Welcome to the North Central Catchment Management Authority

Our organisation is the lead agency in north central Victoria coordinating and monitoring natural resource management programs for the region. We do this with a focus on managing and protecting our region's diverse environmental assets for the communities of north central Victoria.

The region is bordered by the River Murray to the north, the Great Dividing Range and Wombat State Forest to the south and Mt Camel Range to the east.

It's an area that covers around 30,000 km² (about 13 percent of Victoria) and is home to an abundance of diverse natural attractions from forested national parks to waterfalls, gorges and slowly meandering waterways and to a teeming assortment of flora and fauna, some of which are found nowhere else.

Regional Catchment Strategy Community meetings

Are you interested in your local environment?
Would you like to have a say in identifying key environmental features in your area?

The North Central Catchment Management Authority is seeking to work with all interested community members to renew the six-year Regional Catchment Strategy. This strategy will be used to build projects and seek funding to protect and improve the environmental features that we value the most.

The first part of this process is to find out about the region's most valued environmental assets. You are invited to a community meeting to share information about what you value most about your local environment.

A series of meetings will be held throughout the region from September to November 2009. Click on the link below for details of times and locations for meeting dates, or alternatively check the event listings on this page. for more information on what's involved in the Regional Catchment Strategy renewal process you can download the fact sheet below.

RCS community meetings flyer
RCS renewal fact sheet

Bushfire Recovery Freehold grants - Now Open

In partnership with the Australian Government's Caring for our Country Bushfire Recovery Program, the North Central CMA is currently seeking applications from individuals and registered community organisations to implement activities that assist in the protection and restoration of natural assets affected by the February fires in this region.

There is $217,000 in grants available to landholders and community groups in the fire-affected areas of Bendigo, Redesdale and Daylesford regions only.

To download the guildelines click here

To apply for assistance download the application form