Rick and Fiona Stafford live at Frogs Hollow on a 100 acre property with one of the few remaining ‘valley fill’ swamps along major waterways in the Bega catchment. They are about to start a project with the Southern Rivers Catchment Management Authority to protect the swamp from erosion. Rick and Fiona moved to the […]
Category Archives: Wetlands
Swamps – Natural Water Storage for Our Rivers
Wetlands or swamps provide a natural source of stored water that can continue to supply water into the river system long after the rain has stopped. Shannon Brennan, Rivercare Officer for the Southern Rivers Catchment Management Authority explains what they are, why they are worth looking after and what to do if they are at […]
World Wetlands Day Workshop
World Wetlands Day is celebrated every year on 2 February. This day marks the date of the adoption of the Convention on Wetlands on 2 February 1971, in the Iranian city of Ramsar. The theme for World Wetlands Day in 2016 is Wetlands for our Future: Sustainable Livelihoods. To celebrate this day in the Bega Valley, […]
Wetland Forum Highlights
With all this wet weather recently, it’s a great time to talk about Wetlands! Some of you went along to the Wetlands Forum in Moruya last month, organised by the South Coast Wetland Carers Network and have sent in comments about presentations you liked. Here are a couple of your highlights from the day. Neil Saintilan […]
Michael Andrews – Working for Wetlands
The new Wetland Program Officer with Conservation Volunteers Australia, based in their Wollongong office, is Michael Andrews. Michael will coordinate the South East Wetland Carers Network which supports community groups and local government bodies to help improve the quality of our beautiful and highly valuable wetlands on the NSW South Coast. Michael will be organising […]
Funding for wetlands
Are you a landholder interested in managing coastal wetlands on your property? Over the next 3 years South East Local Land Services has funds available to support landholders, in priority areas, to undertake works on coastal wetlands including salt marsh, mangroves, coastal floodplain, swamps, lakes and estuarine areas. Funds can be used to manage, protect, […]
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