Saturday,
28 December 2024
Fallen vegetation not a cause of river flooding

I READ with concern comments by Tim McCurdy MP (in December issue of North East and Goulburn Murray Farmer) supported by Shadow Minister for the Environment James Newbury, that "our rivers need to be cleaned out so that water and debris will flow downstream, allowing rivers like the King and Ovens to build up with fallen trees is appalling ".

The flooding of rivers is caused by high rainfall and r...

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