Ross River to Cleveland Bay foreshore
Multiple catchments
SITE DESCRIPTION
- Wildlife habitat corridor: Riparian Corridor - Major drainage line
- Contiguous Habitat Corridors
- Heritage Listing and Zoning: Some National Park areas and GBRMP General Use' A' and General Use 'B' areas
- Natural Habitat Quality: Disturbed Habitat, Transformed and/or Degraded Habitat
- Conservation value: High - Very High
- Low and high density seagrass beds in Cleveland Bay
- Yabby banks at Ross River mouth
- Relatively intact mosaic of coastal/foreshore habitats
- Specific habitat richness eg: nesting beach curlews, cane bushlands, bat colonies
- Habitat for estuarine crocodiles
USES AND ISSUES
- Sewerage disposal
- Encroachment of industrial development
- Weeds
- Land reclamation
- Littering and illegal dumping
- Development controls are required to manage intensive development within catchments draining to this coastal wetland
- Adequate buffers need to be maintained between the site and intensive land uses such as industrial or urban development
ENVIRONMENTAL VALUE
(not yet defined)