O'Brien Re-vegetation, Myall Creek, Dalby

Specifications

Client: Condamine Alliance
Scope:
Verterra was engaged to implement 18.6 ha of revegetation using 7,000 local native plants in four areas located along Myall Creek: Boundary Planting – 3.99 ha; Central Planting area – 2.05 ha; North of Creek – 9.9 ha and South of Creek – 2.22 ha. A target of minimum 5 canopy species, 6 mid story species and 3 ground layer species was required to meet grant requirements.
Challenge:
Many areas of the upper Condamine catchment have been over-cleared, leading to soil and land degradation, weed infestation, impacts on regional biodiversity, water quality and agricultural production. With the aim of reducing weed cover and increasing native vegetation cover to 20 to 30%, the project faced two key challenges of engaging landholders to actively participate and provide cost effective approaches to managing weeks and increasing native vegetation cover.

Extremely hot and dry conditions in the Dalby region and ‘black cracking’ self mulching soil in serious disrepair from past grazing presented particular challenges to this project.
Solution:
Verterra Projects initiated under “Enrich” have established collaborative working relationships with landowners and supported increased vegetation in the landscape in key locations that are most likely to boost the diversity of native plants and animals; improve soil stabilisation, reduce erosion and impact positively on regional water quality. Verterra brought its technical and operational experience in revegetation, species matching, soils and landholder engagement to the O’Brien project.
Benefit to Client:
Successful establishment and compliance for grant purposes. Environmental benefits including bank stabilisation, which will contribute to reduced erosion and positive impact on water quality.
Market Sector: Environment and Natural Resources
Capabilities:
- Vegetation and biodiversity offsets
- General land, water and vegetation technical services
Location: Queensland
Year: 2016 - 2017