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The asset includes all public land within the North Central Region, regardless of its use or management status. Approximately 13% of the region (over 360,000 ha) is public land.

While there are many classes of public land, larger blocks fall into one of six categories:

National Park
State or Regional Park
Nature Conservation Reserve
Historic and Cultural features reserve; and
State Forest.

These larger parcels include state forests and parks in the Daylesford-Castlemaine-Maldon, Maryborough-Dunolly-Inglewood, Bendigo-Eppalock-Heathcote, St Arnaud and Pyrenees Ranges, Mitiamo, Kerang and Gunbower areas.

While the use of all blocks of public land is prescribed by various Land Conservation Council or Environment Conservation Council reports, many of the larger areas of public land have specific management plans.

There are also hundreds of smaller (2 - 100 ha) parcels of public land across the North Central Region, including road reserves and Crown water frontage. While they are small, they often retain native vegetation and are significant from nature conservation and river health perspectives.

The management of public land is the responsibility of many different groups. Please have a look at the below links and contact the organisation involved for more information:

Victorian government

Local governments