1. Back to future:Can lessons from restoring the Willamettehelp to protect the rivers of northernAustralia? Michael Douglas Director, TRaCK Research Hub Charles Darwin University

2. Outline The region The issues TRaCK The future 3. Australias wet-dry tropics 25% of Australia (463,000 square miles) 1.4% of Australias population (300,000 people) 30% of population are Indigenous people 4. Hot, wet season & hot, dry season110 240100 220 90 200Temperature (F) or Humidity (%)180 80160 70Rainfall (inches)140 60 M ax. T em p.120 50M in. T em p.100 409 am Hum idity Rainfall (T otal 650 inch) 80 3060 20 40 10 200 0Jan Feb M ar Apr M ay Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 5. 55 catchments 50% of Australias river flow