Ecosystem Health Monitoring Program    2011 Report Card Results    Western Catchments   Western Catchments

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Catchment Facts Total area: 552km2 Stream network length: 1,135km Local Councils: Brisbane City Council, Somerset Regional Council, Ipswich City Council, Moreton Bay Regional Council Dominant land uses: native bush, grazing, managed forests, intensive agriculture, rural residential Catchment extends from the Wivenhoe dam wall to Mt Crosby weir Flow in this part of the river is regulated, depending on releases from Wivenhoe Dam Inputs of nutrients, sediments and other pollutants from Lockyer Creek pose the biggest threat to the Mid Brisbane River Brisbane Forest Park takes up a significant part of the northern and eastern areas of the catchment The Mid Brisbane River features some of the more intact regional riparian corridors in SEQ Freshwater results C+ Mid Brisbane Catchment*    Stream in fair condition. A decrease in nutrient cycling only partially offset by increases in ecosystem processes, macroinvertebrates and fish indicators. For more information on the Report Card, please visit: health-e-waterways

Other Mid Brisbane River links:

Local Councils	Environmental Education Centre
Brisbane City Council	Pullenvale Environmental Education Centre
Somerset Regional Council
Moreton Bay Regional Council