In the year ahead, water managers aim to address the decline of wetland communities in the western Gingham and Lower Gwydir watercourses and Mallowa Creek watercourse.
Water managers in the Lachlan catchment plan to target floodplain-river connectivity, provide opportunities for the growth, reproduction and small-scale recruitment of various plants and animals and allow for natural wetting and drying cycles.
Water managers plan to improve wetland vegetation condition, provide feeding opportunities for waterbirds, support the recovery of native fish and the wetland food web and replenish groundwater systems in the Macquarie catchment.
In the year ahead, environmental water managers are proposing limited proactive watering for the Gwydir valley. Any early season flows that do occur will take advantage of cooler conditions aimed at stimulating productivity in the rivers before summer.
Water managers in the Lachlan valley plan to respond to natural inflows triggers to improve the health and resilience of water dependent ecosystems as dry conditions continue.
Maintaining and enhancing the resilience of core wetland assets is the focus of environmental water management in the Macquarie valley in the year ahead.
The Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Advisory Committee has determined 5 strategic priorities, along with the focus of each and the actions the committee will take to achieve these priorities.
This strategy will guide the Biodiversity Conservation Trust to deliver the government’s investment in private land conservation to areas where it will have the greatest conservation benefits.
