https://www.macquariemarshes.com.au/home daily 1.0 2021-06-07 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/608f6ee3994fb525aa27657d/t/608f7f2d8854726d6fe174fc/1620102571790/Macquarie+Marshes Home - Research Reports The Macquarie Marshes Environmental Landholders Association (MMELA) was formed in 1995 when there was increasing pressure to reduce water flows to the Macquarie Marshes. Our members are local landholders, many of whom are third and fourth generation landholders in the area, who are dedicated to ensuring a healthy and productive marsh for future generations. MMELA fills a vital role in advocating for Macquarie Marshes to ensure a viable future for the ecosystem and our community. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/608f6ee3994fb525aa27657d/t/608f87c64157082fd056cf7b/1620102619633/Untitled+design+-+2021-05-03T144741.251.png Home - Policy and Submissions Macquarie Marshes Environmental Landholders Association promotes sustainable conservation, management and use of our marsh. As landholders, it is our duty to ensure that land management practices are maintaining or improving the ecosystem and wetland habitats. We do this by submitting our research to influence government policies, catchment management authorities as well as non-government organisations. https://www.macquariemarshes.com.au/about daily 0.75 2021-06-07 https://www.macquariemarshes.com.au/contact-us daily 0.75 2021-05-04 https://www.macquariemarshes.com.au/research daily 0.75 2021-05-04 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/608f6ee3994fb525aa27657d/t/6090989f74d3c10d2cb71e82/1620089443401/Murray+Darling+Basin+Royal+Commission+Report Research - Murray-Darling Basin Royal Commission Report The Murray-Darling Basin Royal Commission was established to undertake an independent investigation into the current state of implementation of the Basin Plan and whether the Basin Plan will achieve its objects and purposes and those of the Water Act 2007(Cth). It reported to the Governor of South Australia on 29 January 2019. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/608f6ee3994fb525aa27657d/t/609099843d4eb30bf302b3cb/1620089443404/Frog+Fungus+in+Macquarie+Marshes Research https://static1.squarespace.com/static/608f6ee3994fb525aa27657d/t/609099a59fc5811aba52ed04/1620089443408/Bats+in+the+Macquarie+Marshes Research https://static1.squarespace.com/static/608f6ee3994fb525aa27657d/t/609099c174d3c10d2cb74397/1620089443411/How+important+is+River+Red+Gum+carbon+as+an+energy+source+in+floodplain+ecosystems%3F Research https://static1.squarespace.com/static/608f6ee3994fb525aa27657d/t/609090421f2ea4785bfe3279/1620089443414/Frogs+in+the+Macquarie+Marshes Research - Frogs of the Macquarie Marshes In New South Wales, two-thirds of the frog species known, depend on wetlands for their survival. Frogs of the Macquarie Marshes are no different. We have put together a handy informal guide so you can easily identify which frog you have come across. These include a variety of burrowing frogs, tree frogs and other marsh frogs. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/608f6ee3994fb525aa27657d/t/609093ac3559665c78c3f8e7/1620089443418/Macquarie+Marches+Birds Research - Birds of the Macquarie Marshes Macquarie Marshes are home to over 200 species of birds and feature in many bird watching trail guides. Macquarie Marshes attracts some very special birds during big flood years. These include, but are not limited to Pied Herons, Pygmy Geese, Magpie Geese, Wader species and Reedbed birds like Pheasant Coucal, Cisticolas and both grassbirds. In protected, secluded spots massive colonies of over 250,000 nests of Ibis and egrets form in such years. Below is a list of birds in the Macquarie Marshes for you to download. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/608f6ee3994fb525aa27657d/t/6090cb8bec38506ac3e71ce1/1620102163892/Healthy+Rivers+-+Healthy+Communities Research - Healthy Rivers - Healthy Communities By Terry Korn, Australian Floodplain Association There are few things more contentious than water! And this is very apparent at present as we debate the future of water management in the Murray Darling Basin. Underpinning the debate is everyone’s concern for the future and what a changed water environment will mean for them and their family, their business and their grandchildren. https://www.macquariemarshes.com.au/policy-submissions daily 0.75 2021-06-07 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/608f6ee3994fb525aa27657d/t/6090a10e424fda68421d162f/1623031700916/Floodplain+Harvesting+in+Macquarie+Marshes Policy & Submissions - Floodplain Harvesting Parliamentary Inquiry There are few things more contentious than water! And this is very apparent at present as we debate the future of water management in the Murray Darling Basin. Read our submission to the Parliamentary Inquiry into Flood Plain Harvesting regulation 2020 below. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/608f6ee3994fb525aa27657d/t/60bd7cc78c24b62247b317e7/1623031687535/IMG_3418.JPG Policy & Submissions - Environment Protection & Biodiversity Conservation Act In 2020 Macquarie Marshes Environmental Landholders Association made a submission to the independent review of the EPBC Act 1999. Read our submission and concerns below. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/608f6ee3994fb525aa27657d/t/60bd7e8573661b5af81b7bfa/1623031729761/123366440_3457431711007543_6406117145434880601_n.jpeg Policy & Submissions - Productivity Commission Government policy and decision making relating to natural resource management has in the past had devastating impacts on the Marshes. Are the Marshes in a better state as a result of the Basin plan is a complex question and one we attempt to give you our thoughts on. Read our submission to the Productivity Commission below. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/608f6ee3994fb525aa27657d/t/60bd7b2cc3133d785ab69995/1623031782526/MMELA+Northern+Basin+Review+Macquarie+Marshes Policy & Submissions - MMELA Northern Basin Review The Macquarie Marshes Environmental Landholders Association cannot and does not support the Murray Darling Basin Authority’s proposed amendments to the Northern Basin Plan. Read our submission to the Murray Darling Basin Authority below. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/608f6ee3994fb525aa27657d/t/60bd7d369774186ab360c8df/1623031792207/Macquarie+Re+Regulating+Weir Policy & Submissions - Macquarie Re-Regulating Weir There is a long history of removing flows from the Lower Macquarie and allocating upstream. This has happened through structures such as dams and regulators, and also operationally such as supplementary access, floodplain harvesting and the transfer of Planned Environmental Water to General Security. Read our submission to Water NSW below. https://www.macquariemarshes.com.au/videos daily 0.75 2021-06-07 https://www.macquariemarshes.com.au/privacy-policy daily 0.75 2021-06-07