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More than 95 per cent of plant pest honeysuckle on the Yea River between the Yea township and the Yea Wetlands has now been controlled thanks to efforts by the community, volunteers and the Green Army.

Local knowledge about native fauna and flora in the Broken and Boosey creeks area is playing an important role in helping prioritise management activities at smaller public reserves.

New drone technology was used to resume work on the Stanhope primary drain, 20 years after it stalled due to a lack of funds.

For the first time in Victoria a privately owned wetland has been flooded using water donated by an investment fund. The purposeful flooding is part of a scheme supported by the Murray-Darling Basin Balanced Water Fund, a body which seeks to tackle water scarcity in the Murray-Darling Basin.

The native shrub that gives the Rock Correa Walk at Dookie’s Tallis Cellar Door its name is being re-established in areas along the track route.

Lists of native plants suited to local conditions, landscaping design ideas and streamlined application processes are included in the recently released Landscape Plan Guide for Development in Campaspe Shire Council, Greater Shepparton City Council and Moira Shire Council.

Volunteers from the Victorian Fly Fishing Association (VFFA), Taggerty Community Progress Group (TCPG), Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority (CMA) and the local community braved wintry conditions to plant hundreds of tree and shrub seedlings along the Little River at Taggerty last Sunday (August 6).