Annual Biosecurity Surveillance Program to commence in Gladstone Region

To ensure the longevity of our region’s flora and fauna, Gladstone Regional Council will be conducting a Biosecurity Surveillance Program from 22 May until 31 October 2019.

The program aims to monitor the presence, absence, compliance and levels of numerous invasive plant species including Giant Rats Tail Grass, Parthenium, Groundsel Bush, Chinee Apple and Parkinsonia.

Gladstone Region Councillor Kahn Goodluck said the program would monitor areas right across the region.

“It is integral that Council monitors these pests and measures the effectiveness of control methods implemented by landholders,” Councillor Goodluck said.

Council will conduct property inspections and undertake controlled actions on pest species in accordance with the Biosecurity Act 2014 and Council's Biosecurity Surveillance Program.

A copy of the Biosecurity Surveillance Program is available from any Gladstone Regional Council Customer contact centre.

The program will focus on the following areas: Agnes Water, Aldoga, Ambrose, Baffle Creek, Benaraby, Berajondo, Bororen, Boynedale, Boyne Valley, Bracewell, Burua, Byelee, Captain Creek, Colosseum, Darts Creek, Deepwater, Diglum, East End, Euleilah, Eurimbula, Foreshores, Gindoran, Iveragh, Lowmead, Machine Creek, Miriam Vale, Mount Alma, Mount Larcom, Mount Maria, Mount Tom, Oyster Creek, Raglan, River Ranch, Rodds Bay, Rosedale, Round Hill, Rules Beach, Seventeen Seventy, Tablelands, Targinnie, Taragoola, Taunton, The Narrows, Toolooa, Turkey Beach, West Stowe, Wooderson, Wurdong Heights.