The Northcote Leader newspaper edition of Wednesday 20 March 2012 commenced a campaign against litter in Merri Creek, with the creek featuring on the front page and on pages 8 and 9.  See the articles for yourself HERE.

Recent surveys on the Growling Grass Frog by the foremost expert on the frog, Dr Geoff Heard, has found that their numbers are drastically reducing, making them more and more endangered.  See Dr Heard's blog.