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Article: NSW: Murray River Rescue to plant 10 million trees
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- AAP General News (Australia)
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- August 17, 2001
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AAP General News (Australia)
08-17-2001
NSW: Murray River Rescue to plant 10 million trees
By Kelly Nicholls
SYDNEY, Aug 17 AAP - A nationwide program to save one of Australia's most important
rivers, the Murray, will be started in Wagga Wagga this weekend, the only woman to have
swum its length announced today.
Marathon swimmer and ambassador for the Murray River Rescue Tammy Van Wisse said the
program will involve the planting of more than 140,000 trees by around 800 community volunteers
at various sites in Wagga Wagga.
The community tree planting is the beginning of a 10 year project organised by Scouts
Australia and Greenfleet which will see 10 million trees planted along the ...