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Funding has been made available for crucial projects that will secure the health of iconic sites in the Gwydir Valley.

The knowledge and understanding of local Taungurung people combine with emerging ecological evidence to direct future management plans.

Acid sulfate soils can pose a serious risk to the health of the plants, animals and communities of the Murray–Darling Basin especially during high risk periods such as droughts under low flows and water levels.

Salinity is the concentration of salt in the water or soil. Managing salinity is one of the biggest challenges in the Murray–Darling Basin.

A mass fish death is when many fish die suddenly and unexpectedly. It is more likely to happen in times of flood or drought.

The Lower Darling was subject to tragic fish death events in December 2018 and January 2019. The large fish death events covered a 40 kilometre stretch of the Darling River, downstream of Menindee Lakes.

Dissolved organic carbon-rich water (blackwater) occurs naturally when floods wash large amounts of leaves, grass and other organic material off riverbanks and floodplains into waterways.

We need the community’s help to report any sightings of the pest fish species, Tilapia.

Increasing community concern and passion for the banks of the Murray River has sparked a whole-of-river project looking at riverbank erosion, under the Murray–Darling Water and Environment Research Program.

The theme of today’s World Water Day 2022 is groundwater – making the invisible visible.