Stuart Creek - Stuart
Stuart 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: Low but Medium to High for lower catchment
- Diverse riparian vegetation
- Permanent freshwater lagoons
- Fish habitat (including barramundi)
- Best example of riparian gallery forest in Townsville area
- Major drainage area into South Bank
- Aesthetic value high
USES AND ISSUES
- Public open space/nature based recreation/education
- Exotic vegetation invasion including introduced pasture grasses
- Loss of riparian vegetation
- Riparian vegetation rehabilitation
- Mixture of urban light industrial open space development
- Water quality issues
- Industrial activity in catchment
- Urban and domestic activity
ENVIRONMENTAL VALUE
(not yet defined)