Charles Sturt University (CSU) academic Dr Cilla Kinross will welcome the public to the first Wetland and Streambank Field Day on Saturday 22 October as part of her work with the Summer Hill Creek Care group and the Central West Catchment Management Authority (CMA). Topics will include identification of wetland and riparian, or stream bank plant species, frog monitoring, rehabilitation techniques and weed control.  “People will get the chance to get their hands dirty and help plant wetland species while learning about how and what to plant in the wetlands at their place,” said Dr Kinross from the School of Agricultural and Wine Sciences at CSU in Orange. Specialists will be on hand during the day to answer questions. The day will start at 9.30am with morning tea and run until 2pm.  Lunch will be provided and will have a ‘wetlands’ theme of duck soup and watercress salad plus a barbecue. “We encourage everyone to bring their gumboots and a hand trowel as it will be a hands-on kind of day.”