Emu walking through grassland.

Goulburn Broken Regional Catchment Strategy

The Goulburn Broken RCS guides actions to improve and protect the Catchment’s natural resources (water, land and biodiversity). Read more here. Goulburn Broken Strategies
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SIR Land and Water Management Plan 2050

The Shepparton Irrigation Region Land and Water Management Plan 2050 (SIRLWMP) was officially launched in Girgarre last week (August 2024) SIR Land and Water Management Plan 2050
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Attending our offices

Visitors can attend GB CMA offices (Shepparton, Yea and Benalla) by appointment or at Shepparton by walk in on Tuesdays & Thursdays. Our staff are contactable by phone (5822 7700) or email (reception@gbcma.vic.gov.au) and will respond to your enquiry as quickly as possible. ATTENDING OUR OFFICES

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Flood Recovery

The Goulburn Broken catchment has been significantly impacted by the Spring 2022 flood event and subsequent flood events in following years. Click below for recovery information:

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Catchment Strategies

The Goulburn Broken Regional Catchment Strategy provides the integrated planning framework or 'blueprint' for management of land, water and biodiversity resources.

gbcma.vic.gov.au/strategies

Map of the Revegetation Zones of the GBCMA

Revegetation Guide

This guide has been developed to provide advice and assist landholders with revegetation activities. 


gbcma.vic.gov.au/revegetation

A man holding a bommeang with a pattern drawn over it representing the traditional owners of The Goulburn Broken Catchment

Traditional Owners

The Goulburn Broken CMA acknowledges the Traditional Owners of this land and their participation in natural resource management  

gbcma.vic.gov.au/our-region/traditionalowners

Current Issues

SIR Land and Water Management Plan 2050

Wednesday 4 September 2024
The Shepparton Irrigation Region Land and Water Management Plan 2050 (SIRLWMP) was officially launched in Girgarre last week (August 2024)
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Water delivery for wetlands

Friday 16 August 2024
Wetlands, fish, platypus and turtles will benefit from a delivery of water for the environment.

Twenty years of The Living Murray program in Barmah Forest

Wednesday 31 July 2024
Learn how science guides Barmah Forest flood management in this video

Winter on the Goulburn

Monday 1 July 2024
What’s happening on the Goulburn River this Winter? Take a look at this update.

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News & Updates

New Plan for the Shepparton Irrigation Region

Monday 2 September 2024
It was standing room only at the Shepparton Irrigation Region Land and Water Management Plan (SIRLWMP) 2050 launch in Girgarre last week.
Regent Honeyeater

Native species under threat in Goulburn Broken catchment

Thursday 29 August 2024
National Threatened Species Day is on 7 September, established to raise awareness and recognise the importance of conserving Australia’s unique biodiversity. The date was chosen to commemorate the death of the last surviving Tasmanian Tiger at the Hobart Zoo on this date in 1936.
Horsfield’s Bronze-cuckoo and Common Bronzewing. Photos by Chris Tzaros.

When bird parenting goes cuckoo

Thursday 1 August 2024
The Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority is celebrating birds and bats in 2024 with the ‘Year of the Wing’ community awareness campaign. This month, the Horsfield’s Bronze Cuckoo and the Common Bronzewing are featured.
A Goulburn Murray Water groundwater monitoring bore.

The Fight Against Salinity Continues

Tuesday 9 July 2024
The Shepparton Irrigation Region (SIR) is experiencing the highest watertables in almost three decades, according to the latest data from Goulburn-Murray Water.

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