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Stanley River Catchment
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Catchment Facts |
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- Total area: 1,535km2
- Stream network length: 3,281km
- Local Councils: Caboolture (pop. 132,473), Caloundra (pop. 87,596), Esk (pop. 15,165), Kilcoy (pop. 3,432)
- Dominant land uses: grazing, native bush, managed forests, waterbodies
- Headwaters rise in the forested Conondale Range
- Mid reaches have been extensively cleared for beef and dairy cattle grazing
- Riparian vegetation in very good condition along upper reaches of the Stanley River
- The Stanley River is impounded by Somerset Dam just above its junction with the Upper Brisbane River at Lake Wivenhoe
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Freshwater results |
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- Streams generally in fair condition
- Scores for the aquatic macroinvertebrate indicator, which has tended to be the highest scoring of all indicators, were the lowest recorded since at least 2003
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