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River/catchments The Burnett Mary Regional Group for Natural Resource Management Inc (BMRG) encompasses
an area that includes the following Rivers and River Catchments:
- Burnett River and the Burnett River Catchment including Perry River, Nogo River,
Boyne River, Stuart River and Auburn River, Barker Creek, Barambah Creek, Three
Moon Creek, Baywulla Creek, Reid Creek, Boonara Creek, Barambah Creek, Cadarga
Creek and St. John Creek.
- Baffle Creek and the Baffle Creek Catchment including Baffle Coast.
- Kolan River and the Kolan River Catchment including Gin Gin Creek and Kolan Coast.
- Burrum River and the Burrum Catchment including Elliott River, Gregory River,
Isis River, Cherwell River, Elliott and Burrum Coast.
- Mary River and the Mary River Catchment including Munna Creek, Wide Bay Creek,
Glastonbury Creek, Kandanga Creek, Yabba Creek, Tinana Creek and Great Sandy Strait
Ramsar Site Coast.
- Coastal Catchments include Baffle Coast, Kolan Coast, Elliott Coast, Burrum Coast,
and Great Sandy Strait Coast.
BMRG is tasked with oversight of natural resource and environmental management
issues of these River and River Catchment areas for:
- regional investment strategy
- regional planning
- resource management planning
- sustainable natural resource management
- water quality monitoring
- weed management
- grazing land management
- vegetation management and planning
- land protection
- biodiversity planning
- maintaining biodiversity
- pest management
- dryland and salinity
- coastal development
- land and soil management
- cultural heritage
- natural heritage
- education
- property management planning
- water supply
- groundwater quality
- aquatic weed management
- climate change
- community development
- endangered species protection
- sustainable forestry practices
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