Environment & Sustainability

Lake and land monitoring, management, conservation, and environmental programs, accessing and protecting our natural assets.

Active Programs

Our ongoing environmental initiatives and conservation efforts to protect and enhance Smiths Lake's natural environment.

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Lake - Water Level Monitoring LIVE

Sustainability & Conservation ActiveFacilitated by MCC

Smiths Lake Water Level — Live & Free - tells you things you need to know before the sandbar opens.

📍 Location: Smiths Lake Foreshore and Waterways
🤝 Partners: (Manly Hydraulics); MidCoast Council;
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Lake - Access & MCC Plan of Management

Sustainability & Conservation ActiveFacilitated by MCC

On the Water — Speed limits, fishing zones, boat access — here is how Smiths Lake is managed.

📍 Location: Smiths Lake Foreshore and Waterways
🤝 Partners: Landcare NSW; MidCoast Council;
📊 People: Debe Brassey
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Lake - Openings, Recent & Historical

Reference ActiveOpen for Comment

Smiths Lake is what scientists classify as an intermittently closed and open lake (ICOLL) — a coastal lagoon that is predominantly closed to the ocean, but periodically opened, either naturally or mechanically, to manage water levels and maintain the health of the estuary.

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Lake - Water Level Monitoring

Sustainability & Conservation ActiveFacilitated by MCC

Smiths Lake Water Level — Live & Free

📍 Location: Smiths Lake Foreshore and Waterways
🤝 Partners: (Manly Hydraulics); MidCoast Council;
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Lake - Water Quality / Health Monitoring - (MCC)

Sustainability & Conservation ActiveFacilitated by MCC

Smiths Lake Water Quality — Tested, Monitored, Reported

📍 Location: Smiths Lake Foreshore and Waterways
🤝 Partners: NSW EPA; MidCoast Council;
💧 People: Debe Brassey
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Fishing - A Story of Lake & Ocean

Reference ActiveOpen for Comment

RFS, MCC and Community management plan for clearing and maintenance of APZ’s for fire risk mitigation and protection of Smiths Lake people and property.

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Landcare & Bush Regeneration

Community Project ActiveFacilitated by MCC

Hands in the Ground, Monday Mornings. Smiths Lake's volunteer Landcare group is heroic — and there is always a welcome for another pair of hands.

📍 Location: Village Foreshore & Green Space Bushland Reserves
🤝 Partners: Landcare NSW; MidCoast Council;
🚌 People: Mike Gibson
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Clean-Up our Bushland - Smiths Lake Tally

Community Project ActiveOpen to New ParticipantsOpen for Comment

Six Tonnes and Counting. Rubbish, derelict craft and abandoned equipment — gone.

📍 Location: Village Foreshore & Greenspaces
🤝 Partners: Clean Up Australia; Midcoast Council;
🚌 People: Robert Bain
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Geo Location Co-ordinates

Sustainability & Conservation Active

Find Us — Smiths Lake Village

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Sustainability Programs

Sustainability & Conservation ActiveFacilitated by MCC

Your Backyard, Your Bushland. Free workshops, citizen science, and hands-on programs — protecting what makes Smiths Lake special.

📍 Location: Varies
🤝 Partners: Clean Energy Council; Landcare NSW;
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