Richmond Riverkeeper

10/06/2026

The mullet run is on!

10/06/2026

Upper Wilsons catchment goodness! This Friday 12 June with Wilsons Creek Huonbrook Landcare 🌱

08/06/2026

06/06/2026

🪲 Life is pretty amazing in the upper Wilsons catchment at Upper Coopers Creek but there is still a lot of fine sand moving through after the 2022 floods and landslides and this sand is taking up spaces where water bugs like to be!

❤️‍🩹 Places like these are about as healthy as our catchment gets - it all goes downhill from here!

🎥 All the bait disappeared from the BRUV! Stay tuned for the video 🐟

Join us for our next Bugs & BRUVs Workshop- https://www.facebook.com/share/1C7Dj1guw7/?mibextid=wwXIfr

03/06/2026

21/05/2026

📣Richmond RiverFest 2026 is back - Expressions of Interest are now open!

Richmond RiverFest is a month-long community celebration of the rivers, cultures and communities of the Northern Rivers and brings much needed connection and hope to the future of the river.

Presented by Richmond Riverkeeper in partnership with local government, industry and community partners , the festival brings together Custodians, community groups, conservation organisations, artists and educators to honour our river systems through storytelling, events and a shared commitment to protection and restoration.

🙌🏽 Richmond RiverFest 2026 runs from World Rivers Day Sunday 27 September to Sunday 25 October.

We welcome events of all shapes and sizes — as long as they connect people to the Richmond River catchment and celebrate or care for our waterways. Events can be led by community groups, Landcare networks, councils, conservation organisations, schools, artists, scientists or passionate individuals.

Examples from past festivals include events big & small:

🌱 Riparian planting and working bees
🚶‍♀️Guided river walks, paddles and boat trips
🎨 Art workshops, photography and storytelling
🪲 Science events, public forums and panels
🎉 Family fun days and community festivals
🐓Field tours and farm visits
🌏Conservation and restoration workshops.

Submit your EOI 👉🏽 https://forms.monday.com/forms/f9ee55202dad28a7c6361ccdf03d2fb4?r=apse2

EOI Deadline: Monday 30 June 2026
Enquiries: Contact [email protected]

17/05/2026

Streaming now in your favorite podcast app

17/05/2026

🎧We Are The Riverkeepers podcast latest episode features a conversation with Adele Wessell, President and Riverkeeper of the Richmond Riverkeeper.

Professor of History, Adele Wessell approaches the river a little differently. Having lived in the Northern Rivers for 30 years and teaching history at Southern Cross University over that time, she’s developed a multi-layered relationship with the Richmond in Northern NSW on Widjabal Wia-bal Country.

Hers is personal, as well as professional and steeped in stories of the past – Indigenous and Colonial. She is a founding member of Richmond Riverkeeper as well as the Richmond River Historical Society and has completed a number of projects on local history… including the development of the Richmond River Open Access Repository. It's in the storytelling itself that Adele sees a pathway to connection, and the subsequent care for the river that follows, when that connection is made.

In this episode hear the extraordinary story of the Red Cedars - the reasons for their extraction might surprise you - the actions that caused the wounds that the river carries today.

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This podcast has been made possible with support from the Caring for Catchments project funded by the Australian Government in partnership with the NSW Reconstruction Authority and North Coast Regional Landcare Network.

Let’s work together, to make rivers swimmable, fishable and drinkable, worldwide. You, me, We Are The Riverkeepers