FOR any amateurs that have used the excuse of there isn't enough fish in the Macquarie River and that is why they didn't catch anything, they won't be able to use that for much longer.
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On the back of a state government grant of $33,300, which was matched with $34,000 from the Inland Waterways Rejuvenation Association, and another $5,000 from the Wellington Fishing Club, work is underway to return the Macquarie River to its former glory.
The Mending Our Macquarie project is repairing the much loved waterway, through the use of large woody structures or snags inserted into the Macquarie River around Dubbo, to provide new homes for native fish, while invasive river bank willows will also be controlled and replaced with native riverbank plantings.
Willow work recently got underway with trained bush care contractors tackling major woody weed along two kilometres of priority Macquarie River frontage.
Parliamentary Secretary for Western NSW Sarah Mitchell congratulated the local groups who got involved in the project.
"The Inland Waterways Rejuvenation Association should be proud of themselves for taking the health of their local river and the future of their local fishery into their own hands," she said.
