CANBERRA, ACT, Aug. 8 -- Murray-Darling Basin Authority issued the following news release:
We already know that visiting national parks and being in nature is good for our mental health. However, we do not know whether visiting rivers and wetlands has the same positive benefits. A recent Murray-Darling Water and Environment Research Program project investigated this effect.
The Murray-Darling Basin covers an area of more than one million square kilometres and is home to 2.4 million Australians. It includes over 30,000 wetlands and 23 major rivers. Researchers surveyed over 6,000 Basin residents.
They found people visit the Basin for:
* connection with places of personal, spiritual or historical significance
* recreation and exercise
* s...