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A suite of options to improve the movement of water through the Barmah–Millewa Reach of the Murray River.

The Barmah Forest in Victoria and the Millewa Forest in New South Wales include wetlands of international significance. Report cards are updated every year.

Monitoring reports from the Barmah–Millewa Forest, one of The Living Murray icon sites. 

A renewed agreement between WaterNSW and Murray Irrigation Limited (MIL) will help to move water around the Barmah Choke for the 2024–25 water year.

Two decades of cooperation, restoration, and protection of the river system.

In 2019, the MDBA undertook a detailed survey of the River Murray channel through the Barmah–Millewa Reach. This revealed the presence of a very large quantity of sand on the bed of the river, something that was not expected. Since then, several further studies have been undertaken to investigate the extent and source of the sand, the rate that it is moving at and options to manage it. Reports of these studies are provided below.

Barmah–Millewa Feasibility Study wrap up from the MDBA.

The Gunbower Forest covers 19,931 ha on the mid Murray floodplain in northern Victoria.

Mildura’s native seed bank helps revitalise Country.

Koondrook–Perricoota Forest covers 31,150 ha in the Riverina region of New South Wales.