PHOTO: Getting ready to release fingerlings back into the Macquarie River – from left: Narromine Shire Council, Manager Health Building & Environmental Services, James Cleasby, Narromine Landholder Robert Webb; Narromine Shire Council, Deputy Mayor, Clr Dawn Collins; Narromine Shire Council’s Landcare Co-ordinator Craig Bennett and OzFish Project Manager Bron Powell (photo supplied.)
The annual release of 12000 native fingerlings along the Macquarie River is “all about sustainability” according to James Cleasby, Narromine Shire Council’s manager of Health, Building and Environmental Services.
The longstanding collaboration between Narromine Shire Council and the Macquarie Cotton Growers Association has seen a total of 210000 native fingerlings released over the past 24 years.
NSW Department of Primary Industries helps fund the group as part of its “Dollar for Dollar Native Fish Stocking Program”.
“We pool our money with the Cotton Growers Association to get maximum fingerlings for release,” Mr Cleasby said. “The government will match every dollar with their own funding so it makes sense to…