Environmental Watering
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Water for birds
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Water for fauna
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Water for fish
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Water for vegetation
Water for vegetation
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0Know your rivers - what is Environmental Water?
The Office of Environment and Heritage has released a series of factsheets about the work it is doing to increase native fish and bird numbers, improve wetland habitat and ensure a sustainable future for local waterways.
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0Hatchery upgrade to help improve native fish numbers
Native fish numbers in the Gwydir valley are expected to increase as a result of improvements at the Bingara Fishing Club Hatchery. Works to repair two native fish breeding stock dams are now complete and new fish have taken up residence.
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0NSW rivers at work - finding the balance
Our rivers are beautiful places. They also have important work to do – delivering water to towns and farms, and nourishing whole ecosystems along the way. Striking a balance to maintain a healthy, productive river is the subject of a new video now available on the Office of Environment and Heritage website.
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0Habitat hero emerges at wetlands near Gol Gol
Tangled lignum may not fit into your typical backyard garden, but it’s right at home on the floodplains of arid inland NSW. There, tangled lignum is vital habitat. Read more about this not-so-pretty but very important wetland plant.
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0Lessons learnt from the 2016 blue-green algae outbreak
You feel feverish… a headache arrives… then a runny nose and all of sudden you’ve got the flu. This is what happened to the River Murray and surrounding areas this year, only it wasn’t the flu — it was blue-green algae.
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0Our water, our life
A new report released this month shows how Aboriginal people in the northern basin have overwhelmingly ranked environmental watering as a significant factor in their lives.
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0Salinity and the Murray–Darling Basin
Want to know more about local and statewide efforts to protect rivers and wetlands? Want to know what this ‘thing’ called environmental water is all about? The Office of Environment and Heritage has released a series of factsheets about the work it is doing to increase native fish and bird numbers, improve wetland habitat and […]
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0Talking fish at Gwydir forum
Fish and flows in the Gwydir River were the focus of a public forum held at Bingara this month.
Participants heard from a range of speakers on the latest research projects and water management strategies to support local native fish.
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0Perch an environmental watering priority in 2016–2017
The Murray–Darling Basin is a complex and diverse system with many valuable environmental assets and functions meaning the Murray–Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) needs to prioritise the use of environmental water.
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0Environmental watering and its role in benefiting basin communities
Environmental watering is a process that is often considered to be beneficial to the basin environment- and it is. But the benefits don’t stop there. Often the process of environmental watering can be extremely beneficial to basin communities as well, boosting industry, recreation activities and the wellbeing of those living within the basin.