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Cr Kathy Duff - Natural Resource Management Portfolio Report - 13 December 2017

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18 December 2017

Coolabunia Saleyards Saleyard staff inspected 610 head and dipped 945 cattle in November. The store & breeder sale held on the 17th November saw 716 head sold. The cream of the crop Droughtmaster

Coolabunia Saleyards

  • Saleyard staff inspected 610 head and dipped 945 cattle in November. The store & breeder sale held on the 17th November saw 716 head sold. The cream of the crop Droughtmaster female sale attracted 52 head with 46 sold and the fat & store sale held on 28th November attracted 156 head.
  • Tenders for the lease of Coolabunia Saleyard and dip facilities closed on 17 November and the tender assessment process is complete.

Weed Control

  • Councils NRM Officer and contractors are inspecting properties for the presence of Groundsel and assisting landholders with treatment advice. Council staff assisted Biosecurity Queensland Officers to inspect properties on the Stuart River for Honey Locust. Parthenium inspections will commence on Barambah Creek in December.
  • Contractors have been treating Groundsel on Council roads, Parthenium and Water Hyacinth in Murgon and Lantana in Taabinga.

Feral Animal Management

  • Landholders in Ironpot, Proston, Kinleymore, East Nanango, Brooklands, Cherbourg and Goodger participated in wild dog baiting programs over an area of approximately 12,700 hectares. Council is working in partnership with Cherbourg to undertake an extended baiting program in the Cherbourg area using PAPP baits.

Equipment loan

  • Landholders in Cloyna, Boat Mountain and Hivesville hired wild dog and pig traps with six dogs trapped at Boat Mountain. Quick spray trailers and splatter guns were loaned by landholders to assist with weed control in Wattlecamp, Blackbutt, Burrandowan, Ellesmere and Taabinga.

Wandering livestock

  • Council’s Stock Route Officer attended to reports of wandering pigs, goats and cattle at Fairdale, Cushnie, Wondai, Booie and Ballogie.

Works 4 Queensland

Boondooma Dam

Drainage – Excavation and site preparatory works have been completed and the contractors have laid multiple pipes with the most recent being installed below the camping area near the kiosk. This work is now in the completion stage.