Underway with partners
Riparian planting & wetland margins
Retiring and replanting lake and stream margins with natives so sediment is trapped before it reaches open water — and habitat returns along the way.
Projects
Restoration is thousands of practical actions.
Some of this work is already happening. Some needs funding, hands or political will. All of it needs community behind it.
On the ground
Where effort is going
WWWR connects and champions work led by many different people and organisations. This page will grow as projects progress.
Ongoing
Water quality monitoring
Regular sampling of clarity, nutrients and temperature with schools, volunteers and agency staff, so change over time is measured rather than argued about.
Growing
Schools & youth programmes
Field days that put students on the lake edge with real equipment, real data and real scientists — the next generation of people who care about this place.
Research & advocacy
Pest fish initiatives
Supporting koi carp research, barriers, targeted removal and work on productive uses for the fish taken out.
Seeking funding
Feasibility & engineering studies
Water movement, legacy sediment and water-level control options need proper investigation before anyone can build anything.
With volunteers
Bird and habitat surveys
Counting what lives here — including threatened species — so restoration targets the habitat that matters most.
Got a project, a paddock, a boat or a skill?
Landowners, contractors, scientists and neighbours have all made a difference here. Tell us what you can offer.