
%0 Journal Article
%A Goldney, D. 
%T Developing A Management Plan for The Thredbo River Platypuses.
%J Australian Mammalogy
%D 1998/06/01
%V 20
%N 2
%P 301-302
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/AM98304
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/AM98304 
%X A management strategy to conserve platypuses in the Thredbo River has been developed for the New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service. The Thredbo River flows through a multi-use land system with headwaters in the wilderness area of the Kosciusko National Park. A range of recreational activities dominated by skiing interests centre around Thredbo Village and the Ski-Tube link and their associated infrastructure. Further down the valley the predominant land use on the southern side of the river is grazing on private land. The river&apos;s historic confluence with the Snowy River is now the site of Lake Jindabyne, part of the Snowy River Hydro-electric Scheme. The dam wall is assumed to be an impenetrable barrier to platypus movement. The plan was developed on the basis of: *Characterising some aspects of platypus population biology in a 2-year study; * comparing these data with limited baseline data; *Observing and interpreting the impacts of a major flood event on population dynamics coinciding with the &apos; melt&apos; phenomenon; *Identifying likely impacts on the platypus population particularly in relation to water quality and siltation-sanding and determining the probable trends of these impacts. It was then possible to suggest actions to ameliorate impacts on the platypus. 
