Twice a year, as part of the Richmond River Ecological Health Program (run by Richmond Riverkeeper and River Ecology Australia) volunteer citizen scientists from across the Richmond River catchment head out their local creeks and rivers to gather water quality data.
Organisers say, ‘These data feed into a catchment-wide scorecard that tells us about the health of these waterways and how that health is changing over time. The score card can be viewed here: https://richmondriver.org.au/report-card‘.
‘As part of these catchment wide assessments, Richmond Landcare Inc are holding a citizen science event on Saturday 2 May in Tuntable and Terania creeks upstream from the Channon. These are the focus area of our Nature-based Solutions: Building flood resilience in the Lismore Catchment project.
‘If you’re a budding scientist, or are interested in learning about waterway health, we welcome you to join us and contribute to our collective understanding of the health of our catchment.
Ivy Young, RLI Project Officer, says, ‘These events are fascinating! It’s great to contribute to the knowledge of how healthy our creeks are’.
‘To find out more, and to register to come along, please visit https://events.humanitix.com/citizen-science-catchment-health-testing-autumn-2026
‘The events are open to all ages and levels of experience.
‘This Nature-Based Solutions project received funding from the Australian Government’.
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