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Book highlights Border garden examples as "antidote" to urbanisation problem

As published in The Border Mail 30 November 2022

Border residents hoping to make their gardens more hospitable environments for endangered wildlife can now get information specific to the region.

Wodonga Urban Landcare Network has produced a coffee table book 'Habitat Gardens of Albury-Wodonga' to inspire and educate residents on how to make their gardens more wildlife friendly.

Project coordinator Lizette Salmon said the book featured eight local habitat gardens and an additional one on cat enclosures.

"We hope that it motivates people to start thinking of their gardens as a place of refuge for native animals," she said.

EOIs for funding for North East, Goulburn Broken irrigators close 11 Nov

Irrigators from throughout the North East Catchment Management Authority (CMA) region and the Goulburn Broken CMA dryland region are being encouraged to apply for grants to improve their water use efficiency.

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.