Watercourses usually are the most fertile and productive parts of our landscape.

Known as "riparian land", they often support the highest diversity of plants and animals.

Riparian land also supports other plants and animals in times such as drought and fire, and provides corridors for wildlife.

Watercourses are at risk from cultivation, grazing, weeds, chemical spray drift, floods and fire.

Caring for a creek or river starts best with the right planning.

By setting clear, measurable objectives you can increase your chances of achieving your goals.

Fact Sheets

Water Facts - Fact sheets developed by the Water and Rivers Commission (Gov of Western Australia)

• Water Cycle (103 pdf)
• Water quality and macroinvertebrates (505 pdf)
• River and estuary pollution (179 pdf)
• Algal Blooms (993 pdf)
• What is groundwater? (284 pdf)
• Groundwater pollution (264 pdf)
• Managing groundwater use (303 pdf)
• Floodplain management (199 pdf)
• Salinity (1,258 pdf)
• Living Wetlands: An Introduction to Wetlands (629 pdf)
• Living Streams (975 pdf)
• Watercourses & Wetlands - On Ground Works_2007 (PDF 299KB)

Water Notes - Fact sheets developed by the Water and Rivers Commission (Gov of Western Australia)

• River and estuary landscape appreciation and protection (524 pdf)
• Habitat of rivers and creeks (1,473 pdf)
• Identifying the riparian zone (1,195 pdf)
• The values of the riparian zone (1,721 pdf)
• Protecting riparian vegetation (1,579 pdf)
• Long-term management of riparian vegetation (104 pdf)
• Monitoring and evaluating river restoration works (120 pdf)
• Rushes and sedges (136 pdf)
• Wetlands and weeds (140 pdf)
• Wetlands and fire (135 pdf)
• Wetland vegetation (923 pdf)
• Wetland buffers (979 pdf)
• Wetlands as waterbird habitat (585 pdf)
• Flood proofing fencing for waterways (311 pdf)
• Weeds in waterways (1,719 pdf)
• Importance of Large Woody Debris in sandy bed streams (292 pdf)
• The value of Large Woody Debris (Snags) (765 pdf)
• The management and replacement of large woody debris in waterways (604 pdf)
• Sediment in streams (274 pdf)
• Herbicide use in Wetlands (114 pdf)
• The effects and management of deciduous trees on waterways (74 pdf)
• Simple fishways (345 pdf)
• Determining foreshore reserves (471 pdf)