Monkeygar Creek and the Macquarie Marshes, NSW.

Monkeygar Creek and the Macquarie Marshes, NSW.

Macquarie-Castlereagh region: CSIRO Murray-Darling Basin Sustainable Yields Project

The Macquarie-Castlereagh region is one of a series of 18 regions being assessed as part of the CSIRO Murray-Darling Basin Sustainable Yields Project.

  • 25 March 2008 | Updated 14 October 2011

Background

The Macquarie-Castlereagh region is in central-west New South Wales and represents 6.9 per cent of the total area of the Murray-Darling Basin (MDB).

The region has a population of around 180 000 people concentrated in the centres of Dubbo, Wellington, Mudgee, Orange and Bathurst.

Research findings

The following documents detail the research findings:

Macquarie-Castlereagh regional report, Murray-Darling Basin Sustainable Yields Project

The full report for the Macquarie-Castlereagh region from the CSIRO Murray-Darling Basin Sustainable Yields Project. (158 pages)

Macquarie-Castlereagh region fact sheet: Murray-Darling Basin Sustainable Yields Project

A brief guide to the key findings from the CSIRO Murray-Darling Sustainable Yields Project report on the Macquarie-Castlereagh region. (2 pages)

Macquarie-Castlereagh region: summary of regional report

A summary of a report to the Australian Government from the CSIRO Murray-Darling Basin Sustainable Yields Project. (12 pages)

Presentation of results from the Macquarie-Castlereagh and Lachlan regions

A presentation made to Macquarie-Castlereagh and Lachlan region stakeholders regarding the findings of the Murray-Darling Basin Sustainable Yields Project. (33 pages)


Find out more about the The CSIRO Murray-Darling Basin Sustainable Yields Project.