Riverina Highlands

Riverina Highlands Project – 2025 Wrap-Up

As 2025 comes to a close, we’re proud to share some amazing achievements in the Riverina Highlands target area:

✅Demonstration sites established along Brungle, Goobaragandra, Morleys, Tumut Wetlands & Adelong waterways

✅ Natural Capital Profiles completed across 12,690 ha

‍✅ 10 community workshops on Fishcare, low-cost waterway solutions, rare plant propagation, hollow as homes, cultural weaving & citizen science

✅ Restoration works supporting endangered species like Macquarie Perch, Tumut Grevillea, Murray Cod, Platypus & Booroolong Frog

A huge thank you to the landholders, schools, Landcare groups & organisations who partnered with us this year. We look forward to continuing this important work together in 2026!

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Upper Billabong
March 31, 2026

Success Story | Upper Billabong Citizen Science

We lacked information on the aquatic wildlife of the Upper Billabong catchment, so using Citizen Science - the Refreshing Rivers iNaturalist project and eDNA tests, we have gathered 1,672 observations across the catchment and also completed 9 eDNA profiles in local waterways.

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Upper Billabong
March 30, 2026

Refreshing the Upper Billabong - Creek Connectivity and Understorey

Courtesy of the Refreshing Upper Billabong project, we have a limited number of tubestock suitable for planting both instream and along creek banks to reduce erosion and create habitat.

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Upper Billabong
March 29, 2026

Refreshing the Upper Billabong - refuge pools

Extreme low flows are pushing refuge pools to their limits. Heat, sediment, salinity and stock impacts are degrading water quality and threatening native fish. This article outlines what’s causing it and practical steps we can take to protect our waterways.

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