Information for local councils
We work in partnership with councils on many of our projects.
Developing estuary-wide strategies for rehabilitating and protecting mangroves and saltmarsh so they are resilient to key threats.
Apply the Risk-based Framework in South Creek as an urban diffuse source water pollution pilot.
Improving management of water pollution from diffuse sources in NSW.
Implement the outcomes of the audit commercial dredging in estuaries that identified and recommended actions to improve licencing conditions and related environmental outcomes.
Developing environmentally friendly methods of bank stabilisation to manage foreshores and guide future investment.
Working to better understand pollution from agriculture and stormwater to help protect our coastal waterways.
Developing estuary-wide strategies for jetties, pontoons and boat ramps to streamline approvals while protecting aquatic habitat.
Providing a framework for managing coastal floodplain drainage to improve water quality, simplify approvals and support viable primary industries.
Our scientists and collaborators are working on a strategic program to tackle the threats of marine debris in NSW.
Developing an approval framework to support entrance management for intermittently closed and open lakes and lagoons (ICOLL).
Monitoring the water quality and health of estuaries to detect problems and see the benefits of improved management.
Identifying climate change risks to our marine and coastal environments and supporting managers and communities to find adaptation solutions.
The NSW Blue Carbon Strategy is an initiative to support evidence-based projects and research to protect and conserve important blue carbon ecosystems.
Understanding the effects of human activities on seagrass, mangrove and saltmarsh.
Improving the design of coastal cities and towns by promoting environmentally friendly planning and infrastructure.
Restoring fish passage at priority weir and road crossings so that fish can move, breed and thrive.
