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The major aim of Waterwatch is to increase people's understanding of freshwater environments and gain an appreciation of the issues our waterway face. Not only does Waterwatch hope to increase community understanding of river health management, but also their involvement in it. By providing the community with free water quality monitoring training, Waterwatch helps build the capacity of the community to investigate and understand water quality and river health issues.

An example of the amazing biodiversity to
be found around the region - Perons Tree Frogs
(Photographer: Scott Sandercock 2007)

The structure of Waterwatch programs varies from region to region. Nationally, you are likely to find that water quality monitoring, habitat assessment and macroinvertebrate surveys form the backbone of Waterwatch programs. In our region, we believe that a holistic approach to river health awareness raising is essential. North Central Waterwatch has developed several auxiliary biodiversity education and monitoring programs to compliment the traditional Waterwatch activities. By expanding the choice of activities to suit different community interests, North Central Waterwatch hopes to increase the diversity of participants involved in aquatic environment evaluation and monitoring.

For education and conservation initiatives and to learn more about frogs go to www.lydiafucsko.com