The Flow-MER Program

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Animal in focus: the Murray spiny crayfish. The Murray spiny crayfish is an iconic species of the southern Murray-Darling Basin. Flooding in the Goulburn River earlier this year meant these critters required a helping hand. flow-mer.org.au/reading-the-go…

We are pleased to share with you the new Flow-MER Vegetation page! 🌿 This page shares learnings from eight years of evaluation at the basin scale on how water for the environment is supporting vegetation diversity, accompanied by some stunning photos. flow-mer.org.au/basin-theme-ve…

Highlight photos from the 'Down The Track' local youth program in the Lachlan region. This program hosts multiple camps and education days, encouraging school kids to learn about ecological surveying and outdoor education. Read more: ow.ly/6Fk850QoBXt

📸 Photo highlights from when students from the Greater Shepparton Secondary College joined scientists from the Lower Goulburn Flow-MER project on the banks of the Goulburn River to learn more about environmental flows. Find out more: bit.ly/46wVcbp

Earlier this year, the Flow-MER Program was pleased to host its first face-to-face Annual Forum since 2019. 🤝 All presentations were recorded and are now available on the Flow-MER website. Enjoy! #ewater flow-mer.org.au/flow-mer-annua…

Join Fish Ecologist Wayne Koster as he shares what eight years of monitoring in the Goulburn River has taught us about the native fish in the system, and how we can manage flows to increase their numbers. Find out more: bit.ly/3JZZaQP

Have a look at this beautiful cultural mural of the Lower Murray River! 👩‍🎨 Two talented First Nations artists, Daniel Giles and Chloe Shorrock, have transformed the River Murray and Mallee Aboriginal Corporation building in Berri.

Have you seen our new Water Quality and Food Webs Theme page? The revised page brings together 7 years of evaluation at the Basin-scale and the latest in food web research. A new resource you can keep coming back to for more: bit.ly/3ODnKZj @theCEWH

The Australasian bittern, an iconic waterbird, is endangered, with only an estimated 1300 individuals remaining. Learn how water for the environment is being used to support the breeding of these bitterns in the Murrumbidgee. ow.ly/uBga50PFKzt

A chance discovery of one of the Murray-Darling Basin’s endangered fish - the Olive perchlet - has been made in the lower Lachlan. 🐟 In mid-2023, fish ecologist Dr Adam Kerezsy stumbled upon a healthy population of perchlet. ow.ly/eOsZ50PzbYc

Community member John Pettigrew shares his views on the importance of the Goulburn River to the community and how, longer term, reconnecting the river with the floodplains will be key to having healthy and abundant aquatic life. 🌱🐟 Find out more: bit.ly/3JZZaQP

The Flow-MER program is excited to launch its revamped Food Webs & Water Quality Theme page! You’ll find the Basin-scale evaluation for food webs from 2014-21, including key findings and insights for water managers. Check out the new page here: bit.ly/3ODnKZj

Water, water everywhere! The Goulburn River system has recently experienced some of the most extreme flooding in its lifetime. This autumn edition of Reading the River covers the impacts of these flows on community, environmental water and species: bit.ly/3KaD1ys

Explore the intersection of art and science through Vicki Luke's 'Gilgai - echo of an ideal world'. Much like these rich wetland systems, the longer you view Vicki’s artworks, the more things become apparent. View here: ow.ly/3ThY50LiJF1

Every now and then, art and science come together to create magic. ✨ This is what happened when artist Vicki Luke worked with scientists in the Murray-Darling Basin to share the story of Gilgai wetlands in her artwork: 'Gilgai – echo of an ideal world'. ow.ly/TmfI50LiJom

Smile! It's wednesday! Can't help but smile when you see a face like this on monitoring trips.We measure length and width of their shell and release them again, This one is an Eastern long-necked turtle @CharlesSturtUni @FlowMERprogram @NSWDPIE_Water @theCEWH

Catch up on our Annual Forum where the Flow-MER teams share the latest insights from monitoring water for the #environment. Tour the Murray-Darling Basin and hear how this information is helping environmental water managers. flow-mer.org.au/annual-forum-2…

Want to know how our native fish population is doing in the Lower Murray-Darling Basin? Join us at the Riverland Community Forum. Date: Thurs 27 October, 7-9:30pm Where: Renmark Hotel, Murray Avenue, Renmark Register for free: bit.ly/3SaVWvi With @theCEWH & SARDI

The Lower Murray research team is set up at the Riverland Field Day in Barmera, waiting for the community to drop by and chat about fish sampling techniques, including electrofishing. Please come, say g'day and learn about different electrofishers, when and how they are used.