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Tender: Recommended Environmental FLOW REGIME for the Lower Ovens under a changing climate

Tender closes 5pm, 18 November 2022

The North East Catchment Management Authority (CMA) is seeking quotations from suitably qualified organisation or individuals (the Consultant) to update the environmental flow recommendations for the Lower Ovens System (in channel system) and develop environmental flow recommendations for the Lower Ovens floodplain wetland complex. This should be completed using the most recent FLOWS method (DEPI, 2013) as the basis for this work, however the North East CMA are open to novel approaches to developing environmental flow objectives and recommendations that consider a changing climate and future water availability. 

Free event looks at the science behind native fish management

Freshwater fish scientist Jarod Lyon believes it’s an exciting time in the recovery of native fish in north east Victoria.

“I can still remember growing up in the Kiewa Valley in the 90s, where a trip to the river invariably ended with a pile of carp on the bank,” Mr Lyon said.

“Those days are over, and native fish are making a long overdue resurgence.”

Mr Lyon, who leads a research team at the Arthur Rylah Institute will be the speaker at next week’s The Reel Story: The Science Behind Management of Native Fish in North East Victoria.

Blue Duck Inn willow removal project underway

Work has begun to reduce the impact of willows across a one hectare stretch of riverbank, on both sides of the Mitta Mitta River, and adjacent to the historic Blue Duck Inn.

This project is part of the Victorian Government’s $248 million investment over four years (2020-2024) to improve catchment and waterway health across regional Victoria.

EOIs open for Kiewa River Waterway Incentives

Landowners and community groups are being urged to apply for funding through the North East Catchment Management Authority’s Lower Kiewa Catchment Stewardship Project to improve environmental outcomes.
 

Videos point the way to successful revegetation

Do you know what it takes for a successful revegetation project?

The North East Catchment Management Authority (CMA) revegetation video series is now available at Revegetation video series (necma.vic.gov.au).