The Bamarang restoration work covers a number of properties at Bamarang and Longreach. This section of the river is mainly fresh water and has suffered bank erosion of previous poor farming practices and, more recently, active water suports. A number of new techniques have also been trialed at these locations including the growing of Gray River mangroves, which usually grow in saline water.
Mangroves
Method: Hybrid, Planting: seedlings
Mangrove species: Avicennia marina
Approach
Mangroves
Geographic context
Estuary
Organisation responsible
Riverwatch
Primary objective
Coastal protection
Coastal hazard
Erosion
Asset vulnerable
Built
Date of completion
Ongoing since 2014
Cost ($AUD)
$14,000
Source of project funding
NSW Government Local Land Services