FIELD DAY: Precision Agriculture
Precision agriculture might be the two words we need when it comes to supporting farmers cropping around the wetlands on their farms. Its a tricky request, asking farmers not to sow entire areas of...
Funding blows endangered grass into the future
An endangered saline-loving grassland plant will be blowing into the future with the announcement of a $250,000 project aimed at its survival in the landscape. Adamson’s Blown Grass – a native...
Work with us: Business Administration Trainee
Are you looking to enter the job market and interested in obtaining a qualification through on-the-job training? This traineeship might be for you!• Gain a Cert IV in Business• Receive on-the-job...
Work with us: Indigenous Partnerships Coordinator
Join our CMA team! The Indigenous Partnerships Coordinator coordinates the development and delivery of Indigenous partnership projects within the Glenelg Hopkins region; and the implementation of the...
Newsletter out now
Our April newsletter is out now and is full of information about what we have been up to at the CMA. From Board meetings in Balmoral which included trips through a dam wall, to removing barrier to...
Bromfield weir removal success
Warrnambool’s Bromfield Street weir, a longstanding barrier to fish migration in the Merri River, has been successfully removed. The removal of the weir, which was a collaborative effort between...
Glenelg estuary opened
Yesterday (Thursday 18 April) staff from the Glenelg Hopkins CMA, Parks Victoria and DEECA Forest Fire Management undertook an authorised river mouth opening on the Glenelg River estuary at Nelson. Works...
Rare fish find ahead of Bromfield Weir removal
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...
Wetlands of the west
Wetlands, surprisingly, are not always wet. Sometimes, that's their natural function. Sometimes, that's because in years gone by, their value in a landscape has been overlooked and they've been...
The importance of estuary management
Estuaries are an amazing natural space where fresh river water meets the sea, and in the Glenelg Hopkins CMA region, we have 5 intermittently closed estuary areas we manage. With the help of some...
