NORTH West graziers aired their concerns over the steady march of the coal seam gas (CSG) industry into the region at Wednesday's AgForce North regional meeting in Julia Creek.
AgForce policy director Drew Wagner said landholders were apprehensive of the industry which has proved so contentious in the south of the state and in New South Wales.
"They have massive concerns regarding the sustainability of the industry and the assumed number of these projects that are going to be in the region," he said.
Mr Wagner said AgForce was focused on protecting the rights of producers in the North who may not receive as much attention for their plight as those on more arable land.
The State Government plans to introduce legislation to Parliament in late October to minimise the effects of activities such as CSG and open cut mining on land deemed to be suitable for a range of crops during most of the year.
The dry and often inhospitable conditions of the North West mean the region's stations are likely to be precluded.
"Definitely land here sits outside the strategic cropping land scenarios," he said.
"But this is a hit and run industry operating right across our landscape and graziers here have the same concerns as ones anywhere else."
Mr Wagner said the spread of CSG activity to the Galilee Basin was of concern to AgForce.
Wednesday's session with graziers had included advice and education on how to deal with CSG and underground coal gasification (UCG) activity encroaching on their land, Mr Wager said.
"The focus was to help them understand and educate these landholders on their rights and obligations," he said.
Other topics dicussed included the prospect of the Diamantina and Georgina rivers being declared wild and leasehold and the Federal Government's proposed Carbon Farming Initiative.
AgForce will hold sessions in Hughenden, Richmond, Julia Creek, Normanton and Burketown during the next two weeks for graziers to further discuss issues and produce computer-generated maps of their land.