Reports released with plans to rehabilitate the Coorong

The Coorong is one of Australia’s most important wetland areas, a special place for South Australians and a wetland of international significance, with a high number of migratory birds and home to many species of frog, fish and other wildlife.

The health of the Coorong’s South Lagoon has remained in a degraded state, despite the delivery of water for the environment in recent years under the Murray-Darling Basin Plan.

The newly published Coorong Summit Summary Report and Goyder Expert Panel Report summarise recommendations and a vision for the Coorong’s future.

The reports recommend a series of short, medium and long-term remediation actions to restore the Coorong. This includes:

• Establishing a series of refuge wetlands while the south lagoon is recovering;
• ·optimising the benefits of water from the River Murray, Southern Ocean and the Upper South East; and
• managing nutrients to control algae growth.

The two reports provide the South Australian Government with a strong basis to work with the Australian Government to secure funding to protect and rehabilitate the iconic wetland.

For a copy of the reports visit: https://www.environment.sa.gov.au/topics/river-murray/about-the-river/coorong-lower-lakes-murray-mouth