River Murray news

The third in a series of community workshops to discuss ways to reinstate natural habitat conditions in Bookmark Creek was held in Renmark last week, with targeted community members able to view and discuss conceptual designs for the first time.

Coorong fishers are reporting signs of the slow recovery to parts of the iconic wetland thanks largely to the delivery of water for the environment.

“The Coorong and in particular the South Lagoon is still in a highly degraded state so while we’ve been getting flow, additional flow could go a long way to helping the recovery of the Coorong.” That’s one of the resounding messages from a new short film.

Hundreds of kilometres of the River Murray waterways and the iconic Coorong look set for a welcome boost this month with spring environmental flows expected to find their way into the South Australian leg of the river.

Draft Master Plans for the Lock 3 Reach and Bookmark Creek regions have been made available for community consultation via the State Government’s YourSAy portal.