Welcome.
Overview
The Mitchell River Watershed Management Group was formed after a conference on watershed management hosted by the Kowanyama Aboriginal community in 1990. Since then it has grown into an independent, not-for-profit organisation working in partnership with local communities and stakeholders towards:
- A balanced approach to the use of the catchment resources; and
- sustainable and integrated management of the Mitchell River catchment area.
The catchment has an area of 72,000 square kilometres (larger than Tasmania) from above the Coral Sea to the Gulf of Carpentaria across four very diverse bioregions from the Wet Tropics to the Gulf Plains.
Our watershed is comprised of five main river catchments: the Lynd, the Walsh, the Mitchell, the Palmer, and the Alice.
Latest News
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An eager group of volunteers converged on Abattoir Swamp on Sunday 27 June 2021 to mark the start of Mitchell River's management of the wetland. |
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Mitchell River have produced an awareness-raising brochure that features a map of the Amazon Frogbit Sentinel Network. |
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Our project team managed to get to Kowanyama over the first week of September, nearly a year after our initial meeting and before the COVID19 travel restrictions came into place. |
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Over 30 locals enjoyed a feast, a chat, and some reflections on the challenge of climate change in Mount Molloy. |
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According to a recent media release from David Kempton, Chair of the RDA-FNQTS, the prospect of a major dam on the upper Palmer River has taken a step closer to reality. |
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The Nov 2018 General Meeting in Mutchilba was a great opportunity to catch up with projects around the region. |
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The 2018 Mitchell River AGM was held at Mutchilba on 01 Nov for the presentation of reports, retirement of long-serving Chair Ian Adcock, and election of new Committee. |
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