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The Kedron Brook Catchment
Network (KBCN) is an informal network of individuals and organisations
working together to maintain and improve Kedron Brook catchment’s
environment. Our network functions as a facilitating and organisational
group for our members. Our membership includes a variety of
individuals, organisations and hands-on working groups.
We welcome new
members to our Network.
Our major partner:
The Kedron Brook
Catchment Branch
of The Wildlife Preservation Society of Queensland (WPSQ).
The Kedron Brook Catchment Branch of WPSQ was formed to
facilitate the network’s administrative requirements.
You can take part in network activities
without becoming a branch member. However, there are many advantages:
- you will be joining a large,
well-respected and influential environmental organisation
- you will receive the monthly WPSQ
newsletter
- you can subscribe to WPSQ’s WILDLIFE
AUSTRALIA a glossy informative quarterly magazine
- as a branch member, you will receive our
newsletter, the Kedron Brook Babbler, free
- you will have formal voting rights and be
able to hold official positions in the branch
What do we do?
Our network encourages the involvement of
the community and governments at all levels. We seek to encourage
coordination and communication between those who use or make decisions
about the catchment of Kedron Brook.
We do this by keeping people informed about
catchment issues, encouraging participation in Bushcare and other
environment groups, and provide opportunities to plan and learn about
the catchment.
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Some Information about
Kedron Brook
The Kedron Brook flows through Pine Rivers
Shire and Brisbane city.
The catchment is about 29 km long and about
4 km wide - a total area of 110km2.
It is mostly urbanised but significant areas
of native vegetation remain, particularly in the upper catchment and
beyond.
Kedron Brook (really a creek or stream)
flows into Moreton Bay, a significant wetland and home to dugong and
turtles. Hence water quality is of importance to people in the
catchment and to those who use Moreton Bay.
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Kedron Brook
Historical background
The brook has a long Aboriginal history
prior to colonization. Free settlement saw timber milling and farming
along the brook. Increased urbanization since the 1940s has further
depleted the brook’s riparian and native vegetation. Flood mitigation
re-engineering, falls in water quality, and reduced recreation access
are also major changes that have occurred. For more information see Brook History.
Residential and industrial uses now
predominant and only a few remnants of natural vegetation remain. See
Our Urban Catchment for a
detailed report.
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Our Network and the
Brisbane City Council (BCC)
Volunteer Bushcare groups have worked since
the early 1990s to restore local native vegetation and improve wildlife
habitat.
Brisbane City Council (BCC) supports the
bushcare groups' activities through the Habitat Brisbane Program.
Pine Rivers Shire Council supports bushcare
groups in the upper catchment.
These groups are members of the Kedron Brook
Catchment Network. There are currently 13 active bushcare groups
tending over 30 rehabilitation sites along the Brook from Ferny Grove
to Northgate.
The BCC has also been directly
involved in this site’s development. The ourbrisbane.com
Online Business and Community Development Program originally provided
funding,
hosting and development. Although this website is now hosted elsewhere,
the BCC supports it less directly through general and project funding.
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