THE GLENELG HOPKINS CATCHMENT MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY PROTECTS AND ENHANCES THE LAND, WATER AND BIODIVERSITY ACROSS 26,910 SQ KM OF VICTORIA’S SOUTH-WEST.
The combined work of Victoria’s 10 Catchment Management Authorities (CMAs) has been recognised at the 35th National Banksia Foundation Sustainability Awards recently. Vic Catchments, the peak body for Victoria’s ten Catchment Management Authorities (CMA) which includes the Glenelg Hopkins CMA, won the Nature Positive category. The Awards celebrate trailblazers in environmental and social sustainability, with…
One of Australia’s rarest fish, the Australian Grayling, has been found in Warrnambool’s Merri River ahead of the removal of one of the most significant fish migration barriers in the waterway, the Bromfield Street weir. The Bromfield Street weir was constructed in 1907 as part of the Merri scheme to supply town water to Warrnambool,…
The March edition of the CMA e-newsletter is out now. The Glenelg Hopkins CMA response to the recent fires which burnt over 20,000 hectares of private and public land in the north-east of the catchment area around Raglan has been the focus of a lot of the CMAs work. CEO Adam Bester visited the impacted…
Platycam is a livestream of the Grange Burn in Hamilton in south-west Victoria where a platypus are known to live.
It is installed high above the waterway to watch the platypus in their natural environment and broadcasts 24hrs a day.
Livestream begins May 2022
Be part of our Sanderling tracking project and go into the running to win a Jimmi Buscombe art print simply by snapping a photo of Sanderling on our beaches this summer.
This $1.02m Flagship Water project will be delivered over four years and funded by the Victorian State Government through the Waterway Health Funding program.
The project will benefit social and recreational users of the rivers and supports landholders and the community by providing technical and financial support to rural and semi-rural landholders to improve the condition of riparian zones and water quality through revegetation, fencing and weed control.
