The future of the Throsby Creek Catchment is being mapped out on a new six-year Plan.
Members of the Throsby Creek Agencies Committee are seeking to improve the ecology's health, and want nearby residents to have a look at the strategy on the Hunter Water website.
The Plan reflects the concept of Total Catchment Management as per the two preceding plans for the catchment, the Throsby Creek TCM Strategy 1989 and the subsequent 2001 TCM Strategy. Those documents were reviewed by relevant stakeholders with agreed outstanding and ongoing actions incorporated in the Plan.
Committee Chair and Newcastle MP Tim Crakanthorp says it's been a long time coming.
"I've been working with state government agencies on this Plan," he said, "we're putting it on exhibition now and we welcome the community's feedback on this."
Committee representative John Sutton says we cannot afford to let the Creek's health slide.
"There's nothing particularly dramatic in this plan, it tackles all of the issues...like water quality, litter, flooding and the general health of the ecosystem," he said.
"We want to continue the improvement that's happened because these things need ongoing monitoring."
The six-year strategy period was decided upon by the Committee as a realistic and tangible timeframe, with activity to commence in late 2018.
You can view the document here.
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| Throsby Creek Government Agencies Committee with Newcastle MP Tim Crakanthorp. |
