Our partners in action

2021-2022 Management Response Report:
Working for flow-on impact

The ‘Working Together for Healthier Waterways’ report on this page showcases the activities and efforts of our partners during 2021 and 2022 to improve the values of our Dry Tropics catchments and Great Barrier Reef.

Action for healthier waterways has critical flow-on benefits, ultimately affecting not only waters, reefs, lands and biodiversity, but jobs, public spaces, and the health of our people and communities.

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Thank you to our partners and extensive Dry Tropics network for the investment, time, and expertise demonstrated in this report.

We actively welcome new partners, collaborations, and ideas in our work in Townsville and surrounding region. Get in touch

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Get water wise

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Nutrients explained Our annual Townsville Dry Tropics Report Card shows which local waterways have excess levels of nutrients. Here, we answer your 5 quick questions: 1. What are ‘nutrients’? Nutrients are the essential building blocks of life! They are elements or compounds that are critical for maintaining the balance and health of ecosystems. Their availability can influence the abundance and...

In Conversation

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'Environmental data can’t tell its stories sitting in spreadsheets.' Diane Tarte is a name well known to many concerned with the changing state of the Great Barrier Reef and the coastal and catchment areas that affect its future. A campaigner for greater data- and science-based decision making for Queensland’s reefs and wetlands in the pre-digital 70s, Di was a founding...

March 2023

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Upcoming Around Townsville — March 2023 Our community is busy connecting and working towards healthier waterways. The following are opportunities and events of interest on our radar: Opportunities The Port of Townsville $50,000 Community Fund is open now for applications. Get info Townsville City Council’s 2023 Our Townsville event will be held on 10 and 11 June, including zones for...

February 2023

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Join us in the Townsville Community Action Plan (CAP) Want to contribute to the development of a project to benefit our local waterways and Reef? We're keen to hear from you. As part of the Great Barrier Reef Foundation’s Community Action Plan (CAP) Program and with Reef Ecologic we’re co-leading a Townsville CAP that will see community- and Traditional Owner-led...