RoC Resources Library – Rivers of Carbon

Resources Library

Browse information-packed resources on managing riparian areas for improved water quality, stock health and sustainable farm management.

If you’re not sure where to start try our Managing Stock Around Waterways Guide, jam-packed with information to support landholders with livestock, or our Stream Condition Checklist, an easy-to-use checklist to assess the health of the waterway you might be interested in looking after.

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Managing Stock and Waterways on your property
An in-depth, practical resource for NSW landholders looking for productivity and environmental benefits.

Attracting and caring for amphibians in your stream, creek or wetland
A landholders guide on getting to know and promoting amphibian populations on their property.

Guide: Promoting our Pollinators
Learn about methods of pollination, notable and lesser known pollinating species, and how you can promote pollination on your own property.

Managing Box elder around waterways
Learn about the problems associated with box elder infestations and how to manage them.

What are buffers, sponges and moderators?
Swampy meadows: What they are, what they're not, and why they're so critical to protect.

How landholders are treating erosion headcuts
A visual guide on the steps of building a rock flume for managing small erosion headcuts.

Ngarigo river connections
Understanding and respecting the Ngarigo lands on which we work.

Ngunnawal river connections
Understanding and respecting the Ngunnawal lands on which we work.

Trading carbon
Understanding Australia's national carbon credit system, and what it means for you.

Science underpinning Rivers of Carbon
Learn how carbon sequestration in riparian zones promotes water quality, biodiversity and other benefits.

What is the problem with willows?
A review of willows in riparian areas, and their effect on water quality and and quantity.

Willow removal increases water for fish
The science behind vegetation species choices and water for the environment.

7 key tips for a fish friendly farm
Seven actions you can do to benefit native fish life in the streams on or near your farm.

Managing blackberries around waterways
Understanding the biology, life cycle, and growing regions can help you properly manage this Weed of National Significance.

Seed collecting guide
9 important steps for landholders when collecting and caring for seed from Australian native plants.

Threatened plant species guide
Learn about threatened plant species in this list prepared by the Australian National Botanic Gardens

Native revegetation species list
A list of the best species for revegetating following on-ground works such as weed removal, fencing out and bank stabilisation.

How to attract more native birds to your riparian area
Maintaining native bird life in and around your riparian landscape is vital for supporting healthy ecosystem function.

Landholder attitudes to riparian fencing
Read about the effects of fencing out stock on sustainable farm management.

Cows and virtual fence — Virtual fencing to protect riparian areas
In-depth review of electronic fencing system to improve farming and ecological outcomes.

Wombat Mum and Bub — Wombat behaviour, burrows and being neighbours
Often an unwanted visitor, this guide helps property owners appropriately understand, handle, and potentially remove wombats.

Recognising and caring for rakali, our Australian water rat
A landholders guide on understanding and protecting this unique Australian species.

What platypus need to thrive
Read 6 fabulous facts about platypus and their reliance on riparian real estate.

Streamside forests excel at carbon storage
Learn how streamside forests offer climate change mitigation and more.

Multiple benefits of reforestation
Read about the environmental, social and economic benefits of counting carbon.

How riparian grasses respond to flooding in summer
An outline of how seasonal flow cycles will effect riparian vegetation.

Protecting and restoring threatened Australian native plant species
David Taylor enlightens us on how to be advocates for Australia's native flora.

Improving farm roads and tracks to withstand erosion
Learn how landholders are building robust farm roads to avoid erosion and extra repair expenses.

Respecting river diversity
A technical guide on the forms and features that make Australian rivers so diverse.

Identifying the three different types of ibis in Australia
All you need to know about ibis in Australia and how you can support them.

Stream Condition Checklist
This checklist is an easy-to-use way of working out the health of the waterway.

Rapid Assessment of Riparian Condition
An assessment tool to assess the ecological condition of riparian habitats using indicators that reflect natural function.

Revegetation Species List
A list of native species best for revegetation following on-ground works.

Swampy meadows and wetlands fact sheet
Understanding and managing unique riparian systems in Southeast NSW.

Treating erosion headcuts fact sheet
A handy 2-page fact sheet if you are looking to manage localised erosion on your property.

Technical Guide: What is a River of Carbon?
Learn about biodiverse carbon, where is it found, and how it relate to river management.

Rivers of Carbon, Rivers of Life
A collection of stories on the multiple benefits of riparian restoration.

Habitat makes fish happen
A collection of stories on the relationship between healthy flows, healthy fish and healthy communities.

Designing and creating waterway crossings on rural blocks and farms
Understand what waterway crossings are suited to different situations and tips on best-practice construction.