The River Basin Kids eNewspaper.
Link. Editorial.
Read about the Philosophy of 'The River' eNewspaper and a letter from the Executive Editor!
Link. For Teachers.
MDBC milestones. More to come for 2008! Link. Quick Questions.
Link. Wildlife of the Month.
One of the basin's precious wildlife species will be featured each month. This month it's the Great Crested Grebe.

Link. Fish of the Month.
Each month The River features one species of fish taken from the Basin Fish section of the Basin Kid's website. This month it's the Silver Perch.

Link. Plant of the Month.
Each month The River features one native plant. This month it's the Nardoo.

Link. Creative Corner.
Come on kids send us your art!!!!

Creative corner shows the community how creative the Basin's kids can be! If you like to draw, paint pictures, write poems and stories or even write songs about the Basin then give it a go!

Link. Basin School News.
Basin School News provides a fantastic opportunity for you to tell the kids of Australia about exciting environmental projects that your school is involved in.

Link. Cartoon Captions.
Create a clever caption for this cartoon. The best suggestions will be published in the next issue of The River.

Link. Glossary.
Definitions for tricky words are found in this section.

Link. Past Issues.
Check out previous issues of the eNewspaper in this section.

Link. Go to Basin Kids.

NSW Youth River Health Conference

Link. NSW Youth River Health Conference.
Every two years, kids get together to talk about the waterways in New South Wales. Like the recent International River Health Conference held in Canberra, this conference is about discussing the health issues of river systems, but focuses on rivers and coasts in the state of New South Wales. The 2007 conference (November 19-20) was held in Inverell in northern NSW and over 200 primary and secondary students participated.
Link. More Information.

Community helping a 1000 year old!

Link. Community helping a 1000 year old!.
A big old tree got a big old drink. 'Eagle Tree' is a River Red Gum that is about 1,000 years old, stands 50 metres tall, lives in Gunbower Forest in Victoria (Australia's second largest River Red Gum community) and has just received a much needed drink.
Link. More Information.

It's raining birds!

Link. It's raining birds!
Just like the rain, masses of birds are descending upon the Basin's northern wetlands. They are settling in and setting up home for a while, while they raise their chicks.
Link. More Information.

If you bag the tag...

Link. If you bag the tag...
If you catch a fish with a tag - write it down! If you do this, it will help scientists who are monitoring the movements of native fish in our river systems.
Link. More Information.

Pygmy Perch Emergency

Link. Pygmy Perch Emergency.
Australia's Southern Pygmy Perch was in need of help, so emergency storages of Murray water were used for its rescue.
Link. More Information.

Cartoon Captions - December 2007/January 2008 Winning Entry by Sarah Rice, NSW

Image. Cartoon Captions - December 2007/January 2008 Winning Entry.

 
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