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For the fourth year running, SAEON eNews was among the top six e-newsletters in the 'Best Electronic Publication' category of the SA Publication Forum Awards. The publication received a Certificate of Merit for scoring more than 80% in the categories of writing, communication and design.

The judges’ comments were as follows:

• Image: The newsletter projects a positive image of SAEON and is very much attuned with its readership.
• Objectives and target audience: The objectives are clearly evident and the publication’s layout and content support these objectives. Everything (language, communication and design) in the publication supports the fact that the editor is in tune with her audience.
• Substance, newsworthiness and viewpoints: Well done on this score. The publication lends itself to increasing depth of knowledge amongst its readers.
• Language usage and editing: Good use of language. The sentences are short and to the point.
• Headlines, captions and introductions: The intros are short and to the point - very functional. Functional headlines and creative to boot.
• Accessibility and navigation: The navigation works well and the publication is accessible to the target audience.
• General comments: Well done on a publication that admirably meets the needs of its target audience.

The competition organisers remarked: “This year we received the most entries ever in the SA Publication Forum’s 15 years of existence. The publication industry is growing and competition is fierce among industry players.”

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“Widespread dieback of riparian trees on a dammed ephemeral river and evidence of local mitigation by tributary flows”, a paper co-authored by Dr Joh Henschel, Manager of SAEON’s Arid Lands Node, was published in Peer J, an online journal, citation index 2.18.

The findings of the study suggest that large dams along the main channels of ephemeral rivers have the ability to cause widespread mortality in downstream riparian trees. To mitigate such impacts, management might focus on the maintenance of natural tributary flows to buffer local tree populations from the disruption to main channel flow.