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    Yarra Riverkeeper calls for collaborative actions to achieve the vision of the Yarra Strategic Plan

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    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Melbourne, Victoria, 18 September 2023 – Today, ahead of World River’s Day (24 September), the Yarra Riverkeeper Association releases its assessment of the first year of implementation of Burndap Birrarung burndap umarkoo – the plan to reimagine […]

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    The Future of Platypus

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    In the heart of the Yarra, Birrarung, there exists a remarkable creature – the platypus, known as Dulai Wurrung in the language of the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung people. These enigmatic animals are a testament to nature’s creativity. Last week we were […]

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    Deer damage the precious Bolin Bolin billabong

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    It was only about decade ago that seeing a Sambar deer in the middle or lower Birrarung Parklands was a novelty. Well how things have changed! Sambar deer became an environmental problem from about the 1980s when many small optimistic […]

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