RESIDENTS can have their say on how MidCoast Council will work to protect our waterways from a range of threats over the next ten years.
Council is developing a Southern Estuaries Coastal Management Program to identify and manage issues impacting lakes, lagoons and river systems from Wallabi Point to Karuah River.
MidCoast estuaries are facing a range of different issues including climate change, lack of community stewardship, agricultural impacts, aquaculture and commercial fishing, loss of coastal wetlands, changes to estuary entrances, impacts to human health, flooding and inundation, recreational impacts, threats to biodiversity and habitat, loss of cultural heritage, land use planning, erosion and sediment control, and stormwater and litter.
The program will outline required actions to manage these threats and protect the environment.
“We know that estuaries are some of our region’s biggest assets and are well loved by the community because of their social, cultural, recreational, economic and environmental importance,’ said MidCoast Council’s Natural Systems Manager, Gerard Tuckerman.
“We encourage everyone to be informed and get involved in protecting our waterways,’ said Mr Tuckerman.
Visit the Southern Estuaries Coastal Management Program’s Have Your Say page to learn more about each of the issues, their impact on our estuaries, what Council is already doing to manage them, and what else it can do.
Provide your feedback about which management solutions you believe are the best choices for our estuaries.
Your feedback will be used to prioritise the options in the Southern Estuaries Coastal Management Program.
Council representatives will be available to discuss the program at Myall Quays Shopping Centre (near Coles) at Tea Gardens on Tuesday 6 May from 1pm to 5pm
Have your say by Thursday 22 May at https://haveyoursay.midcoast.nsw.gov.au/oursouthernestuaries.
