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Pine Rivers Catchment and Estuary
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Catchment Facts |
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- Total area: 825km2
- Stream network length: 1,770km
- Local Councils: Brisbane (pop. 956,129), Caboolture (pop. 132,473), Pine Rivers (pop. 141,141), Redcliffe (pop. 51,174)
- Dominant land uses: native bush, grazing, rural residential, urban
- The upper catchment of the North and South Pine Rivers is part of the undeveloped areas of Brisbane Forest Park and Bunyaville State Forest
- The mid reaches flow through rural residential areas, before entering the highly urbanised lower catchment
- The North Pine River is impounded by North Pine Dam to form Lake Samsonvale. Another impoundment, Lake Kurwongbah, is situated on a tributary of the North Pine River
- Residential development is the major pressure on the catchment
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Freshwater results |
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Pine Catchment |
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- Streams generally in poor condition
- A substantial decline in physical/chemical, aquatic macroinvertebrate and fish indicators from 2006 to 2007
- Scores for aquatic macroinvertebrate and fish indicators in autumn similar to those for catchments receiving a grade of 'F'
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Estuarine results |
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Pine Estuary |
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- Elevated nutrient levels throughout but especially high in upper reaches
- Lower freshwater inputs resulting in higher salinity levels throughout the estuary
- Intact natural riparian habitat in the inter-tidal zone throughout, intact habitat above the highest tide mark only in the lower reaches
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