http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au Latest news information en-AU http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6662&objectType=kms From 1 July 2013 landholders along the Campaspe River, from the Wombat State Forest to Echuca, can apply for environmental incentives as part of ‘Caring for the Campaspe’ – a project working to improve the condition of the river’s riparian vegetation http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6662&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6648&objectType=kms The North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA) is coordinating environmental water releases to the Loddon River, between Loddon Weir and Kerang Weir during winter commencing on 13 May. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6648&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6650&objectType=kms Volunteer week, 13-19 May 2013, is a nationally recognised week acknowledging volunteers across Australia. North central Victoria is home to many volunteer groups and individuals who go about their business with little fuss or fanfare. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6650&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6640&objectType=kms The North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA), in partnership with Goulburn-Murray Water, continues to undertake works in an effort to control the Pale Yellow Water Lily (Nymphaea sp) on Gunbower Creek and associated lagoons. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6640&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6611&objectType=kms Landholders interested in biological farming practices are encouraged to register with the North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA) for two upcoming information days. The two sessions will be held in Kerang on 7 May and Echuca on 21 May. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6611&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6537&objectType=kms A third and final community meeting to discuss the Draft Rochester Flood Management Plan will be held at the Rochester Racecourse and Recreation Reserve (Four R’s) on Wednesday 1 May from 6.30 pm. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6537&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6536&objectType=kms A Joint media release with Kilter Rural P/L: An innovative project to increase soil carbon levels is being trialled within the Torrumbarry Irrigation area, in northern Victoria. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6536&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6515&objectType=kms A field day to learn more about the ‘Future Farming Landscapes’ project in the Lake Boga area is being held on properties managed by Kilter Pty Ltd on Thursday 16 May. A field day bus will depart from the Lake Boga Community Centre at 1.00 pm and return at 3.30 pm http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6515&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6492&objectType=kms More than 250 people participated in a range of activities during a week-long celebration of Gunbower Island. Hosted by the North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA) and the Gannawarra Shire Council, Gunbower Island week was an opportunity to learn more about the unique values of the area. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6492&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6480&objectType=kms Landholders in the Avoca area are currently being encouraged by the North Central Catchment Management Authority to consider fencing their waterway frontage. Funds are available now for materials and fencing contractors, meaning in many cases fences can be completed at no cost to the landholder. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6480&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6474&objectType=kms The North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA) is calling for community input to a flood study for Dunolly to reduce the impact of future flood events. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6474&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6468&objectType=kms Are you interested in the science of native fish behaviour, their life cycles or tips on how to identify them? The North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA) is hosting the 2013 Water Science Forum: A focus on Native Fish in Cohuna on Friday 22 March 2013. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6468&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6467&objectType=kms A native fish forum and a construction site tour are two of the flagship events planned for the Cohuna area as part of Gunbower Island Week commencing Monday 18 March. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6467&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6463&objectType=kms CSIRO scientist and insect specialist, Dr Saul Cunningham will visit north central Victoria in March to speak on ’Bugs and biodiversity on the farm: Maximising the benefits’. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6463&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6461&objectType=kms Farmers are invited to explore new ideas in farm management at the 2013 Future Farming Expo to be held Thursday 14 March at the Yarrawalla Hall. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6461&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6451&objectType=kms The North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA) is again coordinating ‘Rabbit Buster’ month in an effort to reduce rabbit numbers on private and public land near Kerang. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6451&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6450&objectType=kms The Bendigo and District Aboriginal Co-operative recently held a successful Bush Culture day designed to reconnect participating Aboriginal families with their natural environment. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6450&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6443&objectType=kms We are seeking feedback from the Carisbrook community regarding the Draft Carisbrook Flood and Drainage Management Plan by Monday 5 March 2013. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6443&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6446&objectType=kms Can you be too old for a frog pond? Not according to John and Veronica Groat, North Central Waterwatchers, who live at Strathallan. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6446&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6432&objectType=kms The North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA) today announced it has joined the growing social media trend officially launching its Facebook, Twitter and YouTube accounts. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6432&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6413&objectType=kms Construction has started on a $13.5 million project to improve the long-term health of Gunbower Forest. The Flooding for Life project involves the installation of engineering structures to enable efficient and effective delivery of large volumes of environmental water to Gunbower Forest. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6413&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6414&objectType=kms The Baringhup and Nuggetty Landcare groups have a new lease on life since joining the Mid-Loddon Sub-catchment Management Network, increasing the network’s membership to more than sixty landholders. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6414&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6410&objectType=kms The North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA), in partnership with Goulburn-Murray Water, is set to release up to three environmental water deliveries in the Campaspe River downstream of Lake Eppalock, between February and May 2013. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6410&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6411&objectType=kms On 2 February we encourage everyone to get out and explore the rich environmental values that wetlands have to offer. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6411&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6409&objectType=kms The North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA) is coordinating environmental water releases to the Loddon River between Loddon Weir and Kerang Weir in the week commencing Monday 4 February, for up to three weeks. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6409&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6393&objectType=kms The North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA) in partnership with the East Loddon Landcare Group will host a free carbon farming information session and meal at the Four Posts Hotel, Jarklin, on Wednesday 30 January. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6393&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6273&objectType=kms The Campaspe River will be the focus of a new large-scale project aiming to improve the health of 400 hectares of riparian vegetation. The North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA) will implement this four-year project with funding from the Victorian Government’s Securing Priority Waterways program. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6273&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6212&objectType=kms The North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA), in partnership with Goulburn-Murray Water, is currently undertaking works to control the Pale Yellow Water Lily (Nymphaea sp) on Gunbower Creek and associated lagoons. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6212&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6195&objectType=kms A new short movie from Department of Sustainability and Environment showcases the North Central CMA's Protection of the York Plains Wetlands project and the remarkable achievements gained as part of the Natural Resource Investment Program (NRIP). http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6195&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6184&objectType=kms A field day at Mystic Park on Thursday 6 December will explore future farming options in northern Victoria. The field day is being hosted by the North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA), in partnership with Kilter Pty Ltd and the Australian Government’s Action on the Ground and Caring for our Country programs. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6184&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6178&objectType=kms The North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA) has allocated $336,366.50 to eighty four Landcare groups across north central Victoria with funding from the 2012-13 Victorian Landcare Grants. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6178&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6179&objectType=kms The North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA) is coordinating environmental water releases to the Loddon River between Loddon Weir and Kerang Weir in the week commencing Monday 12 November, for up to three weeks. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6179&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6175&objectType=kms The Campaspe River, downstream of Lake Eppalock, will receive environmental water releases during spring 2012. The North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA) will manage the water on behalf of the Victorian Environmental Water Holder (VEWH) and the Commonwealth Environmental Water Office (CEWO). http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6175&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6160&objectType=kms Thanks to sharp-eyed farmer, Martin McKenna, a new invasive plant has been discovered and hopefully eradicated near Baynton. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6160&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6163&objectType=kms Richardson’s Lagoon, a cut-off meander of the River Murray north-west of Echuca, also known locally as Baillieu’s Lagoon, is set to receive environmental water to inundate the River Red Gum zone of the floodplain. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6163&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6162&objectType=kms The North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA), in partnership with Goulburn-Murray Water and Parks Victoria, is set to fill McDonalds Swamp with environmental water in the week commencing 22 October 2012. The fill, lasting for a period of up to two months, will provide critical habitat for the region’s water birds. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6162&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6158&objectType=kms The Lower Avon Richardson Sustainable Soils Group has installed six electronic soil moisture probes to assist members in making informed decisions about managing their crops. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6158&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6159&objectType=kms A Rochester Flood Management Plan is on-track with the North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA) engaging CPG Australia Pty Ltd to undertake floor level surveys from Monday 22 October for five weeks. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6159&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6154&objectType=kms From the Minister for Water Water Minister Peter Walsh announced $250,000 to improve flood intelligence for Castlemaine, Campbells Creek and Chewton on Friday 12 October. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6154&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6140&objectType=kms The North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA) is set to top up low flows in the Loddon River (up to 100 megalitres per day) using Commonwealth environmental water. These flows will target the Loddon River, below Loddon Weir, as part of its environmental watering for the 2012-13 year. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6140&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6125&objectType=kms North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA) Chairman David Clark, announced today that CMA Board member James Williams had been granted a leave of absence from his CMA responsibilities until the Council elections are determined on 27 October. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6125&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6122&objectType=kms Would you like to improve your native grass identification skills? Are you interested in learning more about managing native grasses? Expressions of interest are now being accepted by the North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA) for two native grass identification short courses. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6122&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6119&objectType=kms On Tuesday 11 September Huntly Primary School invited North Central Waterwatch to participate in a Kids Teaching Kids event. Huntly Primary School also invited Epsom and Goornong Primary School students to visit Bendigo Creek. The Kids Teaching Kids event aimed to raise awareness of the creek including the threats, the values, biodiversity and Indigenous culture. The Huntly school children lead twelve activities throughout the day and demonstrated their impressive knowledge of the creek. For photos from the day go to http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/Water/Waterwatch/Education/index.aspx http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6119&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6112&objectType=kms Sixty Waterwatch community monitors across north central Victoria have been participating in a series of workshops to test their skills and the accuracy of their data. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6112&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6115&objectType=kms The Lockington Landcare group has seen its membership swell by combining with a newly formed soils’ group in the area. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6115&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6114&objectType=kms The Kyneton and district community is encouraged to get involved in a new woodlands project designed to assist landholders protect, manage and re-establish biodiverse carbon stores on their land. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6114&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6089&objectType=kms (4 September2012) More than eighty people, including members of the local Loddon Vale Landcare Group, joined Victoria’s Minister for Agriculture and Food Security, Peter Walsh, on Sunday 2 September to officially open a new fishing platform on Serpentine Creek at Durham Ox. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6089&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6073&objectType=kms Victorian Water Minister Peter Walsh officially opened the refurbished Yarran Creek Regulator in Gunbower Forest, north of Cohuna on Friday 31 August. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6073&objectType=kms 03/09/2012 http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6034&objectType=kms Box-Gum Grassy Woodlands grants for 2012-13 are now open. Note: Grants are subject to funding availability. The project is seeking landholders who are wanting to do on-ground works of fencing and revegetation to protect or enhance eligible grassy woodland remnants. Applications for the grants (belo) close 5pm Tuesday 11th September. Successful projects must be completed by 30th April 2013. In-kind contribution is not required and landholders may undertake the works themselves or engage a contractor. The project is supported by the North Central CMA, through funding from the Australian Government's Caring for our Country. For more information and the identification and application form please go to www.nccma.vic.gov.au/Biodiversity/Conservation_and_Habitat/index.aspx http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6034&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6019&objectType=kms Agreement has been reached on the future of willows along the Gunbower Creek. The Gunbower Creek Invasive Weeds Community Reference Group toured sites of notable public concern on Monday 13 August, and discussed a plan of action. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6019&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6001&objectType=kms A second community meeting to discuss the Rochester Flood Management Plan is being held at the Rochester Racecourse and Recreation Reserve (Four R’s) on Thursday 2 August 2012 from 6.30 pm. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6001&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6002&objectType=kms The draft Clunes Flood Mitigation and Urban Drainage Plan and the preferred flood mitigation option will be the focus at a community meeting being held at the Clunes Town Hall. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6002&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6000&objectType=kms Private landholders who live in the central Loddon catchment have until 11 September to apply for funding from the North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA) to protect Box–Gum and Grey Box Grassy Woodlands on their properties under the Box-Gum Grassy Woodlands project. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=6000&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=5991&objectType=kms The North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA) invites farmers to attend one of three farm walks between the 24-27 July showcasing innovative farming practices being adopted in the region. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=5991&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=5987&objectType=kms An important week of celebration invites everyone to take part in supporting the history, culture and achievements of local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=5987&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=5981&objectType=kms The Campaspe River, downstream of Lake Eppalock, will receive an environmental water release commencing 13 June 2012. The North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA) will manage the water on behalf of the Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=5981&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=5985&objectType=kms The North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA) invites all interested landholders to a free field day at the Yandoit Community Hall to explore the benefits of native grasses in farming systems. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=5985&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=5986&objectType=kms Did you know that approximately 95% of Australian animals are nocturnal due to our extreme climate conditions? http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=5986&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=5984&objectType=kms Ms Elise Wenden, runner-up in the 2012 National Rural Women's Award, is one of three guest speakers at a farming forum being held in the Boort Football clubrooms on Friday 25 May from 10.30am-2.30pm. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=5984&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=5982&objectType=kms Are you interested in your local environment? Do you have a special place? How does your special place compare to other environmental values across the region? http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=5982&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=5988&objectType=kms Over 90 people attended a recent forum in Newstead to learn about the importance of frogs, the need for more frog-friendly habitat, and the threats frogs face on a daily basis. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=5988&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=5989&objectType=kms Are you considering carbon farming but don’t know where to start? A free forum discussing new opportunities in carbon farming will be held at the Castlemaine Senior Citizens Rooms on Thursday 3 May from 6.00-8.30pm. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=5989&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=5534&objectType=kms Are you interested in recreational fishing? Would you like to know more about native fish movement in the Loddon? Then head to the ‘Fishing for the future!’ field day at the Kerang Weir fishway, Weir Road Kerang on Tuesday 8 May from 10 am-2 pm. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=5534&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=5535&objectType=kms Works are set to commence on the Loddon River at Newstead, downstream of the Pyrenees Highway Bridge, to repair and protect a 200-metre stretch of the river damaged by floods. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=5535&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=5508&objectType=kms If you are wondering what type of frog is in your backyard, or want to learn more about the frog species in your local waterway, then head to Newstead on Saturday 28 April for the 2012 Annual Water Science forum. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=5508&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=5504&objectType=kms In an effort to reduce rabbit numbers in Victoria’s north, the North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA) has completed another successful ‘Rabbit Buster’ month. In its second year the program runs in February and involves a coordinated approach to rabbit control on public and private land. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=5504&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=5501&objectType=kms A coffee table book, titled ‘Gunbower Forest - Flooding for Life’ has been published with a free copy soon to be delivered to members of the community in the Cohuna, Leitchville, Koondrook and Gunbower areas. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=5501&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=5500&objectType=kms Looks can be deceiving – this is certainly the case for the Pale Yellow Water Lily (Nymphaea sp). An introduced species, which is characterised by its heavy green foliage and pale yellow flowers, causes problems by blocking waterways and impacting on irrigation and recreational use. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=5500&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=5499&objectType=kms The Gunbower Creek Invasive Weeds landholder and community reference group has met for the first time on Tuesday 13 March 2012 at the Cohuna Gateway Centre to further discuss the management of willows in the Gunbower area. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=5499&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=5421&objectType=kms If you have ever wondered about the paddock potential of native pastures and would like to find out more, then you should attend a free information session being held at the Serpentine Hall on Thursday 22 March. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=5421&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=5395&objectType=kms Bendigo is a long way from Egypt, but that is where Ted Mikhail - Founder and Managing Director of SWEP Analytical Laboratories, and one of the major sponsors of the 2012 National Soils forum will find himself on the 8 and 9 March. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=5395&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=5380&objectType=kms More than 100 people packed the Senior Citizens Hall in Carisbrook to learn more about the Flood Management plan being developed for the town. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=5380&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=5364&objectType=kms Local residents and visitors to the Campaspe River, north of Rochester, may notice the river level rise and fall along with changes to water flow rate and colour as water makes its way from the Campaspe Siphon to the Murray River. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=5364&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=5363&objectType=kms The North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA), in partnership with the Shire of Campaspe, is leading the development of a Flood Management Plan to better understand the risks associated with flooding in Rochester. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=5363&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=5343&objectType=kms North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA) has appointed Water Technology as consultants to develop the Carisbrook Flood and Drainage Management Plan. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=5343&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=5297&objectType=kms Shire of Buloke residents are this month remembering the devastating floods of a year ago. As we approach this anniversary it is important to recognise the resilience and commitment of the townships in rebuilding their communities and mitigating against the potential effects of future flooding. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=5297&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=5277&objectType=kms In the Year of the Farmer, more than 300 people are expected to attend the 2012 National Soils Forum at the Quality Resort All Seasons in Bendigo on 8 and 9 March. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=5277&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=5258&objectType=kms The North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA) is coordinating the refurbishment of three regulators in Gunbower Forest. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=5258&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=5225&objectType=kms More than 70 people packed the Creswick RSL Hall on Thursday 1 December to hear about a preferred option for protecting Creswick from future flooding. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=5225&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=5193&objectType=kms The North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA) has confirmed the Loddon River between Loddon Weir and Kerang Weir will receive environmental water releases during late November and December. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=5193&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=5194&objectType=kms Bendigo residents who have recent or historic flood or rainfall information are encouraged to contribute to a North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA) flood study. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=5194&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=5188&objectType=kms Individuals, Landcare and Natural Resource Management groups have until Monday 9 January 2012 to apply for grants of up to $20,000 to undertake flood-related environmental recovery and enhancement works. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=5188&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=5173&objectType=kms Following months of community consultation the draft Creswick Flood Mitigation and Urban Drainage Plan was today released for public comment. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=5173&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=5181&objectType=kms Monitoring fish migration at two new fishways along Gunbower Creek is currently being undertaken by the North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA). http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=5181&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=5112&objectType=kms Local community members in the Gannawarra Shire have been working across the Shire to repair flood damage to property, infrastructure and key environmental assets thanks to the State Government’s $2.7 million Flood Recovery Employment Program. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=5112&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=5113&objectType=kms Work crews within the City of Greater Bendigo have commenced repairing flood damage to property, infrastructure and key environmental assets thanks to the State Government’s $2.7 million Flood Recovery Employment Program. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=5113&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=5114&objectType=kms The North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA) today confirmed the Campaspe River downstream of Lake Eppalock will receive environmental water releases during spring. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=5114&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=5111&objectType=kms The North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA) has received $9.04 million from the Natural Disaster Relief Fund to deliver a range of flood recovery works in north central Victoria over the next two years. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=5111&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=5089&objectType=kms Members of Landcare or community groups or anyone interested in joining their local group are invited to attend a free workshop where ideas to increase and rejuvenate membership will be the topic of conversation. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=5089&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=5088&objectType=kms The north central Victoria region is home to 12 different native species and one introduced species of frogs. To assist in identifying the different frogs a new field guide will be launched at Anderson’s Mill, Smeaton, from 10 am on Sunday 16 October. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=5088&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=5087&objectType=kms The benefits of native grasses, agroforestry, sandalwood and revegetation in farming systems will be highlighted at a free field day at Echuca on Thursday 13 October from 10am – 4 pm (including lunch). http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=5087&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=5038&objectType=kms The North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA) is again calling on the community to report levee breaches in the Kerang, Benjeroop and Pental Island areas as part of an ongoing effort to repair the damage caused by the January 2011 floods. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=5038&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=5028&objectType=kms The North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA) recently welcomed five senior Chinese delegates from the Jiangsu Water Resources Corporation for International Economical and Technical Cooperation. The delegates are responsible for water supply, water quality and flood management for the entire Jiangsu Province. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=5028&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=5086&objectType=kms The North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA) recently welcomed five senior Chinese delegates from the Jiangsu Water Resources Corporation for International Economical and Technical Cooperation. The delegates are responsible for water supply, water quality and flood management for the entire Jiangsu Province. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=5086&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=4994&objectType=kms Community groups in North Central Victoria interested in enhancing or protecting the natural environment have until Monday 10 October to apply for funding courtesy of the Victorian Government’s 25th Anniversary Landcare Grants. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=4994&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=4971&objectType=kms Private landholders who live in the mid Loddon area have until 8 November to apply for funding from the North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA) to protect Box–Gum and Grey Box Grassy Woodlands on their properties under the Box-Gum Grassy Woodlands project. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=4971&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=4970&objectType=kms A free sausage sizzle will be on offer at a community tree planting day scheduled for Thursday 22 September, from 10 am – 4 pm at the Gunbower Recreation Reserve. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=4970&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=4969&objectType=kms Forty-five Charlton residents attended a community information session on Tuesday 23 August to contribute their local knowledge of flooding and learn about the Flood and Drainage Management Plan being prepared for their town. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=4969&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=4943&objectType=kms North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA) in conjunction with the Buloke Shire Council announces the appointment of BMT WBM to develop the Charlton Flood and Drainage Management Plan. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=4943&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=4934&objectType=kms An informative forum focussing on productive farming in northern Victoria in the face of variable water allocations and climate variability will be held at the Kerang Valley Resort on Wednesday 17 August. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=4934&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=4878&objectType=kms Community members are invited to attend a meeting at the Creswick Senior Citizens Hall from 7.30pm on Thursday 11 August 2011, where progress on the Flood Mitigation and Urban Drainage Plan for Creswick will be the topic of conversation. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=4878&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=4877&objectType=kms More water in the Coliban storages has allowed a return to normal water sharing arrangements in the system as well as enhanced options for future river health management, announced the North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA) and Coliban Water. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=4877&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=4756&objectType=kms The Loddon River will receive a significant boost this winter with the North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA) releasing environmental water to the Loddon River, downstream of Loddon Weir. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=4756&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=4757&objectType=kms The Hon Peter Walsh MP, Minister for Agriculture and Food Security, and Minister for Water, was at the North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA) on Tuesday evening to officially launch the Dja Dja Wurrung Clans Aboriginal Corporation (DDWCAC) and North Central CMA Partnership Project, http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=4757&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=4707&objectType=kms The North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA) has welcomed the Victorian Government’s announcement of a new employment initiative to assist the recovery of flood affected communities in north central Victoria. The North Central CMA’s $2.7 million Flood Recovery Employment Program, is a one-year initiative that will provide flexible employment options to assist primary producers and other rural workers affected by the floods. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=4707&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=4644&objectType=kms The North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA) is encouraging community environmental groups in the region to apply for the 2011-12 Victorian Landcare Grants, which are open until Monday 27 June 2011. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=4644&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=4645&objectType=kms The North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA) and the Department of Sustainability and Environment (DSE), supported by Mount Alexander Shire Council are planning works to manage weeds and remove flood debris from Barkers Creek in Castlemaine. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=4645&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=4481&objectType=kms The North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA) and Buloke Shire Council have welcomed the State Government’s announcement of $150,000 for the development of a Flood Management Plan for Charlton. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=4481&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=4444&objectType=kms Following the success of last year’s inaugural forum, attracting over 150 attendees, the North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA) will host the 2nd Annual North Central Regional Soils Forum, to be held at The Bendigo Club on Thursday 7 April. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=4444&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=4278&objectType=kms The North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA), in partnership with Coliban Water, has commenced a small but important environmental water flow downstream of the Malmsbury Reservoir. The flow is to complement significant natural flows to the Coliban River received over recent months. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=4278&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=4277&objectType=kms Emergency works to help floodwaters recede at Benjeroop and Murrabit West are showing signs of success. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=4277&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=4268&objectType=kms The removal of flood debris accumulated in waterways is continuing in the towns of Castlemaine, Newstead and Carisbrook. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=4268&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=4223&objectType=kms Work to remove flood debris which has accumulated and caused blockages in Tullaroop (Deep) Creek at Carisbrook has commenced. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=4223&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=4211&objectType=kms Flood debris removal has commenced along the Creswick Creek. The North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA) and Hepburn Shire Council are working together on the cleanup program in response to community concerns. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=4211&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=4194&objectType=kms In response to the recent flood event, the North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA) has received many calls from residents in the Castlemaine and Taradale areas, reporting flood debris in local waterways. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=4194&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=4193&objectType=kms In response to the current flood emergency, the North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA) is calling on the community to report excessive accumulations of flood debris within rivers and creeks that may create issues for public infrastructure in the event of a future flood. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=4193&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=4195&objectType=kms Rabbits continue to be one of the largest threats to the health of the Kerang Wetlands. By burrowing and heavily grazing on native and agricultural crops, the pest animal destroys the landscape and costs the Australian economy millions of dollars per annum. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=4195&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=4113&objectType=kms The North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA) has allocated $299,064 of the $3.332 million available across Victoria through the Second Generation Landcare Grants for the 2010/11 financial year. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=4113&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=4061&objectType=kms Regional water and emergency agencies are working to help manage the impacts of record rainfalls across the North Central plains region, but warn the community that they may see some unexpected environmental impacts. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=4061&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=3902&objectType=kms As caretakers of river health, the North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA) has received funding to assist landholders who were affected by the September flood events. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=3902&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=3876&objectType=kms The North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA) is continuing to roll out a program of activities across North Central Victoria to protect and enhance the region’s waterways. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=3876&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=3774&objectType=kms Leading experts from the Australian Platypus Conservancy (APC), Dr Melody Serena and Geoff Williams, will again be visiting the North Central region in October to host a free community information evening in Baringhup. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=3774&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=3775&objectType=kms Gunbower Creek will receive an increase in flow this week as consumptive water is used en-route to boost native fish populations. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=3775&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=3776&objectType=kms Private landholders who live in the mid Loddon region are encouraged to apply for funding from the North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA) to protect Box–Gum Grassy Woodlands on their properties. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=3776&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=3588&objectType=kms The North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA) initiated its Flood Response Action Plan on Saturday with the appointment of an internal incident controller to liaise with the Victorian State Emergency Service (VicSES). http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=3588&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=3518&objectType=kms The Loddon Shire, in collaboration with local partner agencies, including the North Central Catchment management Authority, is driving the inaugural Loddon Nature Tourism Festival entitled Naturally Loddon: A Wonderland in Spring, to be held throughout September-October this year. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=3518&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=3519&objectType=kms The Loddon Shire, in collaboration with local partner agencies, including the North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA), is driving the inaugural Loddon Nature Tourism Festival entitled Naturally Loddon: A Wonderland in Spring, to be held throughout September-October this year. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=3519&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=3448&objectType=kms A leading expert from the Australian Platypus Conservancy (APC), Dr Melody Serena, will be working with the North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA) in August, visiting Gunbower, Cohuna and Durham Ox, and will hold a number of public talks about monitoring platypus populations and the general biology and habitat requirements of these incredible animals. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=3448&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=3366&objectType=kms Twelve men from the Barapa Barapa Nation Aboriginal Corporation, employed through the North Central Catchment Management Authority’s (CMA) Drought Employment Program in 2009, represented Victoria as a finalist at the recent National Landcare Awards gala presentation held in Canberra on 24 June 2010. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=3366&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=3367&objectType=kms The North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA), in partnership with Goulburn-Murray Water (G-MW), has commenced construction of a fishway at Thompson Weir, between the townships of Cohuna and Gunbower, opening up 55 kilometres of unimpeded passage for native fish in Gunbower Creek. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=3367&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=3212&objectType=kms Richardson’s Lagoon, a cut-off meander of the River Murray north-west of Echuca, also known locally as Baillieu’s Lagoon, is set to receive 2,000ML of environmental water during winter 2010. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=3212&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=3213&objectType=kms The North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA) has undertaken woody habitat reintroduction works on Tullaroop Creek in an effort to improve the habitat and breeding conditions for the River Blackfish (Gadopsis marmoratus), a species of regional significance. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=3213&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=3196&objectType=kms The Victorian Government has extended the date for submissions on the draft Western Region Sustainable Water Strategy, allowing an extra month for the community to submit comments. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=3196&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=3197&objectType=kms More than 150 local grade 3 and 4 students from Echuca Primary school have learnt more about the environment thanks to an education program titled ‘Campaspe Wonderland’. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=3197&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=3193&objectType=kms The North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA) is holding a riparian management field day for the local community along the Loddon River, on Tuesday 25 May at the Vaughan Springs Mineral Reserve near Castlemaine between 10am-2pm, which will include a light lunch. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=3193&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=3194&objectType=kms More than fifty high profile leaders from North Central Victoria met in Bendigo recently to discuss the ‘big picture’ challenges facing the region and to strengthen relationships between local and state government, water corporations and the North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA). http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=3194&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=3195&objectType=kms Local school students and community members have recently been out and about collecting samples from local waterways and groundwater bores to test for salinity and learn more about the impacts of salinity on the environment, as part of the activities for Saltwatch week. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=3195&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=3178&objectType=kms The North Central Catchment Authority (CMA), in partnership with public and private land managers, has undertaken works along Gunbower Creek in an effort to control large Blackberry infestations. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=3178&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=3179&objectType=kms Staff from the North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA) recently met with volunteers from the Australian Freshwater Turtle Conservation and Research Association to locate and record nests sites of the endangered Broad-shelled turtle at targeted sites along Gunbower Creek. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=3179&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=3181&objectType=kms The North Central Catchment Management Authority is encouraging environmental groups in the region to apply for 2010-11 Second Generation Community Landcare Grants, which are open until Friday 16 July 2010. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=3181&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=3147&objectType=kms In the coming weeks, the North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA) will finalise its 2009-10 environmental water delivery program to important Boort district wetlands as the water year draws to a close. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=3147&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=3127&objectType=kms The North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA) and Parks Victoria will be implementing a baiting program during April to target rabbits and foxes in and around Lake Bael Bael and the Avoca Marshes, Reedy Lakes, Gunbower Forest and along selected sections of Gunbower Creek. The baiting program is being undertaken in an effort to reduce the impact these pests have on the natural environment and to protect their Ramsar site values. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=3127&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=3110&objectType=kms Are you interested in learning about local bird life and how you can get involved in protecting endangered species? Understanding and conserving woodland birds is the theme for a workshop being held in Campbells Creek on 23 April. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=3110&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=3016&objectType=kms The local storm event over the Labour Day long weekend resulted in some small natural flows in the Coliban River. To complement the storm event flows the Coliban is set to receive an environmental flow downstream of Malmsbury Reservoir to improve the river’s environment. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=3016&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=3015&objectType=kms The North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA) invites members from the community, who are interested in the future management of soils in north central Victoria, to attend a free community forum being held in Bendigo on Wednesday 31 March, 2010. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=3015&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=2978&objectType=kms The North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA) recently sponsored an event in the successful ‘Cohuna Bridge to Bridge’ held in late February. The annual community event is popular with local community members and visitors alike and raises much needed funds for the Cohuna District Hospital and the Royal Children’s Hospital. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=2978&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=2960&objectType=kms The North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA) has allocated $318,320 of the Victorian Government’s $3.38 million Second Generation Landcare grants for this financial year. More than seventy five community groups throughout North Central Victoria region will benefit from the funding with the announcement of the successful applicants. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=2960&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=2955&objectType=kms The North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA) recently hosted workshops in Kerang and Cohuna with a focus on pest plant and animal management issues in the area. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=2955&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=2844&objectType=kms The North Central Management Authority (CMA) has published a Community Grants Guide identifying funding opportunities for individuals and community groups caring for the natural environment in North Central Victoria. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=2844&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=2791&objectType=kms A series of high summer flows or ‘freshes’ will be released to the Campaspe River downstream of the Campaspe Siphon near Rochester through to it’s confluence with the River Murray at Echuca this summer. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=2791&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=2792&objectType=kms World Wetlands Day will be celebrated on Tuesday 2 February, with this year’s theme being Wetlands, Biodiversity and Climate Change. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=2792&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=2780&objectType=kms Private landholders wanting to protect Box–Gum Grassy Woodlands on their properties in this region are encouraged to apply for funding from the North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA). http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=2780&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=2775&objectType=kms Significant weed removal works targeting Tamarix at Lake Meran have been completed through a partnership between the North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA) and an indigenous traineeship crew working with the Department of Sustainability and Environment (DSE). http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=2775&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=2688&objectType=kms To celebrate World Wetlands Day 2010 on 2 February, North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA) and Barapa Barapa Nation are holding a public event at Reedy Lake to highlight the rich environment and Indigenous significance of these amazing lakes and wetlands. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=2688&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=2687&objectType=kms The North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA) is pleased to advise that stage one of the multimillion dollar Benwell Surface Water Management System (SWMS) project is currently on time and within budget. Stage one of project, which is managed by Goulburn–Murray Water, involves construction of 6 km of primary drain, a pump station and 700 metres of pipeline between the Murray River and Koondrook–Murrabit Road http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=2687&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=2644&objectType=kms (11 January 2009): The North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA) is part of a consortium that could see the region receive a share of the Australian Government’s $300 million investment in on-farm efficiency across the lower Murray–Darling Basin. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=2644&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=2620&objectType=kms The North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA) recently hosted a visit by Member for Northern Victoria and Parliamentary Secretary for Rural and Regional Development, Ms Kaye Darveniza at their Huntly office http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=2620&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=2617&objectType=kms The release of the Victorian Government’s Northern Region Sustainable Water Strategy today was a good news story for northern Victoria’s rivers, wetlands and floodplain sites, according to the North Central Catchment Management Authority. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=2617&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=2618&objectType=kms The North Central CMA in partnership with Goulburn-Murray Water has announced that small but important flows will be released to the Campaspe River this summer. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=2618&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=2346&objectType=kms The Coliban River downstream of Malmsbury Reservoir will receive a small environmental flow to protect the river and its environment. The flow is being provided under a joint management program implemented by the North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA) and Coliban Water. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=2346&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=2337&objectType=kms The North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA) will again deliver environmental water to Little Lake Boort to maintain the lake as a drought refuge for waterbirds across the coming summer and autumn, however cannot guarantee future environmental water allocations to the lake. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=2337&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=2336&objectType=kms Some of the Australia’s leading scientists will converge in Bendigo next week to share their knowledge about the region’s environmental and social history. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=2336&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=2301&objectType=kms Pumping of environmental water secured for Gunbower Forest from The Living Murray program will begin this week, allowing Reedy Lagoon to be inundated for the first time in nearly three years. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=2301&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=2285&objectType=kms The North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA), in partnership with Goulburn–Murray Water, Parks Victoria and the Department of Sustainability and Environment, has been delivering environmental water to McDonald Swamp in autumn and spring this year to provide water for the region’s water birds. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=2285&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=2281&objectType=kms Members of the North Central Catchment Management Authority’s (CMA) community committee (the Natural Resource Management Committee) will visit the Hay family’s farm at Kamarooka on the edge of the Riverine Plains, approximately 30km north of Bendigo on Wednesday 18 November. The committee will see first hand how a degraded saline wasteland has been turned into an oasis in less than five years with the assistance and guidance from the Northern United Forestry Group and financial support from the National Landcare Program. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=2281&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=2280&objectType=kms A colony of Little Pied Cormorants (Phalacrocorax melanoleucos) has continued breeding with some chicks ready to leave their nests thanks to the delivery of an additional 500 million litres of environmental water to Gunbower Forest. The water was delivered to the Little Gunbower Wetland Complex in Gunbower Forest during October through a North Central Catchment Management Authority project. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=2280&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=2258&objectType=kms 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 your views on the region’s most valued environmental assets to help prioritise future environmental funding and works and there is still time to be involved. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=2258&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=2259&objectType=kms Over 80 students from St Kilian's primary school Bendigo recently visited Gunbower Forest as part of their science education program. The excursion provided the students an opportunity to see first hand Gunbower Forest and its wetlands building on what they had been studying in the classroom. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=2259&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=2257&objectType=kms The Natural Resource Management Committee (NRMC) is a 12 member community advisory group to the North Central CMA Board. The committee provides a local community perspective to the North Central CMA on its planning, community engagement and works. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=2257&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=2233&objectType=kms 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 your views on the region’s most valued environmental assets to help prioritise future environmental funding and works and there is still time to be involved. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=2233&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=2234&objectType=kms The North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA) in partnership with La Trobe University is hosting the Royal Society of Victoria Symposium in Bendigo on 2 and 3 December to recognise the environmental history and the scientific significance of the North Central region. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=2234&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=2235&objectType=kms The North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA) has received funding through the Federal Government’s Caring for our Country recovery program to assist communities and landholders repair and restore environmental assets that were impacted by the February Black Saturday fires. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=2235&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=2228&objectType=kms Environmental water is being used to keep baby birds alive in Gunbower Forest in the north of Victoria after a colony of Little Pied Cormorants (Phalacrocorax Melanoleucos) started breeding there in August. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=2228&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=2217&objectType=kms The North Central Catchment Management Authority is seeking community members for appointment to its Natural Resource Management Committee (NRMC). http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=2217&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=2168&objectType=kms Twelve Indigenous men from the Barapa Barapa community, employed through the North Central Catchment Management Authority’s (CMA) Drought Employment Program were presented with the prestigious 2009 Victorian Indigenous Landcare Award at a recent gala presentation at Government House. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=2168&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=2169&objectType=kms An opportunity to appreciate our unique wildlife while learning photography skills is one of several activities planned for Spring in the Bendigo Bush this year. The North Central Catchment Management Authority is celebrating the annual event by hosting a nature photography workshop featuring well known wildlife photographer David Kleinert. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=2169&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=2170&objectType=kms The North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA) will be undertaking works in September to control large infestations of Tamarix species on lakes Meran and Murphy. The works on these lakes, which connect with the Loddon River, will be done through the North Central CMA’s Loddon Stressed River project. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=2170&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=2154&objectType=kms 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 your views on the region’s most valued environmental assets to help prioritise future environmental funding and works. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=2154&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=2073&objectType=kms In a joint effort between the North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA), the Department of Sustainability and Environment (DSE) and the Laanecoorie Foreshore Committee, 1 km of fencing along the Loddon River at Laanecoorie has been erected. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=2073&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=2072&objectType=kms The North Central Catchment Management Authority is encouraging environmental groups in the region to apply for 2009–10 Second Generation Community Landcare Grants, which are open until 23 October 2009. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=2072&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=2041&objectType=kms Vegetation protection works will shortly commence on an island in the Loddon River at Bridgewater. The works will focus on weed and willow management downstream of the Bridgewater Weir and will build on recent works undertaken by the Bridgewater community and the Loddon Shire Council. These works will contribute to the health of the Loddon River under the Loddon Stressed River project. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=2041&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1990&objectType=kms The new North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA) Board has commenced its term guiding natural resource management in this region in a time of significant challenge and opportunity. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1990&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1966&objectType=kms The North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA) is seeking images to commemorate the centenary of the 1909 floods throughout this region. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1966&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1952&objectType=kms Over 60 community members from Torrumbarry to Koondrook joined representatives from the North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA), the Murray-Darling Freshwater Research Centre, Department of Primary Industries and Goulburn-Murray Water at a Gunbower Creek community event held in Cohuna recently. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1952&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1953&objectType=kms More than fifty Waterwatch community volunteers from across the North Central Victoria region participated in the annual Victorian Waterwatch Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QAQC) program last week. The program provides an opportunity for Waterwatch volunteers to review and improve their monitoring techniques. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1953&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1949&objectType=kms Following a reduction in support to Landcare as a result of changes in Australian Government funding priorities, the North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA) is seeking to support Landcare into the future by aiding in the formation of Landcare networks across the North Central CMA region. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1949&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1932&objectType=kms Works are underway to remove Desert Ash, Boxthorn, Spiny Rush and other weeds from the Avoca River, an important environmental asset in North Central Victoria. The removal and control of these weeds is part of the North Central Catchment Management Authority’s (CMA) Avoca Reach 7 River Health project. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1932&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1928&objectType=kms Local community members are invited to attend a free event in Cohuna on 22 July to hear about fish monitoring results from Gunbower Creek and provide local knowledge. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1928&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1921&objectType=kms Have your say on local waterways, in world-first research looking at the social importance of lakes, rivers, creeks, wetlands and estuaries. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1921&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1865&objectType=kms The North Central Catchment Management Authority’s (CMA) current Board concludes its three-year term at the end of the month with an impressive list of achievements http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1865&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1834&objectType=kms The North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA) in conjunction with the Victorian Gorse Taskforce held a World Environment Day event on Friday 5 June focussing on enhancing river health in the upper Loddon and Campaspe catchments. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1834&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1815&objectType=kms For the first time, the North Central Catchment Management Authority’s (CMA) $2.5 million Drought Employment Program (DEP) employed 12 Indigenous men from the Baraparapa community to undertake site assessments along the Loddon River, from Appin South to Kerang. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1815&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1801&objectType=kms (28 May 2009) Local school students and community members have recently been out and about collecting samples from local waterways and groundwater bores to test for salinity as part of the activities for Saltwatch week, coordinated by the North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA) in partnership with Waterwatch Victoria. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1801&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1799&objectType=kms New life has been injected into three of the region’s precious wetlands. Throughout April and May 2009, almost four gigalitres of environmental water were released into Gunbower Forest, Little Lake Boort and McDonald Swamp, resulting in a dramatic increase in native plant and animal numbers as the wetlands were refreshed and revived http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1799&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1806&objectType=kms Following recent changes to funding for regional Landcare support, the North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA) is hosting a series of meetings throughout the region over the coming weeks to listen to community views on future Landcare support. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1806&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1745&objectType=kms (5 May 2009): The North Central Catchment Managements Authority’s $2.5 million Drought Employment Program (DEP) will soon be completed for 2008–09. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1745&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1716&objectType=kms Are you interested in learning how to identify and contribute to the conservation of two nationally endangered birds? A free training workshop hosted by North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA) and supported by Birds Australia’s Woodland Bird Conservation Project will be held at the Avoca Town Hall on Friday 8 May from 10am until 4pm. Presentations from a range of bird experts will occupy the morning’s session, with a field visit scheduled for the afternoon. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1716&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1683&objectType=kms (27 April 2009) The way Landcare is supported in North Central Victoria will change from 2009–10, according to the North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA). http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1683&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1672&objectType=kms One of the Murray River’s iconic wetland sites will receive a much-needed drink this autumn, thanks to Victoria’s environmental watering program which works to keep sites such as Gunbower Forest alive in these extremely dry times. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1672&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1668&objectType=kms The Coliban River downstream of Malmsbury Reservoir will receive a much-needed flow this week in a joint effort of the North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA) and Coliban Water. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1668&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1646&objectType=kms (8 April 2009): If everyone lived like Victorians, we’d need four planets to cope with our consumption, according to a report presented to regional land and water managers this week. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1646&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1635&objectType=kms It is cheaper to protect the environment than to restore it – that’s one of the messages that North Central Victorians will receive from the Commissioner for Environmental Sustainability, Dr Ian McPhail, when he visits Bendigo on Tuesday 7 April. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1635&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1612&objectType=kms Local people employed through the North Central Catchment Management Authority’s Drought Employment Program will undertake weed removal along McIvor Creek from mid-March to late April. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1612&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1576&objectType=kms In celebrating Landcare’s contribution to this region, the North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA) is hosting a forum that will include the launch of a publication titled ‘Celebrating our Most Significant Change - Stories of Landcare in the North Central Catchment’. The annual Regional Landcare Forum will be held at Little Lake Boort on 24 March and will recognise the hard work and efforts of the volunteer Landcare community over the past year and encourage Landcare participants to imagine the future. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1576&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1577&objectType=kms (10 March 2009): Three regional events hosted by the North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA) have celebrated and acknowledged the important role of community Waterwatch volunteers in monitoring the condition of our waterways. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1577&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1578&objectType=kms (12 March 2009) Members of the North Central Catchment Management Authority’s (CMA) community committee will tour the Avoca Marshes on Wednesday, 18 March, to see first hand the values of these important wetlands and the results of environmental works undertaken in the area. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1578&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1549&objectType=kms The North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA) Waterwatch team is on a mission to locate invading species of tree frogs, collectively known as the ‘Banana Box Frogs’ in the Avoca/Avon-Richardson catchments. Commonly known as the Green Tree Frog, Eastern Dwarf Tree Frog and the Dainty Tree Frog, these frogs pose a threat to native species in our local waterways. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1549&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1538&objectType=kms (20 February 2009): Three Indigenous Drought Employment Crews are currently undertaking works in the Kerang area. The North Central Catchment Management Authority’s (CMA) Drought Employment Program has employed twelve Indigenous people from the Barapa Barapa community to undertake important cultural heritage assessments and other works along the Loddon River upstream of Kerang. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1538&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1529&objectType=kms A joint effort between the North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA) and Parks Victoria has controlled Boxthorn in 150 hectares of the Avoca Marshes. “The Avoca Marshes is an internationally significant area with important environmental values, and is considered an important area by the community,” said North Central CMA Chief Executive Officer, Damian Wells. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1529&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1522&objectType=kms North Central Victoria’s Waterwatch program has welcomed three new team members to undertake important work monitoring the water quality in the region’s waterways. The North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA) announced the appointment of Regional Waterwatch Coordinator Bianca Huider, and Waterwatch Facilitators Leah Cripps and Nicole Bullen. Bianca, Leah and Nicole are local people from the Region who have brought important skills in water quality testing, natural resource management, native vegetation management and community engagement to the Waterwatch program. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1522&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1510&objectType=kms Water will be released to the Coliban River downstream of Malmsbury Reservoir, commencing this week, to provide relief for the river’s environment. In a joint announcement, the North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA) and Coliban Water has said that in these extreme dry conditions, some environmental water is crucial to prevent further deterioration of water quality, and protect plant and animal life in the river. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1510&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1508&objectType=kms Highlighting the Drought Employment Program across the Region including number of people employed, work crews and work location. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1508&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1509&objectType=kms 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. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1509&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1472&objectType=kms 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. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1472&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1473&objectType=kms 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. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1473&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1471&objectType=kms 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. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1471&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1461&objectType=kms 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. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1461&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1455&objectType=kms Landcare groups across the Buloke and Northern Grampians shires have welcomed the recommencement of the North Central Catchment Management Authority's Drought Employment Program. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1455&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1415&objectType=kms 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. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1415&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1416&objectType=kms 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. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1416&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1417&objectType=kms 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). http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1417&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1418&objectType=kms In an area ravaged by drought Little Lake Boort is an oasis providing a key refuge for threatened birds and wildlife. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1418&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1420&objectType=kms Members of the North Central Catchment Management Authority's Natural Resource Management Committee (NRMC) will tour the York Plains Wetlands on Wednesday, October 29 to increase their understanding of the area's environmental and historical value. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1420&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1387&objectType=kms Tests to determine if key Murray-Darling basin wetlands are at risk of acid sulphate soils are being conducted over the next two months. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1387&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1422&objectType=kms Australians are encouraged to protect, conserve and get involved in water resource management during National Water Week from October 19-25. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1422&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1388&objectType=kms A pilot project in the Pyramid-Boort irrigation Area has delivered lessons and experiences for other Australian communities experiencing rapid changes to traditional land and water management due to irrigation reforms. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1388&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1389&objectType=kms There are nearly 1000 species of bats, and of the 70 estimated in Victoria, up to 14 call Bendigo home. Bats do good deeds for the environment yet negative perceptions mean they are more often than not maligned. An attempt to spread a positive message about their impact was embraced during workshops hosted by the North Central Catchment Management Authority as part of Spring in the Bendigo Bush. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1389&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1390&objectType=kms North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA) Chairman, Dr Ian MacBean today announced the appointment of Damian Wells as the organisation's new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1390&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1393&objectType=kms Members of the Natural Resource Management Committee heard how weed eradication and natural revegetation projects were helping waterways during a day tour with community representatives last week http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1393&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1394&objectType=kms A New Dryland workshop conducted in Pyramid Hill last week has paved the way for local farmers and businesses to explore new agricultural options in our changing environment http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1394&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1396&objectType=kms Spring in the Bendigo Bush is kicking off on Saturday the 30th August at Central Lansell, Kangaroo Flat from 10.00 am - 4.00 pm. There will be free information sessions along with giveaways and plenty of information on ways to enjoy Bendigo and surrounds during Spring. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1396&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1397&objectType=kms Until recently, Northern Victoria's Gunbower Forest and wetland was completely dry and very quiet due to the drought. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1397&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1398&objectType=kms At a celebratory dinner last week, North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA) presented the final results of their Drought Employment Program (DEP). http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1398&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1399&objectType=kms At a celebratory dinner last week, North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA) presented the final results of their Drought Employment Program (DEP). http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1399&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1400&objectType=kms At a celebratory dinner last week, North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA) presented the final results of their Drought Employment Program (DEP). http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1400&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1401&objectType=kms A Memorandum of of Understanding between four regional organisations to better manage the impacts of dams within the Upper Campaspe Catchment was signed today in a special function in Bendigo. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1401&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1402&objectType=kms Four key regional organisations have today agreed to work together to better manage the impacts of dams within the Upper Campaspe Catchment through a Memorandum of Understanding MoU http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1402&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1403&objectType=kms The attendance of 25 farmers and community members at a business planning and evaluation workshop in Pyramid Hill last week was a pleasing result for organisers of the event. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1403&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1404&objectType=kms Community passion for the river and its health in the Avoca, Natte Yallock and Archdale areas was on display to members of the North Central Catchment Managements Authority's (CMA's) Natural Resource Management Committee (NRMC) during a visit to the region last week. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1404&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1406&objectType=kms Farmers are invited to attend a free business planning and evaluation workshop in Pyramid Hill later this month. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1406&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1407&objectType=kms Recent surveys by the North Central Catchment Management Authority's (CMA) Waterwatch volunteers have found the Bribons Toadlet is coping well despite the long drought. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1407&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1408&objectType=kms Locals and visitors to the Murray around Echuca and Gunbower are benefiting from improved surrounds, thanks to the Drough Employment Program (DEP) Echuca crew's hard work. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1408&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1409&objectType=kms The Natural Resource Management Committee (NRMC), chaired by Malcolm Brown, is a subcommittee of the North Central Catchment Management authority (CMA) Board and advises on the environmental investment within the region with an emphasis on river protection. It is made up of 16 members from across the region. Their key role is to provide local community perspectives to the projects undertaken by the NCCMA. Members of the NCCMA NRMC will visit key sites around Avoca next week. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1409&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1411&objectType=kms Three bores will be drilled this week to measure and monitor salinity and ground water below Bendigo. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1411&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1412&objectType=kms Communities throughout north central Victoria are being encouraged to work with the Victorian Government on its development of the Land and biodiversity at a time of climate change Green Paper North Central Catchment Management Authoritys Chair Dr Ian MacBean announced today. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1412&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1391&objectType=kms The North Central Catchment Management Authority CMA is inviting public comment on two new action plans a Catchment Action Plan for the Upper Loddon catchment and a Strategic Action Plan to manage willows across the region. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1391&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1392&objectType=kms The recent launch of the Regional Irrigation Development Guidelines Northern Victoria marks the beginning of a new environmentally sustainable and risk based approach to irrigation development across the catchments of northern Victoria. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1392&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1395&objectType=kms Good quality water in our rivers and responsible farm management practices are codependent and extremely important just ask farmers Ruth and John Penny from Serpentine. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1395&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1405&objectType=kms Some great examples of teamwork and collaboration are having a dramatic impact on the landscape around St Arnaud. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1405&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1410&objectType=kms Landholders from across the Pyramid Boort Irrigation Area gathered at the Yarrawalla Hall early this month to participate in the Coping with Today Planning for Tomorrow information session. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1410&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1413&objectType=kms The internationally recognised Living Murray icon site of Gunbower Forest will receive up to 77 gigalitres GL of environmental water this autumn to provide critical drought refuges for threatened species. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1413&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1421&objectType=kms Residents and regular visitors to Maldon will have noticed a difference along High Street with the removal of elm suckers at the base of Anzac Hill. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1421&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1423&objectType=kms The Member for Bendigo East the Hon Jacinta Allan Minister for Regional Rural Development and Minister for Skills Workforce Participation today announced a partnership project between the Northern United Forestry Group NUFG North Central Catchment Management Authority CMA and the University of Melbourne to deliver the Master Treegrower Course in North Central Victoria in 2008. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1423&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1425&objectType=kms The effects of salinity continue to be a major environmental issue in Australia with farreaching impacts Salinity has a number of damaging effects including loss of farming land productivity increased stream salinities increased erosion rates infrastructure damage and loss of biodiversity. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1425&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1426&objectType=kms According to the North Central Catchment Management Authority CMA the recent discovery of a Platypus in Birchs Creek is a wonderful indicator of the resilience of the Creek and the ecological environment in a time of ongoing drought and climate change. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1426&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1429&objectType=kms The North Central Catchment Management Authority CMA together with Goulburn Murray Water GMW is about to commence work to provide important fish passage at the Kerang Weir to allow native fish species to move freely to the Loddon River upstream. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1429&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1431&objectType=kms Great things are being achieved in north central Victoria as rural projects across the region receive a boost from the North Central Catchment Management Authoritys CMA Drought Employment Program DEP. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1431&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1438&objectType=kms A summer freshening flow is planned to be released to the Campaspe River downstream of the Campaspe Siphon the North Central Catchment Management CMA and Goulburn Murray Water announced today. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1438&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1439&objectType=kms Are you interested in learning how to identify and contribute to the conservation of two nationally endangered birds? A free training workshop will be hosted by the North Central Catchment Management Authority CMA and the Department of Sustainability of Environment DSE in St Arnaud on May 2. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1439&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1441&objectType=kms From modest beginnings on a property in Winjallok located in north central Victoria in 1986 to an iconic rural brand Landcare is celebrating 21 years here in our region In recognition of this special milestone the North Central Catchment Management Authority CMA will be launching its DVD A Celebration of 21 years of Landcare in North Central Region this Friday. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1441&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1444&objectType=kms A small but important environmental flow will be released to the Coliban River downstream of Malmsbury Reservoir the North Central Catchment Management Authority CMA and Coliban Water jointly announced today. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1444&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1446&objectType=kms The North Central Catchment Management Authority CMA along with the Northern Grampians and Buloke Shire Landcare groups are helping one of North Central Waterwatchs longest serving volunteers realise a long held vision to reclaim our creeks from the effects of salinity erosion and weed invasion. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1446&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1449&objectType=kms The North Central Catchment Management Authority CMA and GoulburnMurray Water will be using water that is being delivered to irrigators on the Murray system to help provide a freshening environmental flow for the lower Campaspe River downstream of the Campaspe Siphon near Rochester. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1449&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1452&objectType=kms It may come as a surprise to many but the Bendigo Creek provides some extremely important habitat Recently a lively and somewhat noisy population of the threatened Growling Grass Frogs was discovered in the Creek. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1452&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1453&objectType=kms The North Central Catchment Management Authority CMA announced the release of 100 million litres of Loddon River Wetland Entitlement water to Little Lake Boort as part of identified environmental outcomes to wetland areas in the Boort District. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1453&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1454&objectType=kms Interested in helping make a difference to our natural landscape If so then the North Central Catchment Management Authority CMA invites you to apply to become a member of one of its eleven works crews employed as part of the North Central CMAs 2008 Drought Employment Program. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1454&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1414&objectType=kms Nine volunteers from the Kerang unit of the State Emergency Service SES have helped finalise the last stages of preparation before the emergency watering of Gunbower Forests iconic Eagle Tree can begin. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1414&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1419&objectType=kms Interested in helping make a difference to our natural landscape If so then the North Central Catchment Management Authority CMA invites you to apply to become a member of one of its eleven works crews employed as part of the North Central CMAs 2008 Drought Employment Program. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1419&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1424&objectType=kms The North Central Catchment Management Authority CMA is currently developing a Catchment Action Plan for the Upper Loddon Catchment This plan will detail how the North Central CMA undertakes environmental works in the area as well as identify key locations as priority sites to protect and enhance the health of our local waterways. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1424&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1427&objectType=kms An environmental flow will be released for the Coliban River downstream of Malmsbury Reservoir the North Central Catchment Management Authority CMA and Coliban Water jointly announced today. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1427&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1428&objectType=kms The health of Victorias water environment is constantly being monitored by a number of organisations to check for signs of stress and quality Over the last few weeks the North Central Catchment Management Authority CMA and GoulburnMurray Water have received several community reports indicating changes to the water in Gunbower Creek. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1428&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1430&objectType=kms A recent tour of the Loddon River organised by the North Central Catchment Management Authority CMA to showcase best practice land management activities on waterways has been hailed a success. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1430&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1432&objectType=kms The North Central Catchment Management Authority CMA today announced that funding is available for community and industrybased groups to undertake projects that have the potential to increase the sustainability productivity and profitability of primary industries within the North Central region. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1432&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1433&objectType=kms The North Central Catchment Management Authoritys Drought Employment Program DEP is now seeking expressions of interest from rural community members. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1433&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1434&objectType=kms 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 GMW and the North Central Catchment Management Authority CMA. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1434&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1435&objectType=kms The North Central Catchment Management Authority CMA in partnership with the Department of Primary Industries and the landholders and communities living along the Loddon River from Baringhup to the Murray are taking important steps in their aims to restore balance to the rivers natural health. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1435&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1436&objectType=kms The North Central Catchment Management Authority CMA today announced the start of a new era with the launch of its new Natural Resource Management Committee NRMC. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1436&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1442&objectType=kms Ever heard the sound of a stuttering Doberman coming from your backyard pond Heard the sound of an outboard motor struggling to start with no boat to be seen You might have heard a Growling Grass Frog! http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1442&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1437&objectType=kms More than 50 students from several local primary schools recently joined North Central Waterwatch for a day of environmental education and exploration Students from Welton Primary School Elmore Primary School and Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Elmore were taken for a tour of the Gunbower State Forest and the surrounding region as part of National Water Week 2007 celebrations. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1437&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1440&objectType=kms The North Central Catchment Management Authority CMA has recently released the Gunbower Forest Flooding For Life DVD which highlights the many values of Gunbower Forest. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1440&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1443&objectType=kms The North Central Catchment Management Authority CMA is calling on community members in the North Central region to be involved in the development of a plan for managing willows in their local areas. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1443&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1445&objectType=kms The North Central Catchment Management Authority CMA is currently coordinating the control of some small willows found to be regrowing along the Loddon River in Kerang which is a follow up to the removal of large Willows back in June this year. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1445&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1447&objectType=kms A recent North Central Waterwatch and Community Stream Sampling Project event aimed at improving the standard of water quality data collected by community volunteers has proved a huge success. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1447&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1448&objectType=kms The North Central Catchment Management Authority CMA is inviting the public to come along and enjoy a Grass Roots Climate Evening. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1448&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1450&objectType=kms The North Central Catchment Management Authority CMA is inviting public comment on its recently released Draft Upper Avoca Catchment Action Plan. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1450&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1451&objectType=kms The North Central Catchment Management Authoritys CMA Waterwatch team together with Parks Victoria staff have discovered multiple populations of a threatened frog species in and around the Greater Bendigo National Park as part of their surveys. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1451&objectType=kms http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1634&objectType=kms Bealiba’s environment is receiving a boost through work undertaken by local Drought Employment crews. http://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/News_and_Events/Media_Releases/index.aspx?itemDetails=1634&objectType=kms