Refreshing Rivers

Riverina Highlands

Whats the Value? Understanding the financial opportunities of your farms’ natural assets

Landholders from the Coolac area joined our paddock walk to learn more about on farm biodiversity and explore ways to diversify on farm income.

Speakers from the Refreshing Rivers Project, Riverina LLS, Biodiversity Conservation Trust and Environment & Heritage discussed:

- Significance of the Coolac to Tumut Serpentinite Woodland

- Natural capital –how to get started

- Biodiversity market opportunities

- Living Carbon - carbon planting project

Latest news and events

Riverina Highlands

September 16, 2024

Become a Waterbug Detective

Looking for ways to entertain and educate the kids this school holidays? In this two-hour practical workshop they will learn how to: collect, sort and identify waterbugs: enter the data using the Waterbug App and compare their score with other creeks on the Waterbug Data Portal

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Riverina Highlands

April 23, 2024

Cultural Heritage In the Paddock

A paddock walk is being held at Brungle next week to understand more about the different types of indigenous culture that can be found on farms.

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Central Billabong

April 21, 2024

Womens Yarning Circle

Creating a welcoming environment the "Women's Yarning Circle" event is for women of the Central Billabong to gather, collaborate, be creative, share stories (cultural, Indigenous and other), and lunch on the banks of the Billabong Creek near Jerilderie.

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The Refreshing Rivers Program is a collaboration between government, industry, research, and community organisations, led by Local Land Services. This Program has been assisted by the New South Wales Government through its Environmental Trust.

The Refreshing Rivers Program works on Country that always was and always will be Aboriginal land. We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land and waters, and we pay respect to Elders past, present and emerging.