World Wetlands Day, on 2 February around the globe, and a day to reflect upon and celebrate the crucial role that wetlands play in our environment and communities. Hundreds of thousands of hectares of wetlands are scattered across Victoria. Small and large, shallow and deep, freshwater, saltwater, natural or man-made, swamps, marshes, dams and lakes, they provide habitat for important and endangered wildlife, act as water filters for our rivers, and help to reduce the impacts of floods.
According to the North Central Catchment Management Authority’s Waterwatch Facilitator, Melanie Barrot, the Growling Grass Frog (Litoria Raniformis) sounds like a stuttering Doberman or struggling outboard motor.
Listed as a threatened species under the Victorian Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988, it has not been recorded in the area for a long time, though local residents recall playing with the frogs as children.
Dozens of Landcare Groups throughout North Central Victoria have something extra to celebrate this festive season with the announcement of projects to be funded through the Victorian Government’s Second Generation Landcare Grants Program. Coordinated by the North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA), the grants will support a range of natural resource management activities initiated and carried out by local communities.
Krista Patterson-Majoor brings strong knowledge to her new role as Landcare Facilitator in the Macedon Ranges and Mount Alexander shires and, having played a part in planting well over 30,000 trees and shrubs in the past 18 months, her experience on the ground will also be an asset to landholders.
Attracting strong investment into this region’s natural environment is the priority of a workshop to be held in Bendigo on 17-18 December, coordinated by the North Central Catchment Management Authority.
Landcare groups across the Buloke and Northern Grampians shires have welcomed the recommencement of the North Central Catchment Management Authority's Drought Employment Program.
Building on from the success of previous Drought Employment Programs, the Victorian Government has announced funding for a further Drought Relief Package in 2008/2009. People are invited to apply now for positions in the extensive program that employed over 150 people in the North Central region last year.
The Loddon Campaspe Irrigation Region is well equipped to farm productively into the future, according to a Yarrawalla landholder impresseed with the Loddon Campaspe Irrigation Region Research and Reporting Day conducted by the Department of Primary Industries and North Central Catchment Management Authority.
Transfers of water between the Goulburn and Murray systems will meet the needs of irrigators while also providing relief to the stressed sections of the Campaspe River following an agreement announced today between G-MW and the North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA).
In an area ravaged by drought Little Lake Boort is an oasis providing a key refuge for threatened birds and wildlife.
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