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Mary River - Site 2 Bank Stabilisation

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Activities

On-ground work

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Funding source

Funding amount

$249,249

In-kind contribution

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Start date

23 April 2021

End date

30 September 2024

Summary

The project aims to make a reduction to fine sediment loads leaving the Mary River into the Great Barrier Reef Lagoon by stabilising and revegetating priority sites. The project builds upon previous work in the Mary catchment that has informed the planning of this project.

As a result, eight sites have been selected based on the cost-effectiveness of the interventions, existing landholder relationships and reach-based solutions. The work in these eight sites will deliver a total sediment savings to the Great Barrier Reef of 26 kilo-tonnes per year and can be delivered for $9M including stakeholder engagement, communications, planning and design, project management, monitoring and evaluation and program administration (see joint projects "Mary River - Site 1 Bank Stabilisation" and "Mary River - Site 3 Bank Stabilisation").

On-ground works: contractor earthworks, reprofiling banks, installing piles and rocks and riparian vegetation works.

Benefits

Benefits will include building on existing on-ground projects, linking with stakeholders involved in riparian management, strengthening the culture of catchment management within the community, improvement to grazing practices, comprehensive monitoring and evaluation, engagement, communications and promotion, and reduce sediment loads to the Great Barrier Reef.

Lesson

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Last updated: 1 December 2021

This page should be cited as:

Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland (2021) Mary River - Site 2 Bank Stabilisation, WetlandInfo website, accessed 30 August 2024. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/resources/tools/wetland-project/mary-river-site-2-bank-stabilisation-c04a/

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