Water NSW criticised for ‘appalling’ decision after hundreds of turtles left to die in wetlands
wetlands in the state’s north-west, saying it was “absolutely crazy” that researchers had to scramble to save animals buried in drying mud.
[Guardian Australia reported on Saturday](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/18/incomprehensible-birds-flee-and-hundreds-of-turtles-left-to-die-after-government-cuts-water-to-nsw-wetlands) that turtles, waterbirds