{"id":7549,"date":"2022-08-10T04:18:26","date_gmt":"2022-08-10T04:18:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/terrain.org.au\/gulngay-wetland-project-copy\/"},"modified":"2022-08-11T04:37:06","modified_gmt":"2022-08-11T04:37:06","slug":"rock-chute-erosion-solution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/terrain.org.au\/rock-chute-erosion-solution\/","title":{"rendered":"Rock chute building"},"content":{"rendered":"[mk_page_section bg_image=”https:\/\/terrain.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/soilslider2.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”]EROSION SOLUTIONS[\/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_padding_divider size=”60″ visibility=”hidden-nb”][mk_padding_divider size=”20″ visibility=”visible-nb”][mk_padding_divider size=”5″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1660107529296{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

Rock chute a tool to improve land and Reef<\/h4>\n

The Great Barrier Reef is a long way from the Mt Garnet region \u2013 but the world\u2019s largest collection of coral reefs is benefitting from work on cattle properties there to repair eroded gullies and keep topsoil on the land.<\/p>\n

A 40-metre rock chute is the latest project. Built on Woodleigh Cattle Station with an accompanying 500 metres of bund walls, it is stopping the spread of a gully complex that\u2019s now several hundred metres long.<\/p>\n

Reducing sediment loads on the Reef<\/strong><\/h4>\n

The structure is expected to save almost 200 tonnes of fine sediment from reaching the Great Barrier Reef each year and, just as importantly, prevent the loss of more productive land to erosion.<\/p>\n

Terrain NRM is working with Woodleigh\u2019s Waddell family as part of the Upper Herbert Sediment Reduction Project, funded by the partnership between the Australian Government\u2019s Reef Trust and the Great Barrier Reef Foundation.<\/p>\n

The rock chute is the first engineered structure for a project that\u2019s heavily focused on grazing management practice changes. Woodleigh Cattle Station\u2019s Kate Waddell says the combination is working well on her family\u2019s property.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven with good grass cover and light stocking rates, some of our soil types erode easily during heavy rainfall so there has been quite a bit of erosion over the years,\u2019\u2019 she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s important to keep our soil on the property \u2013 it\u2019s our lifeblood.\u201d<\/p>\n

Slowing and channelling storm water<\/h4>\n

Terrain NRM\u2019s Jen Mackenzie said the new rock chute was slowing water and channelling it into a nearby creek.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is an area with historical erosion that\u2019s several hundred metres from a creek and getting worse over time,\u2019\u2019 she said. \u201cThe chute was built in the worst of a series of gully heads. When it rains, the bund walls now channel all the water into the chute, and on into a pre-existing channel to the creek.\u201d[\/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=”170″ visibility=”hidden-sm”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1660107183267{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\"\"[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1660107430233{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]The on-ground works follow a series of small group workshops for graziers in the Upper Herbert region on healthy grazing ecosystems, managing cattle to create healthy pastures and reducing erosion by better understanding the way water moves across the land.<\/p>\n

Workshops for landholders<\/h4>\n

Terrain\u2019s Duncan Buckle said 28 land managers had so far been part of the workshops.<\/p>\n

\u201cThrough the workshops, we\u2019ve been working with landholders from 16 properties. Together they cover more than 209,000 hectares in the Upper Herbert River catchment. The potential outcomes are improved grassland ecosystems, improved cattle and production and, with the reduction in fine sediment flowing down the Herbert River, improved conditions in the Great Barrier Reef lagoon.\u201d<\/p>\n

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