{"id":6771,"date":"2022-03-16T00:55:14","date_gmt":"2022-03-16T00:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/terrain.org.au\/?p=6771"},"modified":"2022-03-17T23:24:18","modified_gmt":"2022-03-17T23:24:18","slug":"pond-apple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/terrain.org.au\/pond-apple\/","title":{"rendered":"Pond apple control"},"content":{"rendered":"[mk_page_section bg_image=”https:\/\/terrain.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/hinchinbrook-channel.jpg” bg_position=”center center” bg_repeat=”no-repeat” bg_stretch=”true” enable_3d=”true” min_height=”500″ js_vertical_centered=”true” padding_top=”” padding_bottom=”” section_id=”donate” el_class=”donate-1″ sidebar=”sidebar-1″][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”70px”][mk_fancy_title font_family=”none” align=”center”]IMPROVING COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS[\/mk_fancy_title][mk_padding_divider size=”67″][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][mk_page_section section_id=”great-1″ sidebar=”sidebar-1″][vc_column width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1563789112768{padding-right: 36px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}” el_class=”great_header_left”][mk_padding_divider size=”100″ visibility=”hidden-nb”][mk_padding_divider size=”15″ visibility=”visible-sm”][mk_padding_divider visibility=”visible-tl”][mk_fancy_title size=”28″ letter_spacing=”4″ margin_bottom=”0″ font_family=”none” el_class=”terrain-title-2″]POND APPLE CONTROL – HARD WORK, BUT WORTH IT[\/mk_fancy_title][mk_padding_divider size=”60″ visibility=”hidden-nb”][mk_padding_divider size=”20″ visibility=”visible-nb”][vc_column_text el_class=”sub-head” css=”.vc_custom_1647391681004{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]16 MARCH 2021[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider size=”5″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1647559454657{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Pond apple, a major environmental weed, has been surveyed and removed from 115 hectares of land in the Murray catchment near Tully, in an effort to improve wetland habitat.<\/p>\n

Introduced to Australia as grafting stock for commercially grown custard apple, pond apple has become a serious weed in Queensland<\/a><\/strong>. It is listed as a weed of national significance.<\/p>\n

Aquatic weed management is part of Terrain NRM\u2019s Fish Home & Highways project, which is improving fish habitat connectivity in the nationally significant wetland and coastal ecosystems of the Murray and Lower Herbert catchments.<\/p>\n

Terrain NRM\u2019s Deb Bass said the pond apple removal work builds on previous control efforts by Cassowary Coast Regional Council and Girringun Aboriginal Corporation in 2008 and 2015.<\/p>\n

\u201cThanks to that work we had a good idea of areas to prioritise, and work was focussed along Warrami Creek. We\u2019ll do a follow-up of the 115 ha next year to make sure everything has been caught, and we\u2019ll then expand to take in more of the area previously surveyed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Local business NQ Forestry was contracted to undertake the on-ground control efforts.<\/p>\n

The pond apple being targeted was along a creek line, so applying herbicide via stem injection is recommended. This minimised herbicide runoff and off-target impacts. However, each original stem maintains its own sap stream which complicates control \u2013 every single stem has to be cut and injected, not just the main stem.<\/p>\n

\u201cPond apple control is labour intensive work, but this method is very effective and if we are consistent with control work we have a good chance of local eradication,\u201d said Ms Bass.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1563789122720{padding-right: 0px !important;padding-left: 34px !important;}” el_class=”great_header_right”][mk_padding_divider size=”206″ visibility=”hidden-sm”][mk_padding_divider size=”50″ visibility=”hidden-sm”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1647392383877{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\"Deb<\/p>\n

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Control work starts at the most upstream point because seed banks are carried downstream on water systems.<\/p>\n

Other actions are also being taken to address threats to wetland habitat, and therefore fish habitat connectivity, including aerial spraying of 60 hectares of hymenachne, 300 hectares of feral pig control, and two hectares of riparian revegetation.<\/p>\n

The Fish Homes & Highways project<\/strong><\/a> is funded by the Australian Government\u2019s Reef Trust and delivered by Terrain NRM.[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][mk_page_section el_class=”grean-btn-sec” sidebar=”sidebar-1″][vc_column][mk_padding_divider size=”47″ visibility=”hidden-sm”][mk_button dimension=”outline” url=”https:\/\/terrain.org.au\/what-we-do\/biodiversity\/coastal-ecosystems\/” align=”right” el_class=”green-btn” outline_skin=”custom” outline_active_color=”#175137″ outline_active_text_color=”#ffffff” outline_hover_bg_color=”#175137″ outline_hover_color=”#ffffff”]Read More[\/mk_button][mk_padding_divider size=”100″ visibility=”hidden-sm”][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][mk_page_section section_id=”great-1-blog” sidebar=”sidebar-1″][vc_column][mk_padding_divider size=”105″ visibility=”hidden-sm”][mk_fancy_title size=”28″ letter_spacing=”4″ margin_bottom=”0″ font_family=”none” align=”right” el_class=”terrain-title”]RELATED NEWS[\/mk_fancy_title][mk_padding_divider visibility=”hidden-sm”][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][vc_row fullwidth=”true” fullwidth_content=”false” id=”post_grid_filter_1″][vc_column][vc_column_text el_class=”grid_greate_3″ css=”.vc_custom_1598408950187{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

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