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After the establishment of the River Murray Commission in 1917, regulating structures including weirs and locks were constructed along the River Murray.

Microbats are often not seen or heard, but there are thousands of them in the Mallee bush and when habitat like the Hattah Lakes are in good health, they can thrive.

For World Wildlife Day today, find out the fascinating way fish use ladders to move up and down streams over weirs, barrages and locks for their long-term survival and a healthy river system.

More than 1,000 fingerlings have been released across Victoria and southern New South Wales as part of a breeding program to help restore a once extinct native fish.

The likelihood of water quality issues has increased after the Murray–Darling Basin experienced its wettest November on record.

It is hard to believe that just over 18 months ago some water storages across the Murray–Darling Basin were almost empty.

The Menindee Lakes are located in south-west New South Wales on the Darling River, about 200 km upstream of the Darling River's junction with the River Murray.

The annual Eastern Australian Waterbird Survey started in October 2021 with researchers expected to survey 38 sites across the Basin.

This year around 1,500 attendees have tuned into the Murray–Darling Basin Authority’s 8 webinars in the series. The webinars aim to share knowledge and build understanding of water management in the Murray–Darling Basin.

In 2020, an independent panel examined hundreds of studies on the Lower Lakes, Coorong and Murray Mouth and consulted with almost 100 scientists and technical experts.