Alligator Creek - above Bruce Highway
Alligator Creek
SITE DESCRIPTION
- Wildlife habitat corridor: Riparian Corridor - major drainage line.
- Heritage Listing and Zoning: Currently unassigned.
- Natural Habitat Quality: Disturbed Habitat, Transformed and/or Degraded Habitat.
- Conservation value: High.
- Important wildlife habitat.
- Perennial freshwater habitats.
- Closest flowing freshwater creek to Townsville.
- Best example of rainforest element riparian vegetation and flood plain paperbark.
USES AND ISSUES
- Freshwater fishery.
- A catchment care group is currently being formed in Alligator Creek.
- National Park camping grounds.
- High-level of use for nature-based recreation (upper catchment).
- Floating aquatic weeds (including Pistia, Salvinia & Hyacinth) require a catchment based integrated management approach.
- Exotic grass and fire regime management is required for riparian areas which are currently disturbed in much of the lowland areas.
- Altered hydrology from levees, roads etc
ENVIRONMENTAL VALUE
(not yet defined)