Farming & Environment
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River system revival continues with re-snagging
ONE hundred and ninety new fish habitat complexes have been located in the Darling-Baaka between Louth and Tilpa. Four hundred and nineteen locally sourced Bimbil…
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Huge Sheep Sheared
ANDREW “Scooter” Killeen was contract mustering with CMC Contracting on a station about 100 kilometres North-East of Packsaddle last week when he came across an…
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Warning on impending fish kill
WATER experts and activists in the Far West of New South say they’re distressed by a community update released by the Department of Climate Change,…
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New water pumps for Cobar
FEDERAL Minister for the Environment and Water Tanya Plibersek and New South Wales Minister for Water Rose Jackson have announced plans to try and improve…
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Water sharing plan needs change
THE new water sharing plan for the Barwon-Darling won’t help unless new plans are implemented to create more flows down the Darling. The State Government…
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More input sought on water plans
THE New South Wales Government has extended the public exhibition period for draft water sharing plans across regional areas of the state until early 2025…
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Lizards pawned for cash: alleged poaching in the region
REPORTS of alleged native animal poaching have been made with lizards hot property in domestic and international trade rings, poachers being brought to justice, and…
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Algae alert still in place
A RED alert warning for high levels of potentially toxic blue-green algae in the Darling-Baaka River remains in place for Wilcannia. Amber alerts for algae…
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Rescue program for wallabies
THE Mutawintji National Park Board of Management is working on a ground-breaking relocation project to translocate a population of South Australian Yellow-Footed Rock Wallabies to…
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Darling fish to get boost
A NEW effort to help fish in the Lower Darling River is one step closer with the New South Wales Government approving the use of…
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Scientists reveal climate trends
HOTTER temperatures, less rainfall but more intense rainfall events are predicted to continue, according to a recent climate report. The State of the Climate 2024…
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Barkandji rangers learn water sampling
BARKANDJI rangers from throughout the Far West gathered in Kinchega National Park last week to complete their Certificate II in water sampling as part of…
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