CANBERRA, ACT, May 23 -- Murray-Darling Basin Authority issued the following news release:
The critically endangered snails were found in the Darling (Baaka) River in Wilcannia, in western New South Wales.
The Darling River snail was once common and widespread throughout the Darling (Baaka) River system but, numbers have been declining since the 1960s due to habitat loss, water flow changes and an increase in carp, which eat the snails.
Archaeologist, Dr Sarah Martin, was collecting oral histories that document the First Nations knowledge and values of fish traps in the Wilcannia area as part of a Murray-Darling Water and Environment Research Program (MD-WERP) project underway in the area. About 25 people were interviewed, including Bark...