Summary on progress against core monitoring and evaluation activities ACTIVITIES PROGRESS TO DATE UPCOMING ACTIVITIES Monitoring activities Ecosystem type Data collection complete and No more data collection required suggested Australian National Aquatic Ecosystems (ANAE) types for all sites included in the Monitoring and Data Management System (MDMS). Fish (river) No activity Fish community sampling Fish (larvae) Larval sampling completed Processing of larval samples Waterbird breeding Waterbird monitoring completed Data analysis and evaluation (optional) Water quality and stream Water quality samples collected Checking, calibrating and downloading logger data once loggers metabolism Temporary loggers installed as long term loggers inaccessible because of become accessible flooding Vegetation diversity Half of the vegetation monitoring Remaining vegetation monitoring sites sampled at maximum water level sites to be sampled at or near maximum water level Vegetation QA/QC Frogs (optional) None None Evaluation activities Monitoring data entry Data entry completed for 2015-16 Update ageing data from bony herring Data being collated for 2016-17 data if appropriate entry to MDMS Communication and engagement Selected Area Working Specific working group meeting not Q1 2017 meeting in February/March Group held but working group members have met in October and November in relation to the waterbird breeding event with additional conversations held around Blackwater and the use of Commonwealth environmental water and there has been no need to replicate the conversation. Project team teleconference None None Other Stakeholder Quarterly report #9 finalised in Quarterly progress report #10 to be Engagement November provided to landholders and other stakeholders Note: for the Long-Term Intervention Monitoring Project, Lachlan River system selected area: Appendix A provides additional information about the project for the Lachlan system and its context in terms of ecological monitoring and evaluation within the Murray-Darling Basin Appendix B provides a map showing the location of hydrological zones that will be monitored Appendix C provides a summary of monitoring to be undertaken under the project from 2014-2019.
Summary on progress against core monitoring and evaluation activities ACTIVITIES PROGRESS TO DATE UPCOMING ACTIVITIES Monitoring activities Ecosystem type Data collection complete and suggested Australian National Aquatic Ecosystems (ANAE) types for all sites included in the Monitoring and Data Management System (MDMS). No more data collection required Fish (river) No activity Fish community sampling Fish (larvae) Larval sampling completed Processing of larval samples Waterbird breeding (optional) Waterbird monitoring completed Data analysis and evaluation Water quality and stream metabolism Water quality samples collected Temporary loggers installed as long term loggers inaccessible because of flooding Checking, calibrating and downloading logger data once loggers become accessible Vegetation diversity Half of the vegetation monitoring sites sampled at maximum water level Remaining vegetation monitoring sites to be sampled at or near maximum water level Vegetation QA/QC Frogs (optional) None None Evaluation activities Monitoring data entry Data entry completed for 2015-16 Data being collated for 2016-17 data entry to MDMS Update ageing data from bony herring if appropriate Communication and engagement Selected Area Working Group Specific working group meeting not held but working group members have met in October and November in relation to the waterbird breeding event with additional conversations held around Blackwater and the use of Commonwealth environmental water and there has been no need to replicate the conversation. Q1 2017 meeting in February/March Project team teleconference None None Other Stakeholder Engagement Quarterly report #9 finalised in November Quarterly progress report #10 to be provided to landholders and other stakeholders Note: for the Long-Term Intervention Monitoring Project, Lachlan River system selected area: Appendix A provides additional information about the project for the Lachlan system and its context in terms of ecological monitoring and evaluation within the Murray-Darling Basin Appendix B provides a map showing the location of hydrological zones that will be monitored Appendix C provides a summary of monitoring to be undertaken under the project from 2014-2019.