As duck calls break the morning silence, the landscape slowly changes pace. Frogs turn in for the day, flocks of ibis circle overhead and cormorants dry their wings in the morning sun. Wetlands and black box woodlands stretch into the distance.

This is a special place, and it needs our help. This spectacular spot in the upper reaches of the Murray-Darling Basin, where Naree Station Reserve lies, holds immense ecological value. Regular flooding here creates a vital breeding ground for waterbirds that come from miles away, but its value extends far beyond what you can see.

We can create refuge for rare and vulnerable species such as kultarrs and planigales. Reducing grazing pressure will help to restore native vegetation cover and protect species that call this place home. It's crucial we protect this nationally important wetland, Yantabulla Swamp.

With your help, we can continue to manage and protect this precious wetland. Funds raised will support deepening landscape management across the connected reserve system.

Your donation can help us:

  • Restore native groundcover.
  • Create a safe haven where endangered species will thrive.
  • Monitor and protect wetland bird populations.

By acting now, you can ensure this remarkable wetland thrives for generations.

Please donate today to help us protect one of Australia’s last wild river systems forever.

Bridget Roberts

Bridget Roberts
Bush Heritage Ecologist
Paroo Warrego

“All it takes is one big flood for the place to come alive. Fish start feeding... All of the lignum and the big coolabahs and yapunyas turn green and start flowering. The insects go crazy and it brings in birds from all around.”

— Bridget Roberts (Ecologist)

Photo by Annette Ruzicka

Brolgas. Photo Darcy Whittaker.

Brolgas. Photo by Darcy Whittaker.

Boom and bust

Iconic waterbirds such as egrets, ibis, brolgas, pied stilts and spoonbills rely on flooding in inland river systems to support breeding colonies. This wetland is part of the last free-flowing rivers in the Murray-Darling Basin, their waters still flowing when rain arrives. Elsewhere our waterways and their wetlands struggle.

While often dry, when water does come, the landscape is ready to transform. Burrowing frogs, crustaceans and shrimp lie waiting below the surface, plants and algae turn the landscape a vivid green and with plenty to feed on waterbirds are attracted in large numbers.

The biggest threat to our waterbirds is loss of habitat, particularly through drying rivers and wetlands. Don't let that happen here.

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About Bush Heritage

Bush Heritage Australia is a leading not-for-profit conservation organisation protecting ecosystems and wildlife across the continent.

We’re grounded in science and culture to protect and heal Country forever. We’re on the ground, working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and the agricultural sector to deliver landscape-scale impact.

Together, we're nurturing Australia's natural heritage for generations to come.

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Photo by Annette Ruzicka.

Photo by Annette Ruzicka.

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Where water flows, biodiversity grows.

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Galahs. Photo by Annette Ruzicka

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