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In December 2015, forty-one litter basket Gross Pollutant Traps (GPT’s) were installed in Mackay’s CBD aimed at reducing rubbish and organic matter at stormwater drainage points, preventing it [...]

Technical reports for the pilot report card are now available. Details on the assessment methodologies and data for the pilot report card can be found in the technical reports that are now [...]

Welcome to the Partnership’s first newsletter for 2016.

Whitsunday Charter Boat Industry Association (WCBIA) members are active in the management of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (GBRMP). Member vessels are ECO Certified and audited by ECO [...]

Stream bank erosion is a major source of sediment in many watercourses. This has multiple implications including degrading water quality, reducing ecosystem habitat and the loss of agricultural [...]

Since 2008 Whitsunday Catchments Landcare (WCL) has been undertaking revegetation projects along the banks of the two creeks that align Galbraith Park in Cannonvale. WCL’s objectives for this [...]

Whitsunday Regional Council’s Feral Pig Program is continuing to significantly reduce the issue of widespread damage caused by feral pigs in the Whitsunday Council area. The large scale program [...]

Through the Australian Government’s Reef Programme, Whitsunday Regional Council, in partnership with Reef Catchments, has installed three gross pollutant traps within the Cannonvale Botanic [...]

Canegrowers Mackay has been involved with Reef Rescue one and two, both on the Regional Working Group, and with implementation. The Mackay region had some impressive results: 1. There were 516 [...]

The Mackay South Water Recycling Facility was built in 2008 to treat sewage from approximately 68,000 people in the Mackay Region. The recycling scheme allows for most of the effluent water [...]