Survey - Have your say in improving the health of our waterways

Riverina Local Land Services (LLS) is working with Murray LLS to develop a waterway management plan (WMP) for the Riverina Highlands Area.
 
The plan will be developed with the local community and other stakeholders.  It will guide the management of waterways in the catchment over the next ten years.  

Refreshing the Riverina Highlands is part of the Refreshing Rivers program, a collaboration between government, industry, research, and community organisations, led by Murray Local Land Services.  This project has been assisted by the New South Wales Government through its Environmental Trust.
 
The stakeholder-led shared vision for the Refreshing Rivers program is to: 
"Improve heath of inland waterways across NSW agricultural landscapes sustained by industry, farmer and community action".
 
The first step in the project is to identify and confirm the values (what we love, or value), and threats (what we should be worried about) of the waterways in our catchment.
 
Preliminary information on values and threats has been collated through previous consultative projects.  Input is now sought from the community and other stakeholders to confirm these in their local area and to add more detail where required.  Actions to manage these valules and treats will be described in the WMP.
 
We thank you for taking the time to complete this survey, it should take less than 10 minutes .
 
For more information about the project, please contact
Cherie White, Senior Land Services Officer, Riverina Local Land Services
0427 407 126
cherie.white@lls.nsw.gov.au

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* 1. This survey can be filled out anonymously.  If you would like to stay informed about the project, please provide your contact details.  Address information is only required if you do not want to receive updates via email.

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* 2. I am participating in this survey for the Riverina Highlands Waterway Management Plan as a:

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* 3. My local waterway is

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* 4. What is your vision for your local waterway?  How would you like it to be, feel or look like in 30 years' time?

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* 5. What are your key values of the waterways in our catchment?

Please rank your top five (or more) values, where 1 = greatest value.

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* 6. If you ranked "other values not listed above", please add your other values here. 

In addition, if you would like to add examples of the values you ranked above, or other comments, please include those below.

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* 7. What should we be worried about?

Please nominate your top five (or more) threats where 1 = the greatest threat.

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* 8. If you chose "other threats", please specify those threats below. 

In addition, if you have examples of the threats you ranked above, or other comments, please add them below

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* 9. Are there any other issues related to natural resources in the Riverina Highlands area that you would like to mention?

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* 10. Do you know of other activities which may align with the development of the Waterway Management Plan?  e.g. industry and supply chain initiatives, or environmental/sustainability credentials reporting that might relate to waterways.

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* 11. How would you like to be involved in the rest of the project?

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* 12. If you would like to be involved, how should we contact you?

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* 13. Do the values, threats and issues you have raised apply to specific site/s?  Are you able to map them?  If so, after clicking 'done' on this survey, please use the link provided by Riverina Local Land Services in the cover email introducing the survey.

Thank you for your time and valuable input to this project

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