Upper Herbert Sediment Reduction Project
Focus: Reduction of fine sediment runoff from erosion Catchment: Herbert catchment Investment: $3.25 million Funder: Great Barrier Reef Foundation and Australian Government's Reef Trust Delivery
Healthy waterways underpin our lifestyles and livelihoods. When waterways thrive, so do we.
There’s many people and groups around the region working
to improve reef and waterway health. We think their work
should be celebrated. We’re committed to telling their
stories and hope that it sparks important conversations.
Focus: Reduction of fine sediment runoff from erosion Catchment: Herbert catchment Investment: $3.25 million Funder: Great Barrier Reef Foundation and Australian Government's Reef Trust Delivery
Focus: Remediation of eroded riverbank Catchment: Daintree catchment Investment: $2 million Funder: Australian Government Delivery partners: Terrain NRM
Focus: Range of activities including water quality monitoring, wetlands restoration and preserving cultural knowledge Catchment: Several Funder: Great Barrier Reef Foundation and Australian Government's Reef
After the end of Reef Trust III and the GBRF extension in Nov 2020, the WTSIP (Wet Tropics Sugar Industry Partnership) partners agreed to end
Russell-Mulgrave Water Quality Project 2021-2024 Focus: Reduction in DIN runoff from cane farms Catchments: Russell-Mulgrave catchment Investment: $6.2 million Funder: Great Barrier Reef Foundation &
The Wet Tropics Sugar Industry Partnership was expanded in 2016 to include all 17 organisations in the oversight and delivery of the Reef Trust 3
Reef Assist 2020-2021 Focus: Boost in jobs and rural economic activity through investment in on-ground projects such as riparian revegetation. Catchments: Mossman, Russell-Mulgrave, Johnstone, Tully
Figtree Lagoon/Palm Creek 2017-2021 Focus: Restore priority wetlands adjacent to the reef to improve coastal ecosystem ecological processes and connectivity Catchments: Russell-Mulgrave, Herbert Funder: Australian
Reef Credits was launched in June 2018 by Green Collar, Terrain NRM, Dry Tropics NRM and the Queensland Government. It is Australia's first market-based system
Cane to Creek 2.0 2019-2022 Focus: Assisting cane growers to achieve nutrient management best practice Catchments: Russell-Mulgrave, Mossman, Johnstone, Murray, Herbert Funder: Reef Trust Partnership
Martine joined the Wet Tropics Waterways team as a Science Technical Officer in early 2024 and is keen to apply her experience in statistical programming and database development for the Report Card.
She is an environmental scientist and ecologist and has worked on water quality and aquatic ecology projects as a consultant and in private industry for over 20 years.
Martine has many hobbies and is currently dabbling in horticulture.
With a degree in marine biology and zoology from JCU, Phil has had a diverse career covering research in fisheries biology, 15 years in reef tourism and 13 years with GBRMPA delivering engagement and partnerships programs. Since 2019 he has been self-employed and operates as a consultant to a range of stakeholders on waterway related programs.
He is a keen fisherman.
James joined Wet Tropics Waterways as Executive Officer in 2021 and is passionate about working with stakeholders to communicate the value of our unique waterways. His role involves facilitating and coordinating our partnership program, growing our network and investment into the report card program, and science communication. James oversaw the 2022 Innovations in Waterway Health Forum, and hosted season four of the Reef and Rivers podcast.
James is an ecologist and has previously worked on wetland management in the Murray Darling basin, fish passage in Mackay, and aquatic research in the Wet Tropics.
Outside of work you’ll find him in a local waterway with a mask and snorkel, or hiking or biking around our beautiful region.
Richard has been the Science Technical Officer for Wet Tropics Waterways since 2016. His role involves producing the annual results for the waterway health assessment of the wet tropics region using data from a wide range of sources, to present as scores and grades, as well as developing new indicators to address knowledge and monitoring gaps. He works in collaboration with technical staff at other regional report cards.
Richard has a background in freshwater ecology research projects and environmental assessments with CSIRO, University of Queensland, Queensland Government and as a consultant. For a long time he’s been interested in freshwater aquaculture and continues this interest through farming freshwater crayfish, alongside other farming activities.