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Lismore in flood recently. Photo Duncan Wilson.
With heavy rain falling across the Northern Rivers this week, the risks faced by people living in floodplain areas are again coming into focus.
This week
Echonetdaily spoke to Dr Nathan Kesteven, President of Whian Whian Landcare, about the potential of the Northern Rivers Watershed Initiative to mitigate flooding and also improve the health of local rivers.
He explained that the initiative has been in the works since the Lismore floods of 2017, when Landcare teamed up with Rous County Council and Southern Cross University to seek money from the Snowy Hydro Fund to support a catchment-wide rehabilitation scheme. ....

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