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May 22 Mangroves killed during Black Summer bushfires near Batemans Bay are not growing back

Feb22 Shoalhaven Riverwatch members plant 250 lomandras and sedges along Shoalhaven River

Feb22 Bolong Road Fishing Platform Interpretive Memorial Sign

Jul21 How mangroves have improve the river

Jun21 Minnamurra River Working Bee 

May21 Shoalhaven Riverwatch founder passes away aged in his 90s

Mar21 ​Riverwatch and Fulton Hogan partner for Clean Up Australia Day on Shoalhaven River

Jan21 Butt Out! ​Volunteers step up to combat Shoalhaven litter scourge

Nov20 Riverwatch Working Bee at our Mangrove Nursery

Oct20 Riverwatch and Fulton Hogan partner for first working bee of 2020

Jul29 Bushfires and floods deposit silt and ash at Shoalhaven Riverwatch mangrove nursery.

Apr20 HMAS Albatross and Jervis Bay Range might be included in PFAS class actions

May20 Understanding factors limiting oyster reef recovery in NSW

Mar20 Hugh Clean Up Australia Day Haul for Shoalhaven Riverwatch press release. 

Jan20 Mangroves to revitalise and sustain the Hawkesbury River

2019 ​:  Bolong Working Bee

2019 ​: Lockheed Martin company, Sikorsky Australia, working with Shoalhaven City Council over PFAS contaminate waste water discharge

2019 ​: Sydney to suck more water from Shoalhaven River as dam levels dive.

2019 ​: EPA: 100,000 litres of PFAS contaminated waste water discharged into the Shoalhaven River on 16 May 2019.

2019 ​: Riverwatch Working Bee at Bamarang 29-30 April 2019

2019 ​: Shoalhaven Riverwatch continues its important environmental work

2019 ​: Shoalhaven Riverwatch members tackle islands as part of Clean Up Australia Day

2019 : Shoalhaven Riverwatch set for a busy 2019

2018 ​: Riverwatch Shoalhaven host last working bee for 2018

2018 ​: Yowaka River sand sausage working bee
2018 ​: Shoalhaven Riverwatch takes its skills to Pambula

2018 ​:Shoalhaven Riverwatch's massive clean up operation

2018 ​:Warnings over Shoalhaven River fish stay in place as PFAS investigations continue​

2018 :Shoalhaven Riverwatch puts down first roots for 2018

2017 ​: Shoalhaven Riverwatch honoured for innovative sand sausage design

2017 ​: Shoalhaven Sand Sausage used at Riversdale Video.

2017: South Coast Style article "Restoring the Soul of the Shoalhaven River"

2017 ​Riverwatch signs off for winter break

2017 ​​Shoalhaven Riverwatch volunteers do their bit for Clean Up Australia

2017 ​Legendary Shoalhaven environmentalist Charlie Weir releases his latest tadpole brood

12016 Steve Poltz to shine at Riverwatch Shoalhaven concert

2016 ​Shoalhaven Riverwatch volunteers have relaunched founder Charlie Weir’s boat after a facelift.

25Oct16 Riverwatch impresses at festival.

2016 ​Shoalhaven Riverwatch host first workshop for the season

2016 ​Libs promise to stabalise Shoalhaven River at Bolong

2016 ​Shoalhaven River banks at Bomaderry stabilised thanks to Shoalhaven Riverwatch and Green Army

2016 ​Shoalhaven Riverwatch raise funds to continue bank stabilisation.
2016 ​Shoalhaven river banks overflowing with rubbish.
2016 ​Free mangroves for landholders.
2016 ​Mangroves set to flourish under Riverwatch.
2016 Grant set to help Riverwatch.

2015 ​Hawkesbury River community divided on whether wakeboarding causes erosion

2015 ​Charlie's Laughing all the way to the bank.
2015 ​Shoalhaven Superheroes nominated for recognition.
2015 ​​Riverwatch elects its new committee
2015 ​Busy bees bag up banks of the Shoalhaven

2015 River Mascot Competition

2014 ​​Mangrove men slow tide of erosion

2014 ​River Festival Call Out

2014 ​Big dry hits Shoalhaven River

2014 Clean Up Australia Day (No say in photo used)

2013 ​Shoalhaven River Flooding Photographs
2013 ​Shoalhaven River Erosion threatens Bolong Road
2013 Coalition Says 'Green Army' May Invade Shoalhaven River

2012 ​Oyster Coast is proving to be a pearler

2012 ​ River Festival Photos

2012 ​Funds help oyster farmers remove toxic infrastructure

2012 ​Shoalhaven draft Local Environmental Plan

2012 ​Oyster Farmers Vow to keep it clean.

2012 Next Big Flood

2011 ​Old Man River Recognised by NSW Maritime 

2011 ​New Riverwatch Boat

2011 ​Hay Bales in River after flood.

2011 ​National Green Jobs Corp

2011 ​Cleaning Up the River

2011 Clean Up Australia Day Video. (Courtesy of Win TV)
2011 Wakeboarders are awake to river erosion

2011 Mangrove Maintenance

2010 Love the River Campaign

2010 Marina Plans

2009 Landcare Award
2008 ​Environmental River Flows
2008 ​Water Transfers to Sydney
2008 ​Shoalhaven River Safe Boating Plan
2008 ​Improving waterway health
2008 ​Slime alarm prompts calls for action
2008 Urban running hurting River
2008 Halt to River restoration work
2008 Navy aids work on Numbaa Island
2008 Acid spill costs Nowra company $100,000
2008  Lack of Council support for River Management Plan ​

2007 Ski Management on Shoalhaven River

2007 Shoalhaven River Estuary Management Plan

2006 Joanna Gash. Statement to Federal Parliament re Charlie Weir and Riverwatch

2005 Public urged to help tackle slimy mangroves

2004  Kemp Announces $17M for South Coast Green Projects

2004 Mangrove plot thickens

2003 Landcare cheers for Charlie

2003 Mangrove Man Wins Top Landcare Award

2003 Singing praises of our Old Man River

2003 Seeds of Sustainability to be planted in more farmers' minds.

2003 Meet Shoalhaven Mangrove Man

​2003 National Landcare Awards

2003 River Sharks rare BUT there !!!

2002 Riverwatch received Natural Heritage Trust Grant to Study Shoalhaven River

2002 Giving Our Land A Hand Booklet

2001 Bank Restoration Bolong

​2001 Flood Gates Grant

2001 Using Science to Fight acid sulphate soil

2001 Natural Heritage Trust

1999 New Focus on Shoalhaven River

1999 Management Plan Needed for River. SCR Editorial

1999 Clock is ticking for Shoalhaven River

1999 Concern about Shoalhaven River Banks

1999 Natural Heritage Trust Grant

1999 Help care for our river

1999 Shoalhaven River Under Threat from Jet Boat