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Boggy Creek Fish Habitat Restoration

OzFish Unlimited and Landcare NSW have joined forces to empower local communities across NSW to improve their local waterways.

Focusing on on-ground works to improve the health of habitats in their local rivers, the partnership will enable OzFish chapters and local Landcare groups to work together to deliver river restoration projects.

Local landholders for the fish

Landholders have been the central pivot of success for this project, gathering partnerships between Landcare, OzFish and local Council to gain the best outcomes for their local creek.

With a serious infestation of camphor laurel and other invasive weeds, the native plants along the waterway were being out competed. They were preventing native biodiversity which led to a real lack insect fall for fish. As fish rely on insects for a large portion of their diet, this meant hungry fish! It is thought that the natural toxins in camphor laurel can even be deadly for fish in small streams.

The work will help to protect the bank from erosion, filter runoff, increase invertebrate numbers that provide food for fish, and regulate water temperature fluctuations by shading the water.

“We are delighted to partner with such dedicated local landholders, Tregeagle Landcare and Lismore City Council to improve native fish habitat, especially in the upper catchment of the Tuckean Swamp where we are working to investigate solutions to water quality in the lower catchment too” – OzFish Director of Habitat Programs Cassie Price

Tuckean Swamp

The project site is about 9 kilometres upstream from Tuckean Swamp near Tregeagle. Weed removal and planting of 3000 native trees along the riverbank has restored Australian Bass and other fish habitat.

Funding for the works were provided by BCF – Boating Camping, Fishing and Lismore City Council through their Rural Landholder Initiative.

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28 OCTOBER 2021 | Bug Day Out At Boggy Creek

Richmond River Chapter and Tregeagle Landcare met up at Boggy Creek to share their knowledge of water quality. Boggy Creek flows into the Tuckean Swamp one of the biggest wetlands in coastal New South Wales. Once dubbed ‘Kakadu of the south for its abundant wildlife, the Tuckean was an engine room for fisheries productivity throughout Northern NSW. Boggy Creek has been declining in water quality for many years and OzFish Unlimited is working hard with Landcare groups to look after their local creeks that stream into the Tuckean. Richmond River Project Officer Demara Gates, says that by monitoring water quality, we can work to improve habitat and enjoy better fishing in the future.

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11 SEPTEMBER 2020 | Fish Habitat Action On Boggy Creek, Tributary Of The Tuckean Swamp

OzFish Unlimited has partnered with Tregeagle Landcare and private landowners on Boggy Creek, tributary of Tucki Tucki Creek which flows into the far-famed Tuckean Swamp. OzFish are working on several ways to improve native fish habitat in the area, including planting trees on the creek bank. The project site is about 9 kilometres upstream from Tuckean Swamp near Tregeagle. Weed removal and planting of 3000 native trees along the riverbank has restored Australian Bass and other fish habitat. Funding for the works were provided by BCF – Boating Camping, Fishing and Lismore City Council through their Rural Landholder Initiative.