The Landscape Repair Program (LRP) is BMRG’s flagship sediment reduction initiative, repairing river, gully and hillslope (grazing land management practice change) across the Burnett Mary region. Delivering coordinated, evidence-based sediment reductions across priority landscapes in the Burnett Mary Reef catchment area. Funded by the Australian Government through Reef Trust, the program aims to: 

• Reduce 18,000 tonnes/year of fine sediment entering the Great Barrier Reef 

• Stabilise priority streambank, gully, and hillslope erosion sites 

• Restore native riparian vegetation and aquatic habitat 

• Improve long-term catchment health and land productivity 

The LRP spans the Mary, Burnett, Kolan, Burrum and Baffle catchments, and is guided by a multi-year strategy with targeted annual implementation plans. 

Outcomes by 2030: 

• 12.6kt/year sediment savings from streambanks 

• 1.8kt/year from gullies 

• 3.6kt/year from hillslope practices 

• Habitat recovery for the Mary River Turtle (Elusor macrurus), White Throated Snapping Turtle (Elseya albagula), Australian Lungfish (Neoceratodus forsteri), Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) and Mary River Cod (Maccullochella mariensis)