Media Releases

Livestock producers are invited to free workshops on carbon farming and emissions accounting at Avenel and Tatura next month.

The Goulburn Murray Resilience Strategy, first prepared in 2020, has recently been updated to reflect new challenges and other emerging factors in the region.

The Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority Landscape Legacies Project is seeking Expressions of Interest from eligible landholders who wish to protect and enhance Grey Box Grassy Woodland habitat on Yorta Yorta and Taungurung Country in the Goulburn Broken catchment.

The Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority is celebrating birds and bats in 2024 with the Year of the Wing community awareness campaign. This month, the Rainbow Bee-eater is featured.

Water for the environment will be released into the Goulburn River in spring to promote the growth of native plants which will help stabilise banks.

It was standing room only at the Shepparton Irrigation Region Land and Water Management Plan (SIRLWMP) 2050 launch in Girgarre last week.

National Threatened Species Day is on 7 September, established to raise awareness and recognise the importance of conserving Australia’s unique biodiversity. The date was chosen to commemorate the death of the last surviving Tasmanian Tiger at the Hobart Zoo on this date in 1936.

The Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority is celebrating birds and bats in 2024 with the ‘Year of the Wing’ community awareness campaign. This month, the Horsfield’s Bronze Cuckoo and the Common Bronzewing are featured.

The Shepparton Irrigation Region (SIR) is experiencing the highest watertables in almost three decades, according to the latest data from Goulburn-Murray Water.

The 2024 Victorian Landcare awards featured 12 nominations from the Goulburn Broken catchment, highlighting the depth of skill and commitment to improving the region’s natural environment.

Scientific monitoring and research on how the Goulburn River responds to water for the environment will continue following expansion and extension of the Flow-MER program

The Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority is celebrating birds and bats in 2024 with the Year of the Wing community awareness campaign.

A delivery of water for the environment into the Goulburn River this month will sustain the health of the waterway and benefit platypus, native fish and waterbugs.

The Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority is celebrating birds and bats in 2024 with the ‘Year of the Wing’ community awareness campaign. This month, the critically endangered Swift Parrot is featured. With around just 500 of these beautiful birds remaining in the wild, the ‘Swiftie’ is listed as Critically Endangered under the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.

Recreational fishers have welcomed works designed to improve habitat for native fish in the Goulburn River near Wyuna.