The department has used the latest research from the University of New England to develop water requirements for the endangered Bell’s turtle.
The Murray Darling Basin Authority has recently published the NSW 2020 reports on environmental outcomes at the asset scale (Matter 8) and progress towards water quality targets (Matter 12).
The Surface Water Science team are developing new environmental DNA techniques for monitoring the Giant dragonfly to help protect this endangered species.
The Surface Water Science team are using Baited Remote Underwater Videos (BRUVs) to survey freshwater turtle populations.
The NSW Government are collaborating with Macquarie University to trial new technology for measuring water quality in NSW rivers.