Natural Resource Recovery Program
Fire and Water: A Dual Approach to a Greener Future
Partnering with land managers, First Nations and industry towards sustainable land management
The SQ Landscapes NRRP 3 project aims to revitalise 396,000 hectares of the southern Queensland landscape, focusing on three catchment areas: Bulloo, Warrego, and Maranoa Balonne. These regions are crucial for environmental and agricultural sustainability but face significant threats due to landscape degradation.
Leveraging our experience in regional projects, SQ Landscapes will support land managers to restore landscape function and enhance natural and commercial production. By re-establishing perennial vegetation and increasing water infiltration, we aim to mitigate the impacts of drought, flooding, fire, climate change, and other global challenges.
This project represents a collaborative effort between the Queensland Government, SQ Landscapes, First Nations, and local communities, delivering long-term benefits that extend beyond the immediate investment areas. Through this work, we are not only seeing the land be restored but also communities being strengthened, becoming more resilient and sustainable.
Be part of the solution! Land managers are encouraged to register their interest via the “Get Involved” tab.
Latest Project News
Medicine to our Land, Kooma Knowledge
Southern Downs Soils and Erosion Management
Learning about the Land, Kooma Knowledge
TARGET AREAS
Contact Us about the Project
You can get in contact with the Project Team by clicking the button below and sending an email to projects@sqlandscapes.org.au
Opportunities to be involved
Implement Land Rehydration Techniques – Slowing overland flows, and regenerating the bottom of slopes to promote infiltration and groundcover regeneration in critical areas of the landscape.
Implement Appropriate Fire and Cool Burning – learn from First Nation practitioners while applying cool burns that encourage native species to regenerate, improving groundcover quality and resilience.
Adapt Livestock Grazing Management – Manage livestock impacts through installing fences and watering points that give you greater control in poor condition or sensitive areas and the ability to use them as a tool to promote healthy groundcover through rotational grazing.
Attend Information and Field Days – Join other land managers in your area to hear from knowledgeable speakers about relevant topics. Build your network and information for achieving greater groundcover quality and resilience for your property.
Practices with high influence – what you can do to build and maintain ground cover
We work with you to come up with the very best solutions for your challenges!
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Baselining groundcover
- My Climate View (No registration, enter rough location and commodity)
- Land condition - FutureBeef - Overall land condition – A, B, C, D
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Carbon and Biodiversity Markets
- https://planr.gov.au/ (Needs you to register)
- Carbon Sequestration (looc-c.farm) (No registration, sketch an area on the map, indicate exclusions and production systems)
- Regrowth benefits interactive map | Environment, land and water | Queensland Government (www.qld.gov.au) (No registration, search for location on map)
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Increasing Root Zone Soil Moisture
- Australian Water Outlook (bom.gov.au) – online map
- Regenerating the land with a strong drought-proofing tool (nswfarmers.org.au) – Industry webpage article
- Ecosystem Management Understanding retools far west graziers battling drought with new science - ABC News – online news article
- Marlow Small Water Cycles
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Adjust stocking rate to available pasture
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Increase pasture value with 3P grasses and legumes
- Pasture management for South East Queensland (69 page guide)
- Understanding pasture management and sustainability | Business Queensland (QLD Government Webpage)
- 3p grasses | Burdekin Dry Tropics NRM Plan
- eTools | Meat & Livestock Australia
- (Range of online tools)
- how-do-i-make-my-pastures-more-productive
- (4 page guide)
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Reduce pasture competition from feral and native grazing animals
- Public attitudes to animal welfare and landholder resource limitations: implications for total grazing pressure management in the southern rangelands of Australia (Scientific Journal Article)
- Visual artwork commissioned from ArtBalm to represent this article
This project is funded by Queensland Government's Natural Resources Recovery Program.
