This young mother has a beautiful daughter called Clare, and lives in Wentworth. Jade has lived her whole life around the Wentworth district. She is a practising artist and currently works part-time at the Department of Primary Industries, as well as running a home-based Herbal Life business.
The local manager of the Department of Land and Water Conservation (DLWC, now DIPNR) last year described to the Minister of Land and Water Resources the Anabranch as a 'glorified bore drain'. The Anabranch is a well recognised passage and breeding ground for many species of birds including migratory ones. It has an abundance of fish and yabbies, green tree frogs, water rats and is valued highly by recreational visitors, apiarists, fishermen, local landholders and visitors. If the manager of DLWC (now DIPNR) describes the Anabranch as a 'glorified bore drain' then what was the Darling River before the fresh water came down this year? The salt levels were 2500ECs and more at Burtundy. Does that mean that the Darling River will be pipelined too?
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