OFTEN described as Leeton’s “hidden gem”, the Fivebough and Tuckerbil Wetlands will be part of a global event in the coming days.
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World Wetlands Day is held each year on February 2, with Murrumbidgee Landcare preparing to hold an event to coincide with occasion in Leeton on January 31.
Starting at the Presbyterian Hall from 5pm, the event will include guest speakers who will cover a variety of topics before attendees will then head down to the wetlands to explore its beauty and the challenges of its management.
Local Landcare co-ordinator Kathy Tenison said there were many significant wetlands in the Murrumbidgee catchment and Fivebough was one of them.
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“These wetlands help to clean the river system, buffer floods, provide habitat for a large diversity of wildlife and provide recreational resources,” she said.
“Traditional owners over time found wetlands to be a valuable source of food, fibre and even transport.
“Fivebough and Tuckerbil are listed under the Ramsar international convention making them extra special.”
Attending on the night will be speakers with a wealth of knowledge on wetlands, eWater, frogs, birds, management of wetlands, climate change impacts, the history of wetlands, Ramsar sites, bird migration, endangered species in the region.
A wetland can be a permanently wet depression, or a depression that is wet some of the time and dry at others.
It can be a billabong that is part of a riverine riparian area or a permanently wet or ephemeral lake.
The most diverse wetlands are the ones that experience a wetting and drying phase.
To attend the evening, RSVP by January 29 to Ms Tenison on 0428 396 826.
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