A project aimed to improve habitat and conditions for native fish such as Murray Cod and Golden Perch is underway in the Murray-Darling Basin. Recreational fishers are at the forefront of a major initiative to restore areas of vegetation to creek and riverbanks across NSW.
OzFish Unlimited, Australia’s only recreational fishing charity, has been selected to receive a series of Riparian Restoration Grants from NSW Local Land Services to deliver major habitat restoration projects.
A riparian zone is the area of vegetation bordering a waterway and plays a key role in providing healthy habitat for fish and wildlife. The roots of these native trees are important to holding soil together, mitigating the risk and effects of flood and drought on riverbanks.
Volunteers from the charity’s local chapters in Dubbo, Euston/Robinvale, Tenterfield and Wagga Wagga will work with New South Wales Landcare and private landholders on a range of activities including installing more than 50 in-stream habitats, planting more than 3000 native trees and erecting three kilometres fencing to protect vegetation from livestock and controlling invasive weeds…