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Fresh start for<br />
local waterways<br />
The 2003 Healthy Waterways<br />
Report Card shows the health <strong>of</strong><br />
Moreton Bay improved in the past year.<br />
The report card, representing a<br />
comprehensive estuarine, marine <strong>and</strong><br />
freshwater monitoring program, was<br />
jointly coordinated by UQ, Griffith<br />
<strong>University</strong> <strong>and</strong> the Environmental<br />
Protection Agency (EPA).<br />
UQ Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Paul Greenfield<br />
presented the report card to the<br />
Minister for the Environment Dean<br />
Wells at a ceremony attended by<br />
Brisbane Lord Mayor Tim Quinn at<br />
New Farm Park on October 23.<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Greenfield, Chair <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Healthy Waterways Scientific Expert<br />
Panel, described the report card as<br />
cutting-edge.<br />
“It involves the collaboration <strong>of</strong><br />
State Government, all the councils,<br />
A new report card has given an<br />
improved grade to the health <strong>of</strong> some<br />
<strong>of</strong> south-east Queensl<strong>and</strong>’s waterways.<br />
research organisations <strong>and</strong> scientific<br />
organisations in this region to give us<br />
a statistically valid <strong>and</strong> very useful<br />
analysis,” he said.<br />
The report showed despite drought<br />
<strong>and</strong> continued population growth,<br />
there had been little change in the<br />
health <strong>of</strong> freshwater streams in the<br />
region.<br />
UQ lecturer in marine biology <strong>and</strong><br />
a project coordinator, Dr James Udy,<br />
said UQ provided the scientific<br />
support, conducted some <strong>of</strong> the<br />
fieldwork <strong>and</strong> collaborated with the<br />
EPA to provide coordination for the<br />
estuarine <strong>and</strong> marine components.<br />
“UQ was involved in the design<br />
<strong>and</strong> implementation <strong>of</strong> the program<br />
in 1998 <strong>and</strong> has continued to play an<br />
important role since, though the<br />
majority <strong>of</strong> the field-work is currently<br />
conducted by the EPA,” Dr Udy said.<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Greenfield <strong>and</strong> Cr Quinn<br />
with the report card.<br />
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14 UQ NEWS, november 2003
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