THE GLENELG HOPKINS CATCHMENT MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY PROTECTS AND ENHANCES THE LAND, WATER AND BIODIVERSITY ACROSS 26,910 SQ KM OF VICTORIA’S SOUTH-WEST.
Waterway Protection and Restoration funding is now available for landscapes around the Fitzroy River and Darlot Creek. Glenelg Hopkins CMA has funding available for landholders to undertake waterway protection and restoration activities on the Fitzroy River and Darlot Creek in the Budj Bim cultural landscape. For more information on the funding and how to apply…
Our latest CMA newsletter is out now. See what we have been up to, what funding is currently open for applications, find out how you can be involved. This month, the Glenelg Hopkins CMA turned 25! In this edition: See the Spiny Riceflower blooming for winter, find out what the Windamara Junior rangers found in…
Are you a landholder in Victoria’s southwest with stringybark trees on your farm? Then you might have critical feeding habitat for the endangered South-Eastern Red-Tail Black Cockatoo. The Glenelg Hopkins CMA is working to implement invasive pine control in areas of stringybark and improve the currently scarce food resources for this endangered species. If you…
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
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.
In the Glenelg Hopkins region, water for the environment is set aside in Rocklands Reservoir and is periodically released into the Glenelg River to support the plants and animals that live, feed and breed there.
