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Community breathing new life into Waterhen Lake, Oxenford.

Website/Report

Project lead

Gold Coast Catchment Association

Partnerships

(not documented)

Industries

(not documented)

Activities

On-ground work

Case study type

(none)

Funding source

Everyone’s Environment Grants - Round 2

Funding amount

$39,000

In-kind contribution

(not documented)

Start date

6 January 2014

End date

(not documented)

Summary

This project seeks to enhance the biodiversity of Waterhen Lake, Oxenford. Specific activities will include removing coral tree and other aquatic weeds from the lake and undertake re-vegetation activities on the banks of the lake. Monitoring and reporting at the site will include bird surveys, frog surveys, water quality and fish surveys.

Benefits

This project will:
  • improve the biodiversity values of the wetland habitat
  • provide a greater level of feeding, shelter and breeding habitat availability, allowing greater population resilience into the future.

Lesson

(not documented)

Reference ID

130155

Last updated: 16 May 2015

This page should be cited as:

Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland (2015) Community breathing new life into Waterhen Lake, Oxenford., WetlandInfo website, accessed 30 August 2024. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/resources/tools/wetland-project/community-breathing-new-life-into-waterhen-lake-oxenford-c5dc/

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