The Macquarie River and Marshes Flow-MER Area-scale Project is being undertaken from 2024 to 2029. The project is led by the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in partnership with:
- the Dharriwaa Elders Group and Wayilwan Mayi & Friends
- NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (NSW DCCEEW)
- NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS)
- NSW Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD).
Monitoring, Evaluation and Research Plan
The Macquarie River and Marshes Monitoring, Evaluation and Research (MER) Plan details the planned monitoring, evaluation, research and knowledge exchange activities for the five years of the program. The Macquarie River and Marshes Annual Implementation Plan (AIP) details the planned activities for each individual financial year.
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Quarterly snapshots
As part of the Flow-MER Program, providers are required to submit quarterly updates on their projects and the ecological outcomes of Commonwealth environmental water. For the Macquarie River and Marshes Area-scale Project, the following quarterly snapshots provide an update of activities, early observations and findings:
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Annual reports
The Macquarie River and Marshes Area-scale Project annual reports help us understand how water for the environment maintains, protects and restores the rivers, wetlands, plants and animals in that Area. The annual reports also contribute to our legislative reporting obligations.
The 2024-25 Macquarie River and Marshes Flow-MER Annual report is now available.
Further science in the Macquarie River and Marshes
The CEWH invests in other science projects in the Macquarie River and Marshes to support the use of water for the environment.
- 2024–25 Macquarie River Valley updates - 2025
- 2023–24 Macquarie River Valley updates - 2024
- 2022–23 Macquarie River Valley updates - 2023
- 2021–22 Macquarie River Valley updates - 2022
- Macquarie Marshes colonial waterbird reproductive success monitoring - 2022
- 2020–21 Macquarie River Valley updates - 2021
- Monitoring Murray cod spawning & recruitment in response to spring 2020 Macquarie River environmental water flows - 2021
- Macquarie River Valley water use history 2009-20 - 2020
- Macquarie River Valley: 2019–20 water use - 2020
- Macquarie River Valley: 2018–19 water use - 2019
- 2018–19 Macquarie catchment updates - 2019
- Macquarie River Valley: 2017–18 water use - 2018
- Restoring and protecting the Macquarie River Valley 2017-18 - 2018
- Lower Macquarie Catchment: Temporary Water Monitoring - 2017
- Making the Connection: Designing, delivering and monitoring flows between catchments - 2017
- Waterbird movements and breeding success in the Macquarie Marshes final report - 2017
- High resolution monitoring of waterbird colonies in the Macquarie Marshes final report - 2017
- Short-term intervention monitoring of a fish community response to an environmental flow in the mid and lower Macquarie River: 2014–15 watering year - 2015.