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More water needed for turtles

Sticks are being used to indicate the reduction in water held in the lake at Imperial Lakes each day. Picture: Supplied
Em Jensen

NOT-FOR-PROFIT organisation Landcare have raised about $18,000 so far to purchase water so that they can refill an almost dry lake that is home to a range of threatened species. Imperial Lakes, a reserve just outside of Broken Hill that is in the process of being turned into a nature park, has never had all […]

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