Fitzroy Partnership for River Health

The Fitzroy Basin is located in central Queensland and is Australia’s second largest seaward draining catchment

Our Vision

is that the Fitzroy Basin community is informed by a coordinated monitoring approach that communicates basin-wide waterway health to actively support improved management across all resource users

Our Purpose

is to act as the formal governing body that collaboratively develops and implements integrated waterway monitoring and reporting for the Fitzroy Basin

Our Scope

encompasses all groundwaters, rivers, off-stream wetlands and estuaries in the Fitzroy Basin, and near-shore coastal and marine environments

Current Activities

The Fitzroy Partnership for River Health is preparing a waterway health report due mid 2013.

Milestones for the next 18 months include:

Feb 2012            Partnership formally established

Jun 2012             Data collation complete

Dec 2012            Assessment methods prepared

Mar 2013            Draft report card

May 2013            Additional monitoring for 2014 report complete

Jun 2013             Report card released and promotional events