2013

Summary

This project is part of the on-ground implementation of the Upper Teviot Brook Sub-catchment Management Project, an initiative supported by project partners Seqwater, Scenic Rim Regional Council, Scenic Rim Rivers Improvement Trust, and the Australian Government’s Caring for our Country program.

The project will control weeds, restore native vegetation and stabilise eroding banks over a 2ha area along Teviot Brook to contribute to improved water quality and riparian health in the sub-catchment. The environmental benefits will include improving the condition of native vegetation containing endangered Regional Ecosystem 12.3.3 ‘Eucalyptus tereticornis woodland to open forest on alluvial plains’.

As part of this project the following will be undertaken:
  • 3.6ha of riparian weed control to protect and restore native vegetation; target species include cat’s claw creeper and Chinese elm
  • 3000m² of soil conservation earthworks to stabilise three creek bank erosion sites
  • 3500m² re-vegetation with native species.

The landholders will maintain the infrastructure established in the project.  They will also use photo-points to monitor riparian vegetation condition in the project area.

Benefits

This project will:
  • facilitate the uptake of sustainable land management practices by increasing landholder’s knowledge and skills in natural resource management
  • improve water quality in the Logan catchment by enhancing riparian vegetation condition and biodiversity connectivity in Teviot Brook through weed control, re-vegetation and bank stabilisation earthworks.

Lesson

(not documented)

Reference ID

SEQC1940

Last updated: 16 May 2015

This page should be cited as:

Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland (2015) Upper Teviot Brook Restoration: Kelleher, WetlandInfo website, accessed 18 March 2024. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/resources/tools/wetland-project/upper-teviot-brook-restoration-kelleher-ef2c/

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