Original story: Warwick Daily News
People from the Condamine Alliance, Warwick Fish Stocking Association and YWCA work experience program in Toowoomba worked hard on the fish hotels. Erin Smith
It might just look like a pile of wood sitting on the banks of the Condamine River but these carefully designed structures will soon help improve the population of native fish in the river.
Condamine Alliance principal project officer Kevin Graham said "the hotels and cod holes" would act as a replacement for the recently removed willow trees.
"In the past we have relied on snags in the river to provide homes for our native fish, but with the increasing in clearing over the years there are no longer enough large trees becoming snags so our fish need an extra hand," he said.
The structures will be weighed down with cement sleepers when they are installed by the Southern Downs Regional Council next week. The fish hotels have been built by the YWCA in Toowoomba, who have been working on this project with their work experience program.
And the construction of the first fish hotels is not the only thing the Condamine Alliance is celebrating.
The natural resource group was named a finalist in the United National Association of Australia World Environment Day Awards.
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