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Riparian Area Establishment and Stabilisation at Withcott: Phase 1Website/Report(not documented)
Project leadPartnershipsLandcare Australia Limited
Lockyer Valley Landcare Inc Industries(not documented)
ActivitiesOn-ground work
Case study type(none)
Funding sourceLandholders
Lockyer Valley Landcare Inc Landcare Australia Ltd (through Computershare e-Tree program) Funding amount(not documented)
In-kind contribution(not documented)
Start date14 February 2011
End date30 November 2011
SummaryThis project involves establishing riparian vegetation along a section of a tributary of Gatton Creek at Withcott. The area is currently undergoing major remediation in the form of weed control. The major weeds are cat’s claw creeper (Macfadyena ungus-cati) and Chinese celtis (Celtis sinensis).
The project involves planting a diversity of riparian vegetation and continued maintenance of the site, including monitoring plant establishment/survival and ongoing weed control. Mapping available from the Department of Environment and Resource Management (DERM) identifies Regional Ecosystems 12.9-10.7 (‘of concern’), 12.3.3 (Endangered) and 12.9-10.3 (‘of concern’) as being present on the site. Fact sheets on these regional ecosystems are available from the Lockyer Valley Regional Council and will be used to guide species selection and planting methodology. The area forms part of a regionally significant biodiversity adaptation corridor on the lower slopes of the Toowoomba escarpment near the western perimeter of the Lockyer Valley catchment. The area has State significance in terms of Corridor Value and High Regional Ecosystem Status and High Core Habitat value. Benefits
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Lesson(not documented)
Reference IDSEQC1678
Last updated: 16 May 2015 This page should be cited as: Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland (2015) Riparian Area Establishment and Stabilisation at Withcott: Phase 1, WetlandInfo website, accessed 30 August 2024. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/resources/tools/wetland-project/riparian-area-establishment-and-stabilisation-at-withcott-phase-1-23cc/ |