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Many of the major rivers of the Murray–Darling Basin enter the River Murray in this catchment.

The Ramsar-listed wetland of international significance, Hattah Lakes, is thriving thanks to the delivery of water for the environment over more than 10 years.

Over recent years there have been significant changes on the River Murray, including expansion of permanent horticulture, recovery of water for the environment, increased trade and reduced channel capacity through the Barmah–Millewa forest. These changes have resulted in concerns that the river system will not be able to deliver water allocation to users when they need it.

The Murray–Darling Basin Authority undertook a three year study (2009–2012) on the Barmah Choke to investigate the potential water supply and environmental risks.

Monitoring reports from the Koondrook–Perricoota Forest, one of The Living Murray icon sites.

Joint media release published with Roads and Maritime Services NSW.

The Barmah–Millewa Forest bush bird surveys in 2016-17 identified a total of 61 woodland bird species in the survey plots. Species were recorded from both the survey plots and the adjoining habitat. There were 1221 individual birds recorded from across twenty sites in the Barmah–Millewa Forest.

Landholders and river users on the River Murray are reminded to take into account changes to weir pool levels over coming months at locks 7, 8 and 9 between Wentworth and the South Australian border, and at lock 15 at Robinvale.

This report covers phase 3 and phase 4 of the project Assessing the Salinity Impacts on Changes to Irrigation on the Riverine Plains.