Last month’s tour of the Pollack and a similar site within Koondrook Perricoota forest hosted by Western Murray Land Improvement Group (WMLIG) attracted over 45 attendees from Barham and surrounds, some making the trip from as far as Deniliquin, Moama, and Kerang. The purpose of the tour was to demonstrate the positive effects that managed environmental watering has had in the Pollack, to raise awareness of the current poor condition of the broader Koondrook Perricoota (KP) Forest, and to lead a bottom-up community-led approach for a shared vision of the forest.

The tour included three stops: the Pollack Swamp Inlet, the Pollack Lagoon,