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Cudgera Creek and Kerosene Inlet, Fingal Head

Baseline Ecological Assessment Report Cudgera Creek and Kerosene Inlet, Tweed Coast (1,467kb)
Australian Wetlands was commissioned by the Tweed Shire Council (TSC) to undertake a baseline ecological health assessment for the Cudgera Creek estuary at Hastings Point and Kerosene Inlet on Letitia Spit Fingal Head, NSW. The project involved the collection and identification of benthic macroinvertebrates, water and sediment quality assessment as well as on-site assessment of seagrass health.

Cobaki and Terranora Broadwater Ecosystem Health Monitoring Program

Report Card 2009 (6.88mb)
This report card shows the results of an estuary health investigation conducted by Tweed Shire Council in Cobaki and Terranora Broadwaters and their catchments. Water Quality and other estuary health indicators, for example sea grass condition, have been measured for 12 months, and the results analysed to provide a description of the overall condition of the entire system.

Technical Report 2009 (31.4mb)
This report presents the results of an Ecosystem Health Monitoring Program (EHMP) commissioned by Tweed Shire Council of the Cobaki and Terranora Broadwaters and their catchments. Council have released an assessment of ecological health in the form of a Report Card in which four freshwater creek sub-catchments, as well as the Cobaki and Terranora estuary, are graded from “A” (excellent) to “F” (fail). This report complements the 2008 Ecosystem Health Report Card, providing scientific background and justification of the Report Card Grades.