Community Action and Wellbeing
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1Restoring riparian resilience in the Mary River
Over the past twenty years of operation,the focus of the Mary River Catchment Coordinating Committee (MRCCC) has been working with landholders in the catchment to achieve both conservation and productivity gains. The freshwater and estuarine biodiversity in the 9600 km2 catchment is significant, with over 160 federally listed threatened species recorded. These include the Mary […]
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0A Strategic Approach for Sunshine Coast Catchments
The Sunshine Coast Council is committed to delivering well managed and maintained waterways, while striving to deliver its vision to be Australia’s most sustainable region. Council’s management approach is backed by a strong policy framework and supported by an active and environment-conscious community. Our community recognise the health of the region’s natural waterways and coastal […]
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0Baiame's Ngunnhu - Brewarrina Fish Traps
The point where the Barwon River ends and the Darling River commences is a place of enormous cultural, recreational and economic importance for the Ngemba people, and for many other Indigenous groups in the area. This is also the site where the Baiame’s Ngunnhu (Brewarrina Fish Traps) are situated, an ingenious structure used by Indigenous […]
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0A place by the water . . .
The Office of Environment and Heritage is working with communities to manage environmental flows to targeted sites throughout NSW. The work of the OEH is improving the health of rivers, wetlands and floodplains with social, economic and environmental benefits.
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0Ovens River Demonstration Reach
The Ovens River Demonstration Reach aims to demonstrate the advantages of using multiple management interventions to showcase the cumulative benefits that river rehabilitation can have on native fish populations. The project was initiated in 2007 and is one of several areas selected throughout the Murray-Darling Basin to demonstrate the benefits of using river health management […]
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1Hollands Creek Demonstration Reach
The Hollands Creek Demonstration Reach is nestled within the Tatong Valley in North East Victoria. The Demonstration Reach concept was established under the Murray-Darling Basin Authority’s Native Fish Strategy program 2003-2013. The aim of the Demonstration Reach program is to improve these native fish populations using multiple river rehabilitation actions. Hollands Creek fish community Hollands […]
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0Upper Murrumbidgee Demonstration Reach
Established in 2009, the Upper Murrumbidgee Demonstration Reach (UMDR) is the youngest of the seven in the Basin but has steadily been gaining momentum in the region. Acknowledging that rivers and fish do not recognise linear boundaries, the UMDR was established to span 100 km over two jurisdictions between Bredbo (NSW) and Casuarina Sands (ACT). […]
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0Jane and David Major, 'Yurrah'
A passion for trees Farmers: Jane and David Major Location: Yass, New South Wales Property size: 330 hectares Enterprise: Self-replacing Merino flock Annual rainfall: 650 millimetre A passion for trees and the environment has been the impetus for change for Yass fine wool growers Jane and David Major. The name of their grazing property is […]
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0The McCormack Family, 'Red Hill' and 'Mt Henry'
A family vision Farmers: Tom and Perry, James and Natasha McCormack Location: Crookwell, New South Wales Property size: Red Hill 670 hectares, Mt Henry 405 hectares Enterprises: Self-replacing Merino/first cross ewe flock, prime lambs, cattle trading Annual rainfall: 800 millimetres Caring for the land and farming sustainably are key drivers for the McCormack family on […]
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0Katfish Demonstration Reach
Katfish Reach is a community environmental rehabilitation project working for a healthier and more productive aquatic and floodplain ecosystem that everyone can enjoy.