THE Save Nambucca River group has a vision for an environmentally healthy Nambucca River now and into the future.

Beverly Gibbs, a spokesperson for the group, told News Of The Area, “We aim to collaborate with stakeholders to restore water quality for fish, oyster stocks and river users.

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“We also need to return the river to navigable channels.

“We are all responsible for the health and life of our beautiful river and want to continue the conversation,” she said.

On Saturday 7 January 2023, from 9am -1pm at Bellwood Park, Nambucca Heads, Save the Nambucca River is holding a Community Field Day, partnering with OzGreen’s Resilient Communities Program to get a snapshot of the health of the Nambucca River.

The community is invited to come along and find out more about the program and maybe join in.

There will be music from 2NVR Nambucca Valley Radio, storytelling and water testing.

On the day Save Nambucca River group in partnership with OzGreen will be water testing sites of interest for potential sources of pollution along the Nambucca River catchment.

“What are we testing for on the day?” posed Beverly.

“Faecal coliform, dissolved oxygen, phosphates, turbidity, dissolved solids/salinity and pH”.

Results will be available on the day except for faecal coliform, which needs overnight incubation.

OzGreen and Resilient Communities have supported Save Nambucca River’s initiative.

OzGreen’s co-founder and senior scientist Sue Lennox has over three decades of experience in citizen monitoring of river health and a science degree majoring in microbiology.

Also closely involved in the project is Sam Daykin, who is the Bellingen Riverwatch coordinator.

Sam brings his wealth of experience working at Bellingen Riverwatch, one of the largest citizen science water quality monitoring programs in NSW and the largest citizen science macroinvertebrate monitoring program in Australia, involving 60 volunteers monitoring the health of 40 sites monthly across the Bellinger and Kalang River basins.

Alison Heeley, Nambucca Valley Resilient Communities Local Coordinator and an OzGreen member has reported the community’s concerns about the health of the Nambucca River.

“Our group is collaborative and will seek funding to support a citizen science program involving volunteers and local schools to conduct onsite testing.

“Come along for this Community Field Day on January 7 and meet our enthusiastic volunteers, network with interested parties or maybe have your say via the airwaves on 2NVR,” said Beverly.

Save Nambucca River group meets on the first Sunday of each month at 10am at Bellwood Park.

For more info contact group members Darrell, Elizabeth and Beverly (0422 331 878) via the Save Nambucca River Facebook page.