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Water notes

The Water note series provides a general guide to river and wetland ecology, restoration and management. They are designed to complement the more comprehensive and technical River restoration manual.

Water Notes can be viewed or downloaded from the list below and are also available as a set on disc from the Department of Water library.

Some water notes refer to wetland management. For more detailed current information about wetland management, see A guide to managing and restoring wetlands in Western Australia (available on the Department of Parks and Wildlife website).

List of water notes

WN 1: Wetlands and weeds

WN 2: Wetlands and fire

WN 3: Wetland vegetation

WN 4: Wetland buffers – this note is no longer available. Refer to the Guidance statement 33: environmental guidance for planning and development, part B4 (Environmental Protection Authority 2008) or contact the Department of Parks and Wildlife for advice on wetland buffers.

WN 5: Wetlands as waterbird habitat

WN 6: Livestock management : construction of livestock crossings

See also: Building creek crossings and Crossing creeks: stream crossings on farms.

WN 7: Livestock management : watering points and pumps

WN 8: Habitat of rivers and creeks

WN 9: The value of large woody debris (snags)

WN 10: Protecting riparian vegetation

WN 11: Identifying the riparian zone

WN 12: The values of the riparian zone

WN 13: The management and replacement of large woody debris in waterways

WN 14: Lamprey guides

WN 15: Weeds in waterways

WN 16: River and estuary landscape appreciation and protection

WN 17: Sediment in streams

WN 18: Livestock management : fence location and grazing control

WN 19: Flood proofing fencing for waterways

WN 20: Rushes and sedges

WN 21: Importance of large woody debris in sandy bed streams

WN 22: Herbicide use in wetlands

WN 23: Determining foreshore reserves

See also: Better Urban water Management Guidance Note 6: Identifying and establishing waterways foreshore areas

WN 24: Riparian zone revegetation in the Avon catchment

WN 25: The effects and management of deciduous trees on waterways

WN 26: Simple fishways

WN 27: Demonstration sites of waterways restoration in Western Australia

WN 28: Monitoring and evaluating river restoration works

WN 29: Long-term management of riparian vegetation

WN 30: Safeguarding Aboriginal heritage

WN 31: Revegetating with native grasses in the Avon catchment

WN 32: Establishing samphires in the Avon catchment

WN 33: The ecology of wheatbelt lakes

WN 34: The wheatbelt's ancient rivers

WN 35: Rivers of the Kimberley : about the Kimberley rivers

WN 36: The Kimberley river environment : about the Kimberley rivers

WN 37: Wild rivers in Western Australia

WN 38: Management of sediment in pools of the Avon River system

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