Icon sites

The Living Murray focuses on improving the environment at six ‘icon sites’ along the Murray River.

The Living Murray icon sites were chosen for their high ecological value — most are listed as internationally significant wetlands under the Ramsar convention — and also for their cultural significance to Indigenous people and the broader community. They are:

• Barmah–Millewa Forest
• Gunbower–Koondrook–Perricoota Forest
• Hattah Lakes
• Chowilla Floodplain and Lindsay–Wallpolla Islands
• Lower Lakes, Coorong and Murray Mouth
• River Murray Channel

Through The Living Murray, action is under way to provide water to these sites and support a natural environment unique to the Australian landscape.

Ecological objectives have been developed aimed at retaining, restoring or improving the sites’ ecosystems, habitats, and species of flora and fauna.

The locations of the six icon sites are marked on the map below:

Further information

Programs to deliver The Living Murray

Water recovery progress report