A rare local sighting of the Wrinkled Toadlet (Uperoleia rugosa), the December Frog of the Month as part of the Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority’s 2022 Year of the Frog community awareness campaign, was recently recorded.
Planning is underway for the renewal of the Shepparton Irrigation Region Land and Water Management Plan. A workshop about the Plan, set for November, was rescheduled to February 2023.
SIRPPIC members Kelvin Bruce and Heather du Vallon have kicked off discussion about the strategy and the need to plan for the future.
The 30 species of native mammals who reside in the Goulburn Broken catchment are the feature of a new booklet produced by the Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority (GB CMA).
The Frog of the Month for November is the Sloane’s Froglet (Crinia sloanei) as part of the Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority’s 2022 Year of the Frog community awareness campaign.
Visitors can attend GB CMA offices (Shepparton, Yea and Benalla) by appointment or at Shepparton by walk in on Tuesdays & Thursdays.
Wednesday 26 October 2022
Widespread flooding across the Goulburn Broken catchment continues to create significant impacts for communities and the environment. One of the effects on the catchment’s waterways is decreased water quality as a result of flooding which is expected to be an ongoing issue into summer, as temperatures increase.
The Frog of the Month for October is the Eastern Banjo Frog (Limnodynastes dumerilii) as part of the Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority’s 2022 Year of the Frog community awareness campaign.
Expressions of interest are sought annually from community groups and land managers of public space along urban waterways to attain support for CMA delivered works that will compliment or facilitate co-invested improvements (in-kind and financial).
The Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority plans to release water from the Goulburn weir from mid-September to improve habitat and food sources for native fish, platypus and water bugs in the Lower Goulburn River.
Thursday 1 September 2022
The Frog of the Month for September is the Plains Brown Tree Frog (Litoria paraewingi) as part of the Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority’s (CMA) 2022 Year of the Frog community awareness campaign.
Drones are being used to monitor erosion on the banks of the lower Broken Creek around Nathalia and Numurkah.
The plight of the critically endangered Swift Parrot has received a boost with funding to increase its food source in the Goulburn Broken region.
The Frog of the Month for August is the Southern Brown Tree Frog (Litoria ewingi) as part of the Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority’s 2022 Year of the Frog community awareness campaign.
The Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority (GB CMA) is planning a water delivery for the environment, downstream of the Goulburn Weir in the Lower Goulburn River, from mid-July and into August 2022.
The Frog of the Month for July is the Common Froglet (Crinia signifera) as part of the Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority’s 2022 Year of the Frog community awareness campaign.