Grazing Resilience and Sustainable Solutions (GRASS)

What we do

The Grazing Resilience and Sustainable Solutions (GRASS) program aims to improve land management and reduce soil loss and sediment run-off from grazing enterprises.

It is delivered by the department in partnership with 3 regional bodies:

• Burnett Mary Regional Group
• Fitzroy Basin Association
• North Queensland Dry Tropics.

The Queensland Government services the grazing industry across all 3 Great Barrier Reef regions:

• Burdekin
• Burnett Mary
• Fitzroy.

We offer on-ground support to graziers to improve land management, focused on C and D condition land to:

• help graziers assess land condition and develop and implement action plans to improve land condition
• help producers access incentive funding for eligible on-ground projects to improve land condition
• provide one-on-one extension services.

This program helps graziers to:

• understand their obligations under the Reef Protection Regulations
• meet or exceed the minimum practice standards required under the Reef Protection Regulations.

Benefits of the project

GRASS supports graziers to apply land management practices that:

• boost pasture productivity
• improve land conditions
• reduce the risk of soil loss.

These changes improve the:

• quality of water flowing to the Great Barrier Reef
• productivity and profitability of grazing businesses.

Our actions

• Check in with participating grazing businesses 12–18 months after developing their plan to identify how they are going and what additional assistance might be required through GRASS or other programs.
• Engage grazing businesses in the Burdekin, Fitzroy and Burnett Mary catchments and provide support to improve land management, particularly for C and D condition land.
• Ensure graziers understand their obligations under the Reef Protection Regulations and are supported to meet, or exceed, minimum practice standards.
• Involve graziers in improving Reef Water Quality outcomes and land management.
• Provide graziers with opportunities to access funding for on-ground works that support practice change as well as water quality outcomes.
• Report on program impact and outcomes for graziers, delivery partners, investors and others to inform how the program can better support the grazing community into the future.

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