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Views from divergent stakeholders on the Macquarie–Cudgegong River Management Committee

Views from divergent stakeholders on the Macquarie–Cudgegong River Management Committee This "snapshot of views" of diverse stakeholders vindicates the hope on whcih Committees are based ‐ that the process of communication itself will provide a key to dissolving less important differences and that it will drive a collective search for real resolutions. T he Macquarie–Cudgegong River Management Committee is one of many committees involved in the process of ‘water reform’ Australia‐wide, and is one of six committees made up of industry, agency and community representatives established by the NSW Government to develop plans for the State’s regulated rivers (i.e. those that are subject to regulated storage and/or removal of water). Formed in December 1997, the Committee includes representatives from irrigation, grazing, regional development, local government, environment and indigenous community interests from the Macquarie–Cudgegong catchment (a sub‐catchment of the larger Murray–Darling Basin in southeastern Australia); as well as relevant State Government bodies. The task of the Committee is to develop a river management plan that will balance the natural processes that maintain the health of the Macquarie– Cudgegong River with the needs of agriculture, industry and domestic water users. This is no easy task as there is no blueprint to follow. Development of a river management plan that aims http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Ecological Management & Restoration Wiley

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This "snapshot of views" of diverse stakeholders vindicates the hope on whcih Committees are based ‐ that the process of communication itself will provide a key to dissolving less important differences and that it will drive a collective search for real resolutions. T he Macquarie–Cudgegong River Management Committee is one of many committees involved in the process of ‘water reform’ Australia‐wide, and is one of six committees made up of industry, agency and community representatives established by the NSW Government to develop plans for the State’s regulated rivers (i.e. those that are subject to regulated storage and/or removal of water). Formed in December 1997, the Committee includes representatives from irrigation, grazing, regional development, local government, environment and indigenous community interests from the Macquarie–Cudgegong catchment (a sub‐catchment of the larger Murray–Darling Basin in southeastern Australia); as well as relevant State Government bodies. The task of the Committee is to develop a river management plan that will balance the natural processes that maintain the health of the Macquarie– Cudgegong River with the needs of agriculture, industry and domestic water users. This is no easy task as there is no blueprint to follow. Development of a river management plan that aims

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Published: Aug 1, 2001

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