Waterway Incentives - Catchment Wide23 May 2013Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority

Waterway Incentives - Catchment Wide

Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority’s Waterway Grants Program provides cash incentives for landholders to undertake works to prevent or repair degradation along waterways.

Goulburn Broken Waterway Grants Program

The program is enhanced when landholders and community groups assist the Goulburn Broken CMA to rehabilitate continuous stretches of waterways.

The grants are prioritised. When works undertaken by a landholder provide multiple benefits for the environment – such as improving water quality, protecting native vegetation and improving biodiversity – they will be rated highly and attract funding at the top end of the scale.

The grants are available for:

  • Fencing;
  • Revegetation; and
  • Off-stream watering points for stock.

Works such as bed and bank stabilisation, exotic vegetation control and in-stream habitat enhancement may also be undertaken by the Goulburn Broken CMA in conjunction with the waterway grants.

Likely benefits of the works are:

  • Improved habitat for native plants and animals;
  • Reduced erosion;
  • Reduced nutrient input;
  • Decreased sediment loads and turbidity; and
  • Improved aesthetics and stock shelter.

Goulburn Broken CMA’s Waterway Grants Program relies on funding from State and Federal sources. The program is achieving objectives of the Goulburn Broken Regional Catchment Strategy 2003.

Case Studies

Waterways: A Case Study
Chris and Janice Pendlebury own and operate a mixed cropping and grazing property at Katamatite in the north of the Goulburn Broken Catchment. Chris and Janice’s property backs onto the recently proclaimed Broken – Boosey State Park.

For more information about the grants contact:

Mid Goulburn

Geoff Brennan
Ph: (03) 5761 1585
Email:  geoffb@gbcma.vic.gov.au

Upper Goulburn

The Waterways Team (Yea Office)
Ph: (03) 57360100

SIR

GBCMA office
Ph: (03) 58 201100