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Plane Catchment Story - Acknowledgements

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Acknowledgements

Developed by the Queensland Wetlands Program in the Department of Environment and Science, in partnership with Reef Catchments and other local partners. 

 

Catchment Solutions

Central Queensland University

Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal

Department of Agriculture and Fisheries

Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy

Farmacist

Mackay Amateur Fishing Club Association

Mackay Regional Council

Mackay-Whitsunday-Isaac Healthy Rivers to Reef Partnership

Mackay Whitsunday Isaac Traditional Owner Reference Group

Pioneer Catchment and Landcare Group

Sunwater

Office of the Great Barrier Reef

Plane Creek Productivity Services

Ranges to Reef Environmental Services

Sarina Landcare Catchment Management Association

 

This resource should be cited as: Walking the Landscape – Plane Catchment Story v1.0 (2020), presentation, Department of Environment and Science, Queensland.

Images provided by: Jennifer White of Shiller Images, Jon Graftdyk, Matthew Moore, Pioneer Catchment and Landcare Group, Reef Catchments, Saskia von Fahland and Tina Ball, Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service.

The Queensland Wetlands Program supports projects and activities that result in long-term benefits to the sustainable management, wise use and protection of wetlands in Queensland. The tools developed by the Program help wetlands landholders, managers and decision makers in government and industry. 

Contact wetlands♲detsi.qld.gov.au or visit https://wetlandinfo.detsi.qld.gov.au

Disclaimer

This map journal has been prepared with all due diligence and care, based on the best available information at the time of publication. The department holds no responsibility for any errors or omissions within the document. Any decisions made by other parties based on this document are solely the responsibility of those parties. Information contained in this education module is from a number of sources and, as such, does not necessarily represent government or departmental policy.

Data source, links and extra information

Software Used

ArcGIS for Desktop | ArcGIS Online | Story Map Journal|Story Map Series|

Some of the information used to put together this Map Journal can be viewed on the Queensland Globe.  

Queensland Globe allows you to view and explore Queensland spatial data and imagery. You can also download a cadastral SmartMap or purchase and download a current titles search.

More information about the layers used can be found here:Source Data Table

Flooding Information

Isaac Regional Council

Mackay Regional Council

Other References

Australian Bureau of Statistics (2019) Mackay-Isaac-Whitsunday (SA4) (312) [webpage] Accessed 19 November 2019

Bureau of Meteorology (2018) Climate Data Online [webpage] Accessed 19 November 2019

CANEGROWERS (2019) CANEGROWERS Annual Report 2018/19, CANEGROWERS, Brisbane

Challen, S. and Long, P. (2004) Fisheries Guidelines for Managing Ponded Pastures, Fish Habitat Guideline FHG 005, Department of Primary Industries, Queensland

City of Gold Coast (2021) About water catchments. [webpage] Accessed 25 August 2021

Department of Agriculture and Water Resources (2010) Australian Land Use Management Classification [webpage] Accessed 19 November 2019

Department of Environment and Heritage Protection (2012) Walking the Landscape—A Whole-of-system Framework for Understanding and Mapping Environmental Processes and Values, Queensland Wetlands Program, Queensland Government, Brisbane

Department of Environment and Heritage Protection (2016) Wetlands in the Great Barrier Reef Catchments Management Strategy 2016—21, Queensland Government, Brisbane 

North Queensland Bulk Ports (2019) Port of Hay Point [webpage] Accessed 18 November 2019 

Queensland Government (2017) 2017 Scientific Consensus Statement, Land Use Impacts on Great Barrier Reef Water Quality and Ecosystem Condition, Queensland Government, Queensland

Queensland Government (2018) Great Barrier Reef Catchment Loads Modelling Program [webpage] Accessed 19 November 2019

Queensland Government (2016) Declared Fish Habitat Area Plans [webpage] Accessed 19 November 2019

Queensland Government (2016) Key Resource Areas in Queensland [webpage] Accessed 19 November 2019

Queensland Government (2018) Reef 2050 Water Quality Improvement Plan 2017-2022. Queensland Government, Brisbane

Queensland Government (2017) Reef 2050 Water Quality Improvement Plan - Report Cards [webpage] Accessed 19 November 2019

Reef Catchments (2019) ABCD Guides [webpage] Accessed 19 November 2019

Reef Catchments (undated) Mackay Whitsunday Region Sustainable Grazing Guide, Reef Catchments, Mackay 

Reef Catchments (2014) Mackay Whitsunday Water Quality Improvement Plan, Reef Catchments, Mackay

SmartCane BMP, Your Farm, Your Way (SmartCane BMP 2019) [webpage] Accessed 19 November 2019

Wallace, R. M., Huggins, R., Smith, R. A., Thomson, B., Orr, D. N., King, O., Taylor, C., Turner, R. D. R., Mann. R. M. (2017) Sandy Creek Sub-catchment Water Quality Monitoring Project 2015 – 2016, Department of Science, Information Technology and Innovation, Brisbane

WetlandInfo (2015) Tedlands Wetland Rehabilitation [webpage] Accessed 19 November 2019


Last updated: 18 November 2025

This page should be cited as:

Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation, Queensland (2025) Plane Catchment Story - Acknowledgements, WetlandInfo website, accessed 15 December 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.detsi.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/processes-systems/water/catchment-stories/plane/acknowledgements/

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