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2023 Wet Tropics Waterway Health Report Card

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Dashboard: Wet Tropics Waterway Health Report Card

WebRichard has been the Science Technical Officer for Wet Tropics Waterways since 2016. His role involves producing the annual results for the waterway health assessment of the …

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Key Issues Affecting Waterway Health in the Wet Tropics

WebThe Wet Tropics is one of the six bioregions adjacent to the Great Barrier Reef where poor water quality runoff from land-based activities is one of the key issues affecting the …

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Diatoms and Their Role in Waterway Health

WebDiatoms are also crucial in regulating the Earth’s carbon cycle. They remove large amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and when they die, their shells sink to the ocean …

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Freshwater Basins: Waterways Health Condition in the Wet Tropics

WebThe environmental health of the Wet Tropics freshwater basins is assessed on water quality, habitat and hydrology, and fish. Overall grades are provided for all nine basins in …

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Offshore Wet Tropics: Waterway Health Flowing to the Great …

WebRichard has been the Science Technical Officer for Wet Tropics Waterways since 2016. His role involves producing the annual results for the waterway health assessment of the …

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Platypus Paradise: Petersen's Creek Restored to Health

WebRichard has been the Science Technical Officer for Wet Tropics Waterways since 2016. His role involves producing the annual results for the waterway health assessment of the …

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Trinity Inlet: Wet Tropics Waterway Health, North Queensland

WebTrinity Inlet: Wet Tropics Waterway Health, North Queensland. The area of the Trinity Inlet estuary reporting zone can be defined by the pre-cleared extent of mangrove and …

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Mossman Basin: Freshwater Waterway Health Condition

WebMossman Basin: Freshwater Waterway Health Condition. The Mossman Basin has an area of 479km 2 with Mossman (~1,700 people) and Port Douglas (~3,200 people) being the …

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About Us: Wet Tropics Waterways

WebThe Wet Tropics Report Card means we can track trends in catchment conditions and the health of rivers, estuaries, wetlands and inshore and offshore coastal and marine …

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Moresby Estuary: Wet Tropics Waterway Health

WebThe Moresby locality is on the western fringe of the estuary area. The Port of Mourilyan is located near the mouth of the estuary and exports raw sugar and molasses from a …

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Johnstone Freshwater Basin: Wet Tropics Waterway Health

WebThe Johnstone Basin has an area of 2,326 km 2 and has a relatively high proportion of natural/minimal use lands (55%). The remaining area contains 16% grazing, 12% …

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Daintree Basin: Wet Tropics Waterway Health, North Queensland

WebThe Daintree Basin has an area of 2,107km 2 with a high proportion of protected areas (56% natural/minimal use lands and 32% forestry). The remaining area consists of 7% grazing, …

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Mulgrave Freshwater Basin: Wet Tropics Waterway Health

WebThe freshwater fish assessment, undertaken in 2019-20, was conducted at 13 sites in the Mulgrave Basin. The index improved from ‘good’ with a score of 76 in 2017-18 to ‘very …

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Barron Freshwater Basin: Wet Tropics Waterway Health

WebThe Barron Basin has an area of 2189 km 2 with Mareeba and Atherton as the main population centres. The basin consists of 29% natural/minimal use lands, 31% grazing, …

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Hinchinbrook Estuary: Wet Tropics Waterway Health, North …

WebThe Hinchinbrook Channel is listed in the Directory of (Nationally) Important Wetlands. The Hinchinbrook Channel grade remained ‘good’ in 2021-22 and the score decreased from …

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