Murray Valley National Park

Featured National Park

Ross McDonnell, Former NSW NPWS Regional Manager and long term NPA Member

Many reserves have a myriad of management arrangements related to the protection of historical, cultural, recreational and natural values. While these arrangements generally impact in a positive way they can be complex to administer. One example of a complex set of arrangements is with the environmental water allocations (EWAs) for the Murray Valley National Park.

Eastern Great Egret

Creature Feature

Kevin Evans, Former CEO, National Parks Association of NSW

The largest of the Australian Egrets is the Eastern Great Egret (Ardea modesta) standing almost 1.5m high and weighing in at 1.5kg. A truly majestic bird Eastern Great Egrets can be distinguished from other egret species by the length of its neck, which is greater than the length of its body.