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H5 bird flu has been detected in Australia.
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The Powerful Owl (Ninox strenua) and the Australian Boobook (Ninox boobook) are featured this month in the Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority’s 2026 Year of the Raptor community awareness campaign.

A small and endangered native fish, found only in the Goulburn Broken Catchment in Australia, is showing strong signs of recovery thanks to conservation efforts.

The Black-shouldered Kite (Elanus axillaris) is featured this month in the Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority’s 2026 Year of the Raptor community awareness campaign.

A tiny insect has been given the big task of combatting an aquatic weed outbreak in Lake Benalla.

Entries for photographs to feature in the 2027 Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority (CMA) community calendar are now open.

The Nankeen Kestrel (Falco cenchroides) is featured this month in the Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority’s 2026 Year of the Raptor community awareness campaign.

Financial support available to help protect and restore waterways and wetlands after Longwood Fire

The Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority (CMA), in association with Benalla Rural City Council, is undertaking a flood study for the township of Baddaginnie and wants to hear local experiences from previous floods.

The sharp-eyed and equally sharp-beaked Brown Falcon (Falco berigora) is featured this month in the Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority’s 2026 Year of the Raptor community awareness campaign.

The Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority (CMA) is holding a community drop-in session to discuss proposed new flood levels for Nagambie.

Grants are now open for Landcare and environmental volunteer groups in the Goulburn Broken region to care for nature.

The Spotted Harrier is featured this month in the Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority’s 2026 Year of the Raptor community awareness campaign.

Let us know if we’ve captured your ideas in the Goulburn Broken Regional Waterway Strategy (2027–2037) Discussion Paper.

Water for the environment will be released into the Goulburn River in autumn to encourage native fish movement and plant growth on the banks.