In 2018 prior to watering, the Warrego Street site contained a spattering of lignum, nitre and river salt bush as well as black box along the western side. The main ground cover plant at this site was samphire, but there was also desert glasswort and round-leaf pigface.
The Warrego Street infrastructure was installed in March 2021 ready for the 2021-22 water year. The Renmark North Primary School engaged with the project and visited the site to observe the monitoring and to see the first flush in a test operation. The first environmental water delivery in July-September 2021 was successful and the site has had water delivered each year since.
Frog diversity is high at Warrego Street with the southern bell frog, eastern banjo frog, long thumbed frog, spotted marsh frog, Peron’s tree frog and Murray Valley froglet recorded. Bird diversity is also high, with 18 waterbird species and 26 woodland bird species observed at the site.
