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The final event celebrating the 20-year anniversary of The Living Murray program was recently held at the Barmah–Millewa Forest, recognising the achievements of one the largest river restoration projects in Australia.

2023 MDBA graduates share highlights, challenges and where to next.

Ongoing fish monitoring in the Barmah–Millewa Forest is used to monitor the health of the waterways.

Fishers in Coorong, South Australia are reporting signs of gradual recovery in parts of the iconic wetland thanks largely to the delivery of water for the environment.

As part of ongoing monitoring, the MDBA and the Commonwealth Environmental Water Office commissioned the University of Adelaide to find out if Yarra Pygmy Perch reintroduced into the Lower Lakes after the Millennium Drought were still present in the wild.

The Southern Purple-spotted Gudgeon is a small, colourful freshwater fish with a distinct genetic conservation unit in the southern Murray–Darling Basin.

The Barmah-Millewa (B-M) Forest is a highly significant wetland on the Murray River, whose natural hydrology and consequently complex ecosystems have been significantly affected by the river’s now highly regulated flow regime.

Australia is one of the driest continents on earth. As such, many thousands of weirs and floodplain levee banks, dams and intra- and inter-basin water transfers schemes have been constructed.

As part of a broader program to restore health to the pre-existing biodiversity of the Murray, the Murray-Darling Basin Authority is restoring fish passage along the Murray River from the sea to Hume Dam.