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Compliant building sites good news for NSW waterways

NSW builders are ‘getting the site right’ with more than half successfully implementing erosion and sediment controls to protect local environments, but councils and regulators still had to hand out $376,789 in fines in May. Twenty-two councils across Greater...

Cooks River Litter Data Snapshot 2022

The Cooks River Litter Data Snapshot 2022 provides an overview of the Key Littered Items Study (KLIS), a long-term program for monitoring marine debris along the NSW coast, with a focus on the Cooks River catchment. Data has been...

The Paddle Trails of the Cooks River

The Cooks River Paddle Trail website has recently launched, offering maps and routes for paddlers to explore the Cooks River in Sydney. Organized by the River Canoe Club and supported by the Cooks River Alliance, the website aims to...

kayakers on creek surrounding by bushland

Love your home ground

Here at the Cooks River Allaince we love when our partners do amazing things for the river!! Another happy story below! In early 2022 Inner West Council applied for and successfully secured an EPA litter prevention project grant. This...

Cooks River Litter Prevention Strategy

Over the past few years, the River Canoe Club has worked with a number of local stakeholders such as the Cooks River Alliance and The Mullets to organise clean up events along the Cooks River. Building on the success...

Map of Cooks River Catchment Scoping Study Area

Cooks River Catchment Coastal Management Program

This project is supported by the NSW Government’s Coastal and Estuary Management Program. Read more about Coastal Management Programs and the Scoping Study below. What is a Coastal Management Program? A CMP sets the long-term strategy for the coordinated...

Cooks River Rescue School Action Program

The Cooks River Alliance has partnered with the Georges River Environmental Education Centre (GREEC) to deliver the Cooks River Rescue School Stormwater Action Plan Program. The now completed program involved 19 schools across the Cooks River Catchment, leaving a...