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 NSW’s inland aquatic ecosystems have undergone significant changes since European settlement, with about 50 per cent of them lost over the past 200 years, according to the 2006 NSW State of the Environment Report.
The NSW Department of Environment and Climate Change has drafted a NSW Wetlands Policy aimed at guiding wetland managers and increasing cross-government approaches to wetland conservation.
The Nature Conservation Council has a long history of participation in the policy and managements of Wetlands in NSW and welcomed the recent opportunity to make a submission on the draft NSW Wetlands Strategy. The NCC identified several areas where we thought the policy could be strengthened. |
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 Environmental water flows in the Darling River will be significantly boosted with the Federal Government assisting the NSW Government to purchase Toorale Station for $23.74 million.
The Nature Conservation Council of NSW welcomes the State-Federal cooperation and believes purchasing water to guarantee environmental flows plays an important in restoring the Murray River to good health. |
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 Last weekend an estimated 1,000 litres of diesel oil spilled into the Thredbo River, allegedly from a holding tank in Thredbo Village. The NSW Fire Brigade quickly responded placing booms at various locations across the river in an attempt to contain the spread of the oil slick, visible on the surface of the river. However, the spill continued throughout Saturday and well into Sunday before the source of the leakage was contained, raising questions about access to potential chemical spoilers of the alpine environment. |
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 Image: Allan Fox
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 After weeks of campaigning, and many letters from our supporters, Queensland Premier Anna Bligh has cancelled the auction of water licences for the Warrego River.
Graziers, environmentalists and the downstream community have been united in their calls for the sale not to proceed. |
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In April 2007 the National Water Commission (NWC), in a report released
by Federal Environment Minister Malcolm Turnbull, outlined proposals to
provide urban water supplies for South East Queensland from catchments
in Northern NSW. The Nature Conservation Council is strongly opposed to
the proposed options which include plans to dam tributaries of the
Clarence River and pipe water from there hundreds of kilometres north
to Queensland.
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Our rivers and water supplies have been damaged by underground coal mining for too long. Enough is enough. It's time to take action.
11am, Sunday June 17
Helensburgh
(1 hr south of Sydney, 30mins from Wollongong & Campbelltown)
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