CENTURIES-old river red gums in Nyah Vinifera Park are benefiting from recent overbank flooding, but environmentalists and scientists fear such flows may be too little, too late for the fragile ecosystem.

Jacquie Kelly, the Chair of Friends of Nyah Vinifera Park, said while recent flows were a cue for wetland species to come back to life, the area showed signs of lost vitality.

“What we'r...