The value of planned grazing in helping farmers manage for climate change was the focus of a workshop held in Yarck in early March.
It is no coincidence that critically endangered swift parrots choose the cooler months to make the precarious
journey from their breeding tree hollows in southern Tasmania to the forests of Victoria’s Goulburn Broken
catchment and beyond.
Initial results from recent monitoring show the high volumes of water traded and transferred to downstream Murray users during summer - known as inter-valley transfers (IVT) – is damaging important streamside vegetation and leading to increased erosion.
The Drought Employment Program (DEP) continues to deliver outcomes across the Goulburn Murray Irrigation District (GMID).
We take the health and safety of our staff and the community very seriously.
Works are almost complete on the Cornella Creek Drainage Course Declaration (DCD) near Colbinabbin.
The first crews have commenced work as part of the Goulburn Murray Irrigation District (GMID) Drought Employment Program.
A small amount of effort can provide huge benefits when it comes to protecting paddock trees now and for the future.
Soil carbon is critical for farm health and productivity, says Goulburn Broken CMA Land Health Project Coordinator Rhiannon Sandford.
Wednesday 5 February 2020
Contractors will be out on the Yea River this month (February) completing honeysuckle weed control between
the Yea Wetlands and Providence Bridge.
Hundreds of megalitres of precious water has been wasted after vandals tampered with a channel regulator in the Barmah Forest last week.
Goulburn Broken CMA is keeping an eye on water quality in creeks, rivers and wetlands across the catchment as the hot, dry conditions continue.
Farmers and farm workers can now apply for the Goulburn Murray Irrigation District (GMID) Drought Employment Program.
There are some easy steps for backyard fruit growers to follow to reduce the chance of destruction by Queensland fruit fly says Goulburn Broken CMA Regional Agriculture Landcare Facilitator Kerstie Lee.
There’s no better time than now to identify the flowering native grasses in your paddocks and find out how they can improve soil health and productivity says Goulburn Broken CMA’s Land Health Co-ordinator Rhiannon Apted.