The Barmah Millewa forest has been named as one of six icon sites earmarked for special attention under the Murray Darling Basin Commission Living Murray initiative. The Barmah Forest Significant Ecological Asset Management Plan was developed in response to the initiative.

In 2004 the first draft Goulburn Broken Regional River Health Strategy was developed to combine all elements of river management under one umbrella document. The strategy integrates waterway programs into a framework and considers water quality, flow, wetlands, in-stream and riparian flora and fauna, fisheries and recreation.

The Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority (GBCMA) has been successful in obtaining funding for four years from 2008/09 to 2011/12 to undertake a large scale river restoration project on the Goulburn River. The project is funded by the Victorian State Government.

The proposed Demonstration Reach for Hollands Creek is near Tatong, between Swanpool Rd and Spring Creek confluence, where 3 sites within this reach will be chosen for rehabilitation.

As part of the Victorian Government’s Our Water Our Future action plan, Lake Mokoan will be returned to its natural state as an important wetland system.

The Upper Goulburn Catchment Waterway Restoration Project will protect and improve waterway frontage along four high-priority river reaches in the catchment including the Goulburn River, Howqua River, Jamieson River and King Parrot Creek.