Tuesday, 13th August 11th Australian Stream Management Conference 2024

• The future of freshwater species: how do we collectively overcome the challenges facing Australia's freshwater species? - Nick Whiterod

Session 2 - Tue 13 Aug 9:30am (1 hour 20 minutes) - Planning for change

1. Recap on top ideas from day 1
2. Deep dive brainstorming session: add to and refine top ideas for each category from day 1. Participants will circulate around the 5 action categories to contribute to each one. Participants will nominate actions for now and next 10 years, and actions for individuals, organisations and professional bodies.
3. Summarise actions for each category and invite reflections on emerging keywords and theme
4. Close and next steps

• Seasonal rivers - the conundrum of determining environmental water requirements and environmental triggers - Douglas Green
• Impact of the ‘or natural’ clause on environmental flow compliance when modelling future climate change scenarios - Katherine Szabo
• Hydrology and hydraulic modelling for the Victorian Constraints Measures Program – lessons learnt - Simon Lang

• Hydrological Restoration of the Critically Endangered Fleurieu Peninsula Swamps Ecological Community - Ben Taylor
• Risks of pumped hydro energy storage projects to fish passage and aquatic environments - Craig Chargulaf
• PROTECTION FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS - Terry George

• Quantifying the Benefit of Vegetation in Reducing Sediment Delivery to Morton Bay - Michael Cheetham
• Weir drawdown desilting: balancing water quality risks with sediment connectivity and cost-effectiveness benefits.  - Sam Davidson
• Assessing the effectiveness of riparian buffer zone settings on the ingress of sediment to streams - James J. Shelley

• Sharing knowledge: What can smaller gully and streambank erosion management programs learn from large-scale programs in the GBR catchment? - Lyndsay Charlton
• Sediment management in Metropolitan Adelaide - Helen Braithwaite

• Flow optimisation has demonstrated benefits for fish and crayfish - Chris Bloink
• Environmental flows in the city: delivering benefits with excess water - Priya van Ryn

• Did the Black Summer bushfires turn up the heat on platypus populations? - Josh Griffiths
• Understanding the impact of climate change on water quality in South-East Australia - Jonah Bas