Crisafulli Government delivers major investment to weed out environmental threats in North Queensland

• The Crisafulli Government is delivering more than $10 million for land, soil, water and biodiversity projects across North Queensland.
• NQ Dry Tropics will deliver three projects to reduce weeds, control feral animals and improve land condition.
• The Crisafulli Government is delivering a fresh start and a plan for Queensland's future through the $117.8 million Natural Resource Management Expansion Program. 

The Crisafulli Government is delivering a plan for Queensland’s future and backing North Queensland land managers with an investment of over $10 million to tackle weeds, feral animals and wildfires across the region. 

The major investment into NQ Dry Tropics will be delivered as part of the Crisafulli Government’s $117.8 million Natural Resource Management Expansion Program, delivering boots-on-the-ground action to restore Queensland’s landscapes. 

The locally delivered projects will focus on threat mitigation and protecting vulnerable coastal and wetland ecosystems, and includes: 

• $3.7 million to improve the condition of 1,450 hectares of grazing land, native vegetation and wetlands across the Lower Burdekin.
• $4.4 million to protect coastal and wetland ecosystems in the Burdekin Dry Tropics region by reducing pressures from weeds, pests, fire, and human-related disturbance across more than 120 hectares of land and 30 kilometres of streambanks and waterways.
• $1.9 million to support landholders in the Townsville Offshore and Lower Burdekin catchments with weed management and feral animal control across 26 hectares, along with fire protection using low intensity burns and coordinated fire management planning across an additional 2,000 hectares. 

During Labor’s decade of decline, Queensland’s Natural Resource Management groups were left high and dry without the meaningful funding they need to support the great work they do across Queensland.  

Minister for Natural Resources and Mines and Member for Burdekin Dale Last said the latest injection of funding was supporting Queensland’s environment and keeping jobs local. 

“This region is especially important to me, and it gives me great pride to deliver for the local community and our natural assets,” Minister Last said.