This project will undertake comprehensive ecological assessments of the Nimmie-Caira project area. These assessments will ensure that aquatic and terrestrial values and conditions are documented as well as the extent and condition of the land/vegetation cover and landform/contours which will inform future land and water management arrangements in relation to the Nimmie-Caira System Enhanced Environmental Water Delivery Project.

This project will also inform a potential nomination for inclusion on the List of Wetlands of International Importance under the Ramsar Convention.

The assessments will extend previous work undertaken in the lower Murrumbidgee River system. The project must be completed within a ten month period (June 2014 – March 2015).