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The North East Our Catchments Our Communities (OCOC) project is a flagship project of the North East CMA that seeks to promote and strengthen integrated catchment management across the region. It contributes to Integrated Catchment Management by undertaking two targeted area projects, one in the Lower Ovens Catchment area and the other in the Upper Mitta Catchment upstream of Dartmouth Dam.
Each of these projects is driven by a steering committee made up of local community representatives, NRM managers and other stakeholders to undertake Integrated Catchment Management on a local scale. The place-based projects achieve this through planning and prioritising key activities, engaging with and strengthening partnerships with stakeholders and the community, and delivering targeted waterway and catchment health programs to address the priority waterway and NRM threats and opportunities.
The OCOC project also achieves integrated catchment management by bringing together NRM managers and other stakeholders focused on planning, communicating and evaluating activities within the North East.
2019-20 was the fourth and final year of the OCOC project and thus the project was focused on completing existing activities and identifying priorities for the future to ensure longevity of the project outcomes.
The videos below highlight and demonstrate the achievements of the OCOC projects in the Lower Ovens and the Upper Mitta Mitta.
We thank all our organisation and community partners for their involvement in these projects.
Our Catchments Our Communities - Lower Ovens
Project Partners
Organisations
Parks Victoria, Department of Environment, Land, Water & Planning,North East Water,Trust for Nature,Centre for Freshwater Ecosystems (La Trobe University),Charles Sturt University, Murray-Darling Wetlands Working Group, Arthur Rylah Institute, Rural City of Wangaratta, Indigo Shire Council, Winton Wetlands
Community groups
Rutherglen Landcare Group,Warby Range Landcare Group, Ovens Landcare Network, Yorta Yorta Nation Aboriginal Corporation, Wangaratta Landcare & Sustainability, Borinya Wangaratta Community Partnership, Boorhaman Landcare Group
Our Catchments Our Communities - Mitta Mitta
Upper Mitta Mitta Catchment Action Plan (CAP)
The Upper Mitta Mitta CAP is an example of a community led catchment action plan. Stakeholder engagement to derive values, threats and amanagement actions was a large component of the project.
Download a PDF version of the plan here
Project Partners
Organisations
Department of Environment, Land, Water & Planning, Parks Victoria, East Gippsland Shire Council, Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions, Omeo District Health, East Gippsland Water, Regional Roads Victoria, Omeo CFA, Community groups, Friends of the Mitta, Benambra Dinner Plain Omeo, (BDPO) Landcare Group, Omeo Region Business & Tourism Association, Omeo Angling Club, Omeo Golf Club, Benambra Neighbourhood House, Gunaikurnai Land and Waters Aboriginal Corporation