Members of the Goulburn Broken Catchment Community recently celebrated the Goulburn Broken Regional Community Natural Resource Management (NRM) Awards.The awards, which were coordinated by the Upper Goulburn Landcare Network, were held at the Rafferty's Reception Centre in Benalla on Friday 3 August 2012.
Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority proudly presents three events with Julian Cribb, Specialist science communicator.
An Advisory Group of community representatives has been established to provide informed comment on the delivery of the Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority's Sustainable Irrigation Program. The role of the group is to provide community perspective and feedback on issues relating to irrigation and natural resource management in the Goulburn Broken catchment.
In a first for the Goulburn Broken Catchment, the Regional Catchment Strategy is now available for real time online editing using Wiki (web-based) technology. The Goulburn Broken Regional Catchment Strategy (RCS) sets the direction for managing land, water and biodiversity within the Catchment.
Northern Victorian irrigators have until 5pm Friday 31st of August to register their interest in Round 3 Farm Water Program funding.
Over eighty people attended a feast of feral proportions on Sunday 24th June when the Broken Boosey Conservation Management Network and the Lower Goulburn Conservation Management Network (CMN) held their annual Biodiversity Day.
Results from recent fish surveys have highlighted that Hollands Creek is benefiting from the work the local community has contributed to the Hollands Creek Demonstration Reach Project (HCDR). The Hollands Creek Project focuses on the protection of the critically endangered fish – the Macquarie perch.These results are encouraging and follow the recent announcement of further funding to continue works to protect the endangered Macquarie perch and enhance stream health.
The Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority (CMA) wishes to thank the communities of Kilmore, Kinglake, Yea and Mansfield for meeting with us at our Community Catchment Forums over the past two weeks and invite the rest of the catchment community to come along and have your say....it's not too late!
Nominations for the Goulburn Broken Landcare Awards, sponsored by the Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority (CMA), will close on 14th June. Landcare groups and Networks throughout the catchment are urged to ensure that their hard working members are nominated for recognition.
Irrigators are encouraged to ensure their Whole Farm Plans are up-to-date in light of the Federal Government's recent announcement calling for Round 3 On-Farm Irrigation Efficiency Program (OFIEP) applications.
'How does my pasture grow?' is a question many farmers ask, and if they are not they should be! We see what's happening on the surface of pastures, but to check out what is going on underneath in the soil, we need to get down and dirty. That's exactly what farmers from the Strathbogie Ranges will be doing at an upcoming field day.
The Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority's (CMA) Beyond SoilCare project together with the Department of Primary Industries (DPI) is hosting a soil pit day on 28th May 2012 to look at the nuts and bolts of soil management. The soil pits will be at the site of the Strathbogie Alternative Fertiliser Trials, established by the Strathbogie Tableland Landcare Group.
Nominations are being sought for the 2012 Landcare Awards in the Goulburn Broken catchment. Local Landcare Groups, Networks and individuals will be honoured, at a dinner in August, for their dedication to natural resources projects and efforts to maintain sustainable land management practices.
The Whroo Goldfields Conservation Management Network (CMN) held their annual Biodiversity Celebration recently at the Whroo Historic Reserve, near Rushworth.The event was titled 'Breakfast with the Birds', with the theme being the wonderful birds we have in the Box Ironbark forests. A bird watching walk in the forest attended by 53 people was followed by a sumptuous cooked breakfast at the Rushworth Shire Hall, provided by the Rushworth Lions Club.
The Goulburn Broken Catchment is set to benefit from over $2.1million of funding allocated to community natural resource management projects.Funded by the Victorian State Government, the Communities for Nature Grants are a new $20 million program over 4 years. Eleven community groups in the Goulburn Broken Catchment have been successful in receiving funding in the first round of the Community for Nature Grants with amounts varying from $599,640 for a four year project focusing on woodland birds in the Broken Boosey area to $4,350 for environmental weed removal from Sunday Creek.