Bundaberg Region Coastal Catchment Restoration Initiative

The project will protect and enhance aquatic ecosystems, including wetlands and sensitive coastal catchment environments between the Baffle Creek and Burrum River: (i) to protect and restore aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems especially riparian zones and adjacent groundwater dependent ecosystems near Granite Creek (a nationally recognised wetland), and coastal vegetation communities that provide important nesting habitats for marine turtles; (ii) to regenerate groundwater dependent ecosystems such as endangered R.E.12.3.3 using traditional fire management techniques and plantings; (iii) to assess, document and monitor culturally significant sites such as Shell Middens in the Baffle Creek sub-catchment; and (iv) to monitor turtle nesting and predation (fox, pig, goanna) at Mon Repos and Wreck Rock.