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Geomorphic evaluation of past river rehabilitation works on the Williams River, New South Wales

Geomorphic evaluation of past river rehabilitation works on the Williams River, New South Wales What can we learn from past river management activities to help us develop more sound programmes in the future? This review examines two programmes (the discontinued "River Training" and more recent "Rivercare" programmes), in the Williams River, New South Wales. Introduction The Williams River in the Hunter Valley ( Fig. 1 ) was the first of New South Wales’ rivers to be investigated by the Healthy Rivers Commission as part of the NSW Government’s water reform programme ( Healthy Rivers Commission 1996a ; 1996b ). Both the draft and final reports mentioned community criticisms of past river management activities carried out by the Department of Land and Water Conservation (and its predecessors). The final report consisted of a number of recommendations to achieve various goals, and led to a request that the Department of Land and Water Conservation complete a comprehensive riverine rehabilitation and management plan for the Williams River catchment. 1 Williams River catchment in the Hunter Valley, New South Wales, showing the location of river gauging stations, River Training schemes and Rivercare plans. The plan was to be partly based on an expert assessment of the geomorphology, riverine vegetation, aquatic habitat and ecology of the Williams http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Ecological Management & Restoration Wiley

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Wiley
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Copyright © 2001 Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
ISSN
1442-7001
eISSN
1442-8903
DOI
10.1046/j.1442-8903.2001.00075.x
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Abstract

What can we learn from past river management activities to help us develop more sound programmes in the future? This review examines two programmes (the discontinued "River Training" and more recent "Rivercare" programmes), in the Williams River, New South Wales. Introduction The Williams River in the Hunter Valley ( Fig. 1 ) was the first of New South Wales’ rivers to be investigated by the Healthy Rivers Commission as part of the NSW Government’s water reform programme ( Healthy Rivers Commission 1996a ; 1996b ). Both the draft and final reports mentioned community criticisms of past river management activities carried out by the Department of Land and Water Conservation (and its predecessors). The final report consisted of a number of recommendations to achieve various goals, and led to a request that the Department of Land and Water Conservation complete a comprehensive riverine rehabilitation and management plan for the Williams River catchment. 1 Williams River catchment in the Hunter Valley, New South Wales, showing the location of river gauging stations, River Training schemes and Rivercare plans. The plan was to be partly based on an expert assessment of the geomorphology, riverine vegetation, aquatic habitat and ecology of the Williams

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Ecological Management & RestorationWiley

Published: Aug 1, 2001

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