River Health
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Waterway rehabilitation is a major component of our annual works program. The key objectives of these works are to enable the re-establishment of indigenous vegetation and improve in-stream habitat, water quality and stream bed and bank stability.
Our field teams play an important role in protecting and restoring river health, particularly by:
- Managing sediment;
- Erecting fencing for stock management and to encourage regeneration of native trees and vegetation; and
- Removing weeds and planting native trees, shrubs and grasses along waterways to protect and improve water quality in high priority areas.
The CMA's Water Program is implementing Waterway Action Plans in three river basins: Upper Murray, Kiewa and Ovens. The purpose of a Waterway Action Plan (WAP) is to set strategic direction for future stream-based work. The plan considers multiple issues to be dealt with in a whole of reach context and guides site selection and overall planning but does not indicate specific site-based works.
The CMA's Water Program also undertakes a range of projects that are not only specific to a river reach but work across the whole CMA region. Some of the Whole of Catchment works include the following projects:
- Assistance Requests - Landholder Partnership
- Maintenance Works
- Riparian Improvement Program (Emergency Works)
- Fire Recovery
- Landholder Partnership Incentive Scheme (LPIS)
- Crown Frontage Assessment in the Ovens Basin
- River Tender
For more information download the relevant documents below:
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Basin 1- Upper_Murray_River_and_Mitta_Mitta_River | (7 KB) |
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Basin 2 - Kiewa_River | (6 KB) |
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Basin 3 - Ovens_River | (15 KB) |
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Whole of Catchment_Works | (24KB) |
River Tender
An auction style incentive program is helping farmers and crown land leaseholders take practical steps to protect the environmental health of one of victorias most significant river - the Ovens.
Through River Tender, eligible landholders can submit individual or group "bids" to undertake environmental restoration works on the land they manage. Examples of works include weed control, managing stock access, building fences, installing off-stream watering points and protecting native vegetation. River Tender funding is allocated works that offer the best value for money, not simply the lowest bid.
To date, 62 landholders and land managers have utilised River Tender funding to protect almost 140 kilometres of frontage and more than 1,300 hectares of floodplain along the Ovens River and it's significant tributaries; Reedy Creek, Buckland River, Devils Creek and Morses Creek.
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River_Tender_Flyer1.jpg (92 KB) |
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Comparative_Evaluation_of_the_Effectiveness_of_River_Tender.pdf (1381 KB) |
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River_Tender__Casestudy1.pdf (1666 KB) |
