This is the Channel Country in Queensland’s Lake Eyre Basin—home to some of the last free-flowing desert rivers on Earth. When these rivers fill, run and flood, they breathe life into vast, delicate floodplains, stretching all the way to Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre in the south. Keeping these floodplains free from new oil and gas developments ensures that nature can continue its ancient rhythm—where waters flow freely, and rejuvenate the landscape, waterbirds return in dazzling flocks, and regional co