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

July 1, 2025

Rare Plant Propogation workshop

Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned gardener, this workshop will teach you the techniques for propagating one of our regions rarest native plants, the Tumut Grevillea. In doing so you will be part of a program assisting with the recovery of this critically endangered plant.

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Riverina Highlands

June 10, 2025

Caring for Country in the Riverina Highlands

We have been working with the Brungle Tumut Local Aboriginal Land Council (LALC) within the Riverina Highlands. Take a look at the recent activities that have been undertaken and the resulting impact on the local environment to improve the health and biodiversity of waterways.

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Riverina Highlands

June 9, 2025

Low cost solutions to restore vegetation in and along waterways

Come along and hear from speakers from LLS and Ozfish as they explore this issue and provide examples of a number of low cost solutions to improve your waterway

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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.