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).
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.
Flows in the Goulburn River are starting to increase to meet demand from Murray River users. The increased flows are not environmental flows for the Goulburn River.
Groundwater levels have dropped across the region due to prolonged dry conditions in 2018- 19, Goulburn-Murray Water’s (GMW) annual water table study shows.
Goulburn Broken CMA is keeping an eye on water quality in creeks, rivers and wetlands across the catchment with forecasts for a dry, warm spring and summer.