Get involved
Projects
We are keen to work with land managers, landholders and catchment organisations on projects to protect and improve to the upper Murrumbidgee River. This includes fencing the river corridor and gullies to better manage grazing pressure, controlling weeds, replanting native vegetation, fixing erosion, replacing fish habitat and managing the river corridor to protect high quality habitat. We work along the river as well as in target catchment areas, such as along tributary gullies.
If you have a project in mind or would like to find our more please get in touch.
Volunteering and advocacy
Volunteers plant trees, weed, map river habitats, monitor water quality and survey platypus! We have many opportunities to help look after our river:
The UMDR adventurous volunteer program is working to help control weeds, replant native vegetation and do habitat surveys along the river.
Upper Murrumbidgee Waterwatch monitors catchment health and we use this data to feed into our management planning. Waterwatch engages volunteers throughout the upper Murrumbidgee catchment to monitor water quality and do waterbug, riparian vegetation and platypus surveys.
Bush Heritage Australia manages the Scottsdale Reserve on the banks of the Murrumbidgee River near Bredbo and there are many opportunities to get involved in projects that help look after our catchment there too.
Raise awareness on issues that affect the health of the upper Murrumbidgee River with the catchment community through this website, Facebook, blog posts, attending partner group meetings, giving presentations to interest groups, signage, submissions and direct communication with relevant managers.
Please get in touch to discuss what volunteering could look like for you.
Workshops and field days
Help build community capacity by running a workshop or joining a field day.
The UMDR aims to build community capacity to better manage our catchment and improve our river health by holding workshops and field days. Previous workshops which we have held or been part of include:
Workshops on soil and pasture health,
Species identification and planting methods,
Willow and weed management,
Learning about erosion processes and
How to build roads and tracks to prevent erosion.
If you would like to be on our mailing list for future workshops please subscribe (link) to our mailing list.
If you have an idea for a workshop we could do please get in touch.
Sharing knowledge
The UMDR is all about sharing knowledge and linking people and groups to gain a better understanding of the river and how we can look after it. The UMDR aims to provide support for the community to find information, get support or link to people or groups that can help the community better look after our river. But we are also keen to get out and learn from you!
Do you have a special place on the ‘bidgee you would like to let us know about?
Do you have historical local accounts that might tell us more about the history of the ‘bidgee?
We would love to have a yarn so please get in touch and let us know!