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	Macquarie Marshes Nature Reserve - Wikipedia
		The Macquarie Marshes are a region along the lower Macquarie River in northwestern New South Wales about 600 km northwest of Sydney.
		The marshes are created by irregular flooding of the flat lands along the river and are an important habitat for breeding birds.
		The frequency and extent of the flooding required to sustain the marshes is threatened by increasing extraction of water from the Macquarie River for crop irrigation upstream from the marshes.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Macquarie_Marshes_Nature_Reserve (140 words)

	Marshes
		Halvergate Marshes The Halvergate Marshes are situated South of the River The Broads National Park.
		Macquarie Marshes Nature Reserve The Macquarie Marshes Nature Reserve is located in the Macquarie Marshes.
		North Kent Marshes The North Kent Marshes is one of 22 Environmentally Sensitive Areas recognised by the Department for...
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /topics/marshes.html (161 words)

	Creating a Cultural Content
		Their concerts, in places such as the Macquarie Marshes in western NSW, has had a effect around the world. The paper puts these events in the context of the creation of a music culture that uses geographic place and history as inspiration.
		The Macquarie Marshes were virtual unknown in Australia, although they were a wetland of international importance and recognised by the RAMSAR convention.
		The Marshes were not used as a source of water for cotton and a member of the original event team became the manager of the Macquarie Marshes.
	www-personal.usyd.edu.au /~wotoole/conferen/acem2002.htm (2025 words)

	Wetlands Australia - National Wetlands Update 2003: The Macquarie Marshes - A Case Study of Conservation of Wetlands by ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Macquarie Marshes is a large semi permanent wetland in central western NSW, Australia, covering approximately 200 000 hectares.
		Sustainable grazing is encouraged by the Marshes community and the majority of landholders are extremely active in ensuring the wetlands remain environmentally healthy whilst undertaking these practices.
		Whilst the Macquarie Marshes is an internationally recognised wetland for its environmental value (waterbird breeding and wetland vegetation diversity) it also supports a large agricultural industry.
	www.deh.gov.au /water/wetlands/publications/wa11/macquarie.html (1480 words)

	National Parks Journal - Wetlands
		In early December 2004 as floods swept across the floodplains of the Namoi and Gwydir rivers, the Macquarie Marshes remained parched.
		Since 2000, the Macquarie Marshes have not had a big enough flood to stimulate the breeding of colonial waterbirds — the fourth year in a row (the longest duration since records began in 1986) — and doubling the previous maximum.
		The reed beds in the southern part of the Macquarie Marshes are all but gone and those in the north are now under pressure.
	www.npansw.org.au /web/journal/200502/features-marshes.htm (602 words)

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		Flooding in the Marshes has declined over the last 50 years and the use of irrigation has increased considerably in the Macquarie Valley since the construction of Burrendong Dam on the Macquarie River in 1967.
		The allocation of Macquarie Valley water to irrigation and away from the Macquarie Marshes has resulted from a fundamental imbalance in the market for water.
		of the Marshes associated with the reallocation of water from irrigation agriculture to environmental flows for wetland rehabilitation.
	www.biodiv.org /programmes/socio-eco/incentives/case-study.aspx?id=6539 (182 words)

	Ramsar Sites Database (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Macquarie Marshes are one of the largest remaining inland, semi-permanent wetlands in southeast Australia.
		Macquarie Marshes provides habitat for at least 211 bird species, 8 species of native mammal, 15 frog species, 56 reptile species and 24 native fish species.
		The Macquarie River is a regulated stream and in the past, the marshes did not have an adequate and appropriate water regime, which lead to problems.
	www.wetlands.org /RDB/Ramsar_Dir/Australia/AU027D02.htm (1196 words)

	DLWC Media Release - Welcome Water For Macquarie Marshes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Forty thousand megalitres of water are currently headed down the Macquarie River for the internationally recognised Macquarie Marshes, in a win for the environment and a win for the relationship between irrigators, landholders and government.
		Macquarie Marshes Management Committee Coordinator, Sue Jones said landholders in the Macquarie Marshes were extremely pleased to hear the wildlife allocation had been released.
		The 220,000 ha Macquarie Marshes incorporates the NPWS 18,000 ha Macquarie Marsh Nature Reserve and is one of Australia’s most important nesting sites for wetland birds species such ibis, egrets and herons.
	www.dlwc.nsw.gov.au /mediarel/cw20030919_2158.html (530 words)

	National Parks Association Conservation Page
		The picturesque and serene Macquarie Marshes, in central western NSW, is one of the largest semi-permanent wetlands in south-eastern Australia.
		The Macquarie Floodplain Committee is in the process of developing yet another Plan with the aim of identifying floodplain impediments and making recommendations on their management such as reduction, removal or other strategies.
		Macquarie Marshes landholders remain committed to being involved in water management issues including the review and monitoring process for the proposed Water Sharing Plan.
	www.npansw.org.au /web/journal/200206/features-marshes.htm (1223 words)

	NSW SoE 1995 - Catchment Case Studies - Macquarie River Catchment
		The Macquarie Marshes are the wetland and marsh country of this area, consisting of about 40,000 ha of core wetland with up to 220,000 ha inundated during major floods.
		The marshes are the largest area of this type reserved; and are one of the most important waterbird breeding sites in NSW and include significant colonies of glossy ibis, Australian white ibis, straw necked ibis, intermediate egrets and rufous night herons (Kingsford and Thomas, in press).
		The Macquarie Marshes Catchment Management Committee (MMCMC) is addressing concerns that include the reduced area of flooding, the increased waterlogging of some areas of red gum forest, rising saline ground waters, increased channel erosion, clearing for grazing and cropping, changed fire regimes, pollution from agricultural chemicals and damage associated with weed and pest animal species.
	www.epa.nsw.gov.au /soe/95/9_3.htm (4111 words)

	Macquarie Marshes Nature Reserve (NSW - Australia) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Macquarie Marshes are an important wetland area in the central north of NSW through which passes the Macquarie River.
		The Macquarie Marshes are essential for the breeding of many species of water birds.
		There are a number of major threats to the Macquarie Marshes including that of feral animals such as pigs, cats, foxes and carp.
	wilderness.esmartweb.com /NSW/macquarie.html (156 words)

	Macquarie River - free-definition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Macquarie River is one of the main inland rivers in New South Wales.
		The upper reaches of the Macquarie River were first discovered by European settlers in 1813 and the river was named for the then Governor of New South Wales, Lachlan Macquarie.
		The Macquarie is a tributary of the Darling River
	www.free-definition.com /Macquarie-River.html (141 words)

	Climate Change Scenarios and Managing the Scarce Water Resources of the Macquarie River
		The High and Low scenarios indicate that, by 2030, average temperatures in the Macquarie Valley may be between 0.5 and 1.6 0C higher than at present, rainfall may be three to ten percent lower and evaporation may be three to ten percent higher.
		The effects on water availability for both irrigation and flows into the Macquarie Marshes were calculated, assuming that the 1997 water allocation rules were followed.
		The National Parks and Wildlife Services assessed the effects of the lower water flow into the Macquarie Marshes, assuming that the rules allocating water were not changed.
	www.greenhouse.gov.au /impacts/publications/macquarieriver.html (1338 words)

	Natural Heritage - The Journal of the Natural Heritage Trust (Number 8) - Private landholders - the key to wetland ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Thanks to the participation of local landholders, two projects in the Macquarie Marshes area are actively working to conserve significant wetlands and the wildlife contained in them.
		The Macquarie Marshes are located in the central part of New South Wales on the Macquarie River.
		The Marshes comprise a mosaic of semi-permanent wetlands, some of which are protected within the Ramsar-listed Macquarie Marshes Nature Reserve.
	www.nht.gov.au /publications/journal/nht8/story2.html (870 words)

	DLWC Salinity Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Macquarie Marshes is a predominantly flow-through system as opposed to a terminal basin and the impacts will be localised to individual areas within the system as the water is concentrated into pools or depressions and evaporates leaving the salt behind.
		The expected average annual salinity levels for the Macquarie River on entering the Macquarie Marshes is expected to rise from 620
		One implication of this change in salinity levels in the Macquarie River could be that the current 50 GL environmental water allocation for the Marshes might have to be used for water quality control for flushing these saline areas if they occur.
	www.dlwc.nsw.gov.au /care/salinity/references/environment/macquarie_marshes.html (297 words)

	Companion Document - Australia's National Report - 8th Conference of Contracting Parties to the Convention on Wetlands: ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Macquarie Marshes are located in NSW on the lower reaches of the Macquarie River.
		The Macquarie River rises on the western slopes of the Great Dividing Range and breaks into the many streams that form the Macquarie Marshes on the plains north of Warren.
		The Marshes are a complex system of braided swamps, lagoons, channels and floodplain inundated by flooding from the Lower Macquarie River and its distributary streams.
	www.deh.gov.au /water/wetlands/ramsar/report8-comp/objective5a.html (1292 words)

	Macquarie University News
		The product of this process is the Macquarie Marshes, an Australian wetland system second in importance only to Kakadu, which literally teems with plant and animal life.
		One of the major threats to the wetland environment comes from the movement of water channels: as the muddy banks erode and flows form new channels, flooding of existing wetlands occurs less frequently, changing the unique habitat needed by vegetation and wildlife.
		Because the Cesium-137 technique has never before been applied in an environment such as the Macquarie Marshes, Ralph will be working at the University of Exeter for two months this summer to better understand and learn how to use it.
	www.pr.mq.edu.au /macnews/ShowItem.asp?ItemID=129 (1196 words)

	Follow That Bird - Birdwatching tours in Sydney and Australia from 1 day to 2 weeks
		The Macquarie Marshes was the destination and western birds the goal.
		Leaving the Monkeygar behind the marshes the country changed from a sea of green to a more parched landscape punctuated with splashes of colour as Blue Bonnets, Australian Ringnecks and Red-rumped Parrots were flushed from the roadside.
		The flooded channels and shallowly flooded Red Gum woodlands of the northern marshes made for interesting trekking which was compensated by the colour and form of the flowering wetland plants.
	www.followthatbird.com.au /macquariemarshes.htm (1054 words)

	Elanora Heights Primary School - Macquarie Marshes research
		The water entering the Marsh spreads out through very large reed beds which slows it down and it drops silt and is strained so that the muddy water entering goes back into the river at the end of the Marsh clean and clear.
		The Marsh has a variety of vegetation which includes large fragmities (common reed) reed beds, Red Gum forests and areas of lignum, Coolibah and water couch, all of which are needed to povide nesting and feed areas for the waterbirds.
		The big challenge for all involved with the Macquarie Marshes is to manage and keep this area beautiful with a reduced amount of water.
	www.schools.ash.org.au /elanorah/marshes.htm (744 words)

	Coonamble
		The Macquarie Marshes is situated at the lower end of the Macquarie River in central NSW approximately 100kms north of Warren.
		The Macquarie Marshes covers about 200,000 hectares and are recognised on the Ramsar Convention as an internationally important wetland.
		The Macquarie Marshes support over 200 bird species, a number of which depend on the area to breed.
	www.coonamble.org /marshes.htm (266 words)

	Macquarie Marshes, Australia Essay
		Today I will be examining a diverse, yet vulnerable ecosystem at risk, the ecosystem of the Macquarie Marshes.
		As well as examining the biophysical interactions of what is known as "the largest inland semi-permanent wetland in Southeastern Australia" my focus shall also be on progression of the ecosystem over time with relation to its management strategies if you can call them that.
		The Macquarie Marshes are situated on the Darling Riverine Plains at 30o30'S to 31o23'S and from 147o28'E to 147o47'E. Geo....
	www.bookrags.com /essays/story/2004/6/28/224531/523 (282 words)

	Macquarie Marshes Nature Reserve Fire Management Plan
		The Macquarie Marshes is located on the floodplains of the lower Macquarie River of central northern New South Wales, covering an area greater than 150,000 hectares.
		The Macquarie Marshes is located on the lower floodplain of the Macquarie River in New South Wales.
		The development of the Macquarie Marshes Nature Reserve Fire Management Plan was heavy influenced by both a perceived changing fire regime threatening values of an internationally significant wetland reserve, and the knowledge and experience of the local community.
	www.csu.edu.au /special/bushfire99/papers/brookhse/other/index2.html (2670 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		During periods of high flow in the Macquarie, when water is being released from Burrendong Dam, inflows have little impact on the salt load of the Macquarie.
		Water allocations for the Macquarie Marshes may be needed for flushing saline areas as methods of water quality control.
		The Macquarie Marshes is likely to be placed under extreme stress in the future because of salt load accumulation.
	www.littleriver-landcare.org.au /stage1/3situation_statements/16surface_wate_quality_quantity.doc (3506 words)

	Title: The significance of the Physical Environment of the Macquarie Marshes
		The marshes are situated in the lower third of the Macquarie River catchment in the central west of NSW.
		The Macquarie Marshes is an alluvial fan system, developed from various sequences of deposition of the Macquarie River prior to the Quaternary period.
		The dominant factor shaping the current Macquarie Marshes is the history of water flows.
	www.gse.mq.edu.au /units/gse899/postabsAug99.htm (1844 words)

	Travel Downunder - Macquarie Marshes Nature Reserve, New South Wales (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Marshes are one of the larges in land semi-permanent wetlands insouth-eastern Australia which remain in a predominantly natural state.
		The significance of the Macquarie Marshes are reflected by their listing with the Australian Heritage Commission onteh National Heritage Register and with the National Trust as a Landscape Conservation Area on the National Trust Register.
		The Macquarie Marshes Nature Reserve which makes up about 10% of the total Marsh area has been included on the on the list of Wetlands of International Importance (the Ramsar Convention).
	www.traveldownunder.com.au /New_South_Wales/Explorer_Country/Macquarie_Marshes_Nature_Reserve.asp (321 words)

	Wandering Wildlife Website
		The problem here is that water from the Macquarie River is needed for irrigation and the Marshes are shrinking.
		Now that there are large towns and industries such as mining and irrigation which use large amounts of water, (water that used to come down to the Marshes), the Marshes don't get the flooding that they used to get.
		The Marsh is shrinking which is affecting the number of birds that breed here (the size of bird breedings is tied directly to the amount of flooding the Marsh receives).
	www.zip.com.au /~pbennett/www/birds/brolga.htm (299 words)

	00/02/23 - Community concern with Macquarie Marshes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The results of a recent study Options for the Macquarie Marshes -A Community Survey, conducted by Charles Sturt University environmental economist Dr Mark Morrison, show an overall willingness of both city and country residents to pay to improve the quality of the wetland area.
		Regional residents in the Macquarie Valley area were included in the survey in 1999, and came from Oberon, Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee, Wellington, Dubbo, Narromine, Trangie, Warren, Coonamble, Gilgandra and Manildra.
		The study was funded by the Macquarie Marshes Catchment Committee, Charles Sturt University, Macquarie River Food and Fibre, the Macquarie Marshes Environmental Landholders Association and supported by the National Parks and Wildlife Service.
	wwwdb.csu.edu.au /division/marketing/ne/newsm152.htm (359 words)

	Elanora Heights Primary School - Information - Macquarie River (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		When the explorers came to the banks of the Macquarie River and announced that a town of Bathurst would be built here, the Governor of New South Wales was Governor Macquarie.
		There are lots of birds that live near the river and particularly in the Macquarie Marshes.
		Twice a year the Marshes are opened up to the general public for a weekend of camping, barbecues, listening to talks on life in the Marshes and there are guided walks for birdwatching and seeing other wildlife in the Marshes.
	www.elanorahts-p.schools.nsw.edu.au /zipweb/rmacquar.html (890 words)

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