RIVER MGMT: "Loving the river...again"

Sydney Morning Herald
15 October 2008

Years ago it was decided to tame the Cooks River's unruly banks with concrete, but now the reverse is happening, writes Jennie Curtin.

Poor old Cooks River - such a sadly chequered history: polluted, degraded and clogged, then concreted over, fenced in and denuded of its natural vegetation.

No wonder many Sydneysiders think the concrete channel that meanders through parts of the inner west is nothing more than a stormwater drain.

But hope is in sight. Plans are afoot to return parts of the river to its former glory, or to a state as glorious as is possible after more than a century of abuse...

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