Natural resource management is becoming increasingly complex, and
therefore difficult to understand by landholders who must come to
terms with numerous land management issues, such as soil erosion,
efficient use of rainfall, weeds, pests and salinity risks, in
order to achieve sustainability of their properties.
Natural resource management is targeted at a catchment scale.
A
catchment
is an area bounded by natural features (hills, mountains, ranges),
which act as a natural basin to "catch" runoff water and transport
it to a common outlet such as a creek or river.
A
Neighbourhood Catchment
consists of a group of landholders located in a common
catchment. The Neighbourhood Catchment approach to natural
resource management encourages landholders in common
catchments to work together at the property scale as individuals
and at the Neighbourhood Catchment scale as a group. Some
areas are more urgently in need of action than others. These
areas have been identified as
priority
Neighbourhood Catchments, and are the focus of current efforts.
The Fitzroy Basin is made up of 6 major sub-catchments:
- Boyne/Calliope
- Central Highlands
- Dawson
- Fitzroy River and Coastal Catchments
- Isaac/Connors
- Mackenzie
There are 5
Sub-Regional groups
within the Fitzroy Basin providing support for each of the
sub-catchments.
