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Upper Brisbane River Catchment
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Catchment Facts |
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- Total area: 5,493km2
- Stream network length: 11,368km
- Local Councils: Crows Nest (pop. 12,643), Esk (pop. 15,165), Kilcoy (pop. 3,432)
- Dominant land uses: native bush, grazing, intensive agriculture, waterbodies
- The upper catchment is located in the foothills of the Great Dividing Range and the Conondale Range, remaining in a relatively natural state
- The majority of the remaining catchment has been cleared for grazing and rural residential use, with limited riparian vegetation present
- The upper Brisbane River is impounded by Wivenhoe Dam, which acts as an effective trap for sediment from the upper catchment
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Freshwater results |
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Upper Brisbane Catchment |
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- Streams generally in very poor condition
- Scores for all indicators, except nutrient cycling, substantially lower than last year
- Scores for aquatic macroinvertebrate and fish indicators in both seasons were the lowest recorded for the catchment since at least 2003
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