Pest Management

Pest animals pose a major economic, environmental and social threat to our region. The main animals of concern are dingo/feral dogs, feral pigs, foxes, rabbits, deer and feral cats all are declared pests under State Legislation. Council has strategies for the control of pest animals in the Burdekin Shire.

Council has strategies for preventing the introduction, eradicating and containing declared plants and pests in the Burdekin. Management strategies for the most common pest plants can be found in the Burdekin Shire Pest Management Plan.

Deer have been classified as a Class 2 pest under the Land Protection (Stock Route and Pest Management) Act 2002. Council has been working with landholders on Rita Island to address the Feral Deer problem currently being experienced that is affecting crops and grass for stock feed.

Pest Management Officers apply an approved biological larvacide to treat mosquito larvae at breeding sites in the Burdekin Shire.

A Property Pest Management Plan (PPMP) is an integral part of an overall property management plan, which accounts for the management of natural and human resources, finances, production and marketing of that property. The development of the PPMP and identification of pest weeds on the property then allows access to Council's Herbicide Subsidy Scheme.