Media Releases

Orange sludge spotted in creeks in parts of the Goulburn Broken region is a natural phenomenon and not cause for concern.

Recovering riverbank vegetation will receive a welcome drink with a delivery of water for the environment planned for the lower Goulburn River during late autumn.

Lake Benalla is slowly refilling as increased flows from Hollands Creek start making their way downstream after recent rain.

A grey box seedling planted to replace two dead trees in a paddock 18 months ago is thriving nicely, safely protected from cattle grazing by a purpose-built mesh guard.

Barmah National Park has experienced its biggest water bird nesting event in four years.

Goulburn Broken CMA and Goulburn Murray Water are monitoring water quality across the catchment after Friday’s rain.

The 2019-20 Goulburn Broken CMA annual report was tabled in the Victorian Parliament in November.

The water level in Lake Benalla will start to be slowly drawn down from February 8 to control the aquatic weed cabomba.

The 2021 Goulburn Broken Catchment Calendar is now available, featuring a stunning cover photograph of a dozing koala taken by Yarck’s Shellie Drysdale.

Up to 600 irrigators in the Goulburn Murray Irrigation District (GMID) will be surveyed over the next several weeks to help track changes in land and water use.

Landholders keen to protect naturally regenerating trees or planted tube stock can organise to collect free tree guards from WB Hunter Euroa next Friday (November 13).

For the first time in four years conditions are ripe for large-scale golden perch migration and spawning in the Goulburn River.

Landholders in the northern half of the Goulburn Broken Catchment are encouraged to apply for funding through the Linking Landscapes project to improve the condition of threatened grey box grassy woodlands on their properties.

Water for the environment is being delivered along the lower Goulburn River to encourage the seed and sediment distributed on the river’s lower and mid-banks during winter to grow and spread.

A call is going out for expressions of interest for future rounds of the popular On Your Guard initiative.