locations across NSW
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Projects

Oolong Creek, NSW

Efforts to control woody weeds along Oolong Creek include mapping the area to identify high-value habitats and barriers. Methods are being developed to improve in-stream habitats by translocating aquatic plants with habitat rafts. Additionally, collaboration with DPI Fisheries aims to…
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Tweed River, Northern NSW

Fishers and farmers OzFish Tweed River Chapter and Tweed Landcare Inc are working with cattle farmers on the Tweed River, near Byangum and its canoe launching point. Together they will be removing weeds and planting over 1000 trees along their riparian…
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Rocky Creek Lismore, NSW

OzFish Lismore Chapter and Whian Whian Landcare, along with Northern Cooperative Meat Company and Lismore City Council’s Landholder Initiative are working together with beef cattle farmers on Rocky Creek to provide easily accessible water for cattle to stop their access…
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Brunswick River, NSW

OzFish members recently planted 360 native trees on Brunswick River in Northern NSW to revegetate the riverbanks bordering two properties along Main Arm Road. OzFish volunteers worked with community groups Brunswick Valley Landcare & Replant Byron to help reinvigorate the…
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Manning River, NSW

Trees for fish OzFish Unlimited has partnered with Manning Landcare and private landowners on the Manning River to improve native fish habitat by planting trees on the riverbank. The project site is about 13 kilometres upstream from Taree near where Burrell Creek…
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Coopers Creek, NSW

OzFish has planted more than 1,000 native grasses, shrubs and trees to combat riverbank erosion and create healthy habitat for native fish and wildlife, including the platypus. The project is part of OzFish’s Driving Fish Habitat Action partnership with Landcare…
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Hunter River, NSW

OzFish Hunter River Chapter are working together with Lower Hunter Landcare to restore the riparian vegetation of 500m of Hunter River bank, removing the problematic Balloon Vine and replacing weeds with a corridor of native vegetation set to provide shade,…
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Murrumbidgee River, NSW

In a first for Leeton, essential fish habitat in the Murrumbidgee River was recently installed providing vital habitat for native fish. Volunteers from OzFish and Murrumbidgee Landcare worked together to raise funds and plan and install eight giant snags and several…
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Deniliquin Lagoons, NSW

The Deniliquin Lagoons Community Restoration Project is a state award winning (2015 Natural Environment Protection and Enhancement Award) project with multiple partners contributing to the ongoing management of the wetland system. The project is a community partnership project that has been running…
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Bottle Bend, Mildura, NSW

The Sunraysia River Repair Bus have been undertaking weekly restoration projects within Bottle Bend Reserve alongside members of the committee. The activities have included weed removal, rubbish collection, scientific research with local schools and protecting indigenous artefacts. Supplementary projects that have…
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Tarcutta Creek, NSW

Tarcutta Creek is a southern tributary of the Murrumbidgee River Catchment had suffered for years. It was when the eroding banks significantly reduced the remaining fish habitat by undermining the overhanging bank vegetation and smothering snags and microhabitats nearby with…
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Georges River, NSW

The Georges, Shoalhaven and Kangaroo Rivers in New South Wales may hold a secret. A silvery perch ghost that has not been recorded in the wild since 1998. The species has no formal name but is commonly known as the Macquarie River…
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In its first twelve months, the partnership has achieved close to one million dollars of habitat restoration work.

There’s now 14,300 more trees along NSW riverbanks that will provide shade and stable water temperatures, insect fall and eventually snags for fish. Sixty more snags in our rivers installed which will provide instant homes, shelter and food for fish, along with 30km of riverbank weeded, cleaned up and restored. Plus a trash rack stopping litter, eight engagement events, and a search for a lost fish in Sydney.

12 AUGUST 2021 | Community Planting Day set to revitalise fish habitat in Horden’s Lagoon

A new crop of native trees and plants are set to breathe new life into the banks of Horden’s Lagoon at Wirlinga as Woolshed Thurgoona Landcare Group and OzFish Unlimited prepare for an upcoming community planting day on Sunday August 22nd. Volunteers will meet at Horden’s Lagoon, Riverina Highway, Wirlinga at 9.30am and get their hands dirty planting native vegetation over three hours out on the field. The restoration will help stabilise banks, preventing erosion while also providing valuable habitat of aquatic wildlife and birdlife.

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14 MAY 2021 | The power of partnership on show to help fisheries recover

Whether it be finding a lost Macquarie perch, dealing with plastic pollution, building fish hotels, bringing fish back into the backstreets of Sydney or opening ‘fish nightclubs’, local recreational fishers and Landcarers have been doing their part in restoring their local waterways across New South Wales. OzFish and Landcare groups have achieved 15 habitat restoration projects together since their partnership commenced in 2019 and its exactly what our fisheries need to recover and thrive.

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30 NOVEMBER 2020 | Landcare and OzFish driving fish habitat improvements in NSW

OzFish and Landcare NSW partnership to deliver improved fish habitat in NSW has achieved close to one million dollars of habitat restoration work in its first twelve months. With an initial investment from the NSW Recreational Fishing Trusts of $200 000, the two groups have attracted an additional $330,000 cash investment and over $500,000 in-kind support into fish habitat restoration work for the state’s inland rivers and coastal waterways. The partnership focuses on local groups coming together to determine their waterway’s fish habitat needs and to take action to improve it. Under the expert guidance from the OzFish team, groups devised a range of projects including, re-snagging, trash racks, re-planting, fish monitoring, weeding, fencing and clean-ups.

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8 AUGUST 2019 | OzFish and Landcare NSW launch new partnership

OzFish Unlimited and Landcare NSW are joining forces to drive collaboration across New South Wales that will empower local community members to improve Australia’s land and water habitats. Focusing on on-the-ground works to improve the health of fish habitats in their local rivers, the project partnership will enable OzFish chapters and local Landcare groups to work together to deliver river restoration projects. Landcare NSW CEO, Dr Adrian Zammit, said the partnership will provide additional support for Landcare groups to continue their work with river catchments

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This project was made possible by the OzFish-Landcare NSW partnership with funding support from the NSW Recreational Fishing Trusts.