Our latest Connecting Community and Catchment is now out.
The annual early spring environmental flow along the lower Goulburn River will not go ahead this year because of recent high natural river flows.
Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority (CMA) is pleased to announce Ash Hurd has been awarded the inaugural Wayne Tennant Cadetship.
Farmers in the Goulburn Broken Catchment who are looking to challenge themselves and improve their farm profitability, soil health and quality of life are encouraged to participate in an intensive short course in holistic management to be held in Tatura over eight days, between October 2016 and January 2017.
Wetlands around the Goulburn Broken Catchment are being listened to, to see how they respond to environmental water allocations.
The community is invited to find out more about the Broken Boosey region’s native flora and fauna at a free family-friendly event to be held at Picola on Sunday, August 28.
The 150th turquoise parrot nest box was installed in the Warby Ranges recently.
The current increase in the height of the Goulburn River at Shepparton is due to combined run-off and inflows from the Goulburn and Broken rivers and Seven Creeks, not environmental releases.
Endangered species such as brush-tailed phascogales are using nest boxes installed in the Whroo Goldfields Conservation Management Network (WG CMN) region resulting in increasing numbers, recent monitoring shows.
Good rainfall and run-off across the catchment saw Goulburn River flows at Shepparton peak on July 25 at 10,000ML/day, a river height of just under six metres.
Small-scale landholders interested in exploring opportunities to develop profitable sustainable food networks are invited to a free workshop on August 13 in Seymour featuring guest speaker Anthony Flaccavento, an organic farmer and founder of Virginia-based Sequestering Carbon, Accelerating Local Economies (SCALE).
The call for photographs to feature in the popular Broken Boosey and Whroo Goldfields Conservation Management Network (CMN) annual calendar is now open.
The Victorian Environmental Water Holder (VEWH) has released its plan for watering in 2016-17.
The car park at a popular Goulburn River fishing site by Gilmore’s Bridge near Thornton is due to be closed for up to four days from July 26 while further work to improve angler access is carried out.
The recent increase in the height of the Goulburn River downstream of Murchison was due to run-off and inflows from tributaries including the Broken River and Seven and Pranjip creeks, Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority (CMA) Environmental Water Co-ordinator Daniel Lovell said.