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High Conservation Value Wetlands - 2010 Workshops

The Inland Rivers Network is running a series of workshops over the next few months on understanding the values of wetlands in the Murray Darling Basin. These workshops have been developed with financial support from the NSW Environmental Trust.

The aim of these workshops will be to encourage and empower communities with a love of rivers and wetlands to become involved in the protection of these high conservation value freshwater systems in their local areas.

Recognising the diverse range of ecological and social values of these natural rivers and wetlands in the Murray Darling Basin, these workshops will encourage and facilitate discussion across various groups with the goal of achieving cooperative stewardship that can improve the health of these special places.

With a focus on information sharing from many different parts of the community, the workshops will combine the theory behind the importance of conserving natural river and wetland systems with practical steps that can lead towards achieving sustainable management of these freshwater areas.

The workshops will involve presentations from IRN, Murray-Darling Basin Authority, local Catchment Management Authorities and various local conservation groups, indigenous groups, landholders and other individuals.

Workshops will be held in the Central West, Namoi, Lachlan and Western Catchment Management Authority areas between March and May.

If you would like to take part in these workshops and get involved in conserving wetlands in your local area register your interest via email to admin@irnnsw.org.au

Workshop dates and locations

CENTRAL WEST

Location: Coonamble
Date: Wednesday 17th March 2010, 9:30am-4:00pm
Venue: Coonamble Bowling Club
Focus area: Castlereagh Wetlands
RSVP: by Thursday 11th March 2010
RSVP now to IRN for the upcoming Coonamble workshop

Location: Nyngan
Date: Thursday 25th March 2010, 9:30am-4:00pm
Venue: Nyngan RSL Club
Focus area: Effluent Creeks Floodplain

LACHLAN

Location: Booligal
Date: Thursday 22nd April 2010, 9:30am-4:00pm
Venue: Booligal Hall
Focus area: Booligal Wetlands

NAMOI (to be confirmed)

Location: Boggabri
Date: First week in May 2010 (date to be confirmed)
Venue: Boggabri RSL Club
Focus area: Barbers Lagoon

WESTERN (to be confirmed)

Location: Wilcannia (to be confirmed)
Date: Early May 2010 (date to be confirmed)
Venue: To be confirmed
Focus area: Teryawynia Creek and Talyawalka Anabranch

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