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Around 18.5% of the Manning River estuary and catchment is protected in the National Park estate. Subcatchments with the highest levels of protection are the middle Barnard River, Myall Creek, Barrington and Rowley’s Rivers. Lower levels of protection through conservation reserves can be seen in the middle Manning River and Burrell, Bakers and Belbora Creeks which have no reservation. Cedar Party Creek and Bowman River also have very low percentages of reserved land. Map 2 shows the percentage of reservation for each of the subcatchments in the Manning valley. Figure 15: National Parks make up18.5% of the Manning catchment

Significant biodiversity assets occur on private lands. A workshop held in Wingham in February 2020 was attended by 77 landholders from the Manning catchment. In an evaluation survey of the workshop participants, 43% of respondents listed biodiversity conservation as their highest priority, while a further 40% listed a mix of biodiversity and productivity.

Draft Manning River Catchment and Estuary and Catchment Management Program 2021-2031 - Main document

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Figure 39 MidCoast Council Organisational Structure

Appendix 6: MCC land-use strategies aligned to the CM SEPP objectives

Implementation Streams

Appendix 2: The Public Participation Spectrum

13. Bibliography

12. Proposed amendments to the CM SEPP

11.3 The Manning River ECMP Research Program

11.1 MERI for the Manning River, Estuary and Catchment

7. Management Actions

6.15 Systems thinking: the interaction between issues

10. Coastal Zone Emergency Sub-Plan

6.13 Sewerage and Septic System Pathogens

Figure 33: The Manning River floodplain, 20 March 2021

Figure 32: Cattle on the riverbank is a common sight

Table 4: Key impacts associated with water pollution from diffuse-source runoff

Figure 25: Estuary with negative impacts vs well-managed estuary

Figure 27: Cattai Wetlands

Figure 26: Conceptual diagram of the Greenhouse Effect

Figure 24: The relationship between activities, stressors and ecological impacts

Figure 22: Risk ratings for sediment and nutrient loading in drainage units

Table 2: Subcatchments posing the highest risk to ecological and community values

Figure 21: Stock intensity in the catchment

Figure 18: Manning River TN and TP readings from 2015-18

Figure 17: The sampling location for water quality data

Figure 9: The Integrated Planning and Reporting Framework

Figure 15: National Parks make up18.5% of the Manning catchment

Figure 14: Program Logic Model

Figure 12: Values our community ascribed to each subcatchment

Figure 11: The consultation program

Figure 16: Water quality monitoring sites in the estuary

Figure 10: Option for the Manning River ECMP Governance Structure

Figure 7: The five stages of a Coastal Management Program