Glenelg Hopkins CMA
2009 – 2010 Projects
Critical Coast – Habitat Enhancement & Protection
This project achieves the protection and enhancement of critical biodiversity assets within the
coastal ecosystems of the Glenelg Hopkins region. It engages individuals and coastal communities
in on-ground protection and rehabilitation activities that focus on areas of both state and national
importance, including the Heritage listed reach of the Glenelg River and the Nationally Important
wetlands of the Glenelg Estuary, Long Swamp, Yambuk Lake and Lower Merri River.
Target areas support the internationally important shorebird Sanderling (Calidris alba) and the
Critically Endangered Orange Bellied Parrot (Neophema chrysogaster), threatened Ecological
Vegetation Communities (EVC’s) in estuaries, and a range of threatened flora and fauna species.
This project aligns with both state and federal priorities, builds on previous foundational investment
and implements critical coastal planning documents including Biodiversity Action Plans, Coastal
Action Plans and the Victorian Coastal Strategy 2008.
The project raises awareness of key coastal assets and threats and builds the capacity of
individuals, land managers and community groups to address them. On-ground activities target
permanent protection of high value assets on and adjacent to private land and connect and restore
critical coastal assets and habitat links for an uncertain climate-changed future.
2009/10 Victorian Investment Framework $400,000
Wetlands of the West Glenelg
The Wetlands of the West Glenelg project meets the Victorian Investment Framework investment
priority of protecting, enhancing and restoring wetlands within the western half of the region. This
area of the catchment has by far the highest area and number of wetlands within the region and
includes seven nationally significant wetlands. The vast majority of these wetlands are at threat
from salinity, changed water regime, drainage, surrounding land use, declining water quality, pest
plants and animals, and grazing.
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In reducing these threats, this project is addressing the investment priorities of the Victorian River
Health Program Delivery of activities in priority areas as identified within Regional River Health
Strategies to meet Statement of Obligations, including: Improve the condition of high value rivers
through continued implementation of priority on-ground activities as identified within River Health
Strategies
Natural Resources Investment Program
Biodiversity: To protect, enhance and restore highly valued native vegetation in areas at risk; to
improve the viability of rare species and ecological communities; to minimise the threat of weeds
and pests to highly valued biodiversity assets
River and wetland health themes: To protect, enhance and restore the health of Victoria's highly
valued Rivers and wetlands at risk
To achieve these targets the CMA and partners deliver the following activities: 1) West Glenelg
Wetland Tender pilot, 2) devolved grants program, 3) Wannon Water restoration of 13ha of
wetlands within a Floodplain Riparian Woodland, 4) management of Nationally Important Wetlands
by Parks Victoria and, 5) Trust for Nature delivery of covenants and stewardship in the Western
Glenelg region. The program logic for these activities generally follows; promotion of the activity,
recruitment of participants, development of management plans, implementation of these plans, and
monitoring, as described in detail within each activity description.
200910 Victorian Investment Framework $778,000
Large Scale River Restoration
This project delivers major river health improvements to the upper Glenelg River. This project
encompasses the second year of the four year project, which builds on and continues the
substantial work that has been undertaken in the implementation of the Regional River Health
Strategy. The major outcomes of the project are improved streamside zone over the whole length
of the Glenelg River, improved in-stream habitat, and reduced catchment erosion slowing the input
of sand to the river. The river system is noticeably healthier and capable of continuing to support
high environmental, social and economic values well into the future.
200910 Victorian Investment Framework $1,171,000
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River Health
Implementation of our Regional River Health Strategy (RHS) and the Victorian River Health
Strategy is a core activity of the Glenelg Hopkins CMA and a priority under the Victorian
Investment Framework. Central to the RHS is the protection of the most valuable of our region's
rivers. This project delivers the most important actions within the current RHS outside of the Large
Scale River Restoration Project. These actions include delivery of environmental flows, the
management of river mouth openings and monitoring of river health. Also included in this project is
the development of a new Regional Strategy for Healthy Waterways, Estuaries and Wetlands
which are a critical first step in implementing the new Victorian Strategy for Healthy Waterways,
Estuaries and Wetlands.
200910 Victorian Investment Framework $639,000
Threatened Flora & Fauna Species - Glenelg
This project is to be delivered in the Glenelg basin, covering the western area of the Glenelg
Hopkins CMA region. It takes in the Dundas Tablelands, Glenelg Plain, Bridgewater and a portion
of the Victorian Volcanic Plain bioregions.
This project delivers upon two investment priorities within the Victorian Investment Framework
2009/10 Guidelines: 1) To protect, enhance and restore highly valued native vegetation in areas at
risk, and 2) To improve the viability of rare and threatened species and ecological communities.
This is achieved through implementing Recovery Plans for thirty-six threatened flora and fauna (six
fauna and 30 flora) species to reduce threats and improve the habitat condition for these species
that are listed under the Federal Governments Environmental Protection and Biodiversity
Conservation Act.
Active management of these species involves three key steps: promotion of the project to recruit
volunteers and raise awareness, on ground actions including surveying and monitoring, &
monitoring of the project and its outcomes.
Through a continuing partnership between the Glenelg Hopkins CMA, DSE South West and Birds
Australia, activities that align with the VIF guidelines for the Victorian Threatened Species Program
are delivered. These activities include: implementing 56% of high priority actions at high priority
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sites from the Actions for Biodiversity Conservation (ABC) database, delivering activities in
consultation with BES and regional DSE, Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting (MER) using
standard methods to inform the ABC database, & ensuring a high level of community interest and
contribution is maintained.
200910 Victorian Investment Framework $250,000
Land Health - Glenelg
Changing climatic and economic conditions are resulting in rapidly changing land use and
agricultural intensification across the Glenelg Hopkins catchment. This is placing increasing stress
on the region's limited soil and water resources.
The Glenelg Land Health Project addresses key threats—salinity, erosion and native vegetation
clearing—by increasing best practice land management in the Glenelg River catchment including
the West Glenelg wetlands area. The project raises awareness of the threats and builds the
capacity of landholders to address them. It helps landholders prepare property management plans
and offer them targeted grants to implement management actions of high public benefit.
The project links with other Commonwealth and State projects and priorities to be part of a
comprehensive, integrated NRM effort for the West Glenelg.
The project:
improves habitat for biodiversity within the West Glenelg hill country through land class fencing and
deferred grazing methods for natural regeneration and threatened species recovery.
reduces the risk of salinity by making available grants to landholders to revegetate some 220 ha
with indigenous vegetation while raising awareness of salinity and salinity mitigation actions
conducts focus groups, workshops and field days that lead to management actions to maintain and
improve soil health
increases awareness of environmental best practice management and to develop and implement
property management plans
conducts workshops with community groups across a range of soil health, EBMP and whole farm
planning topics
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provides targeted grants available to landholders for planned management actions that have high
public benefit for habitat and soil health
integrates with the wetland tender to protect, enhance and restore west Glenelg wetlands
reports quarterly and contribute to the EBMP database.
200910 Victorian Investment Framework $440,000
Conservation of Victorian Volcanic Plain
The Conservation of the Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP) project meets the Victorian Investment
Framework investment priority of protecting, enhancing and restoring wetlands within the eastern
half of the region. The VVP has a multitude of environmental and agricultural assets, including 7 of
the regions 15 nationally important wetlands. The vast majority of these wetlands are at threat from
salinity, changed water regime, drainage, surrounding land use, declining water quality, pest plants
and animals, and grazing.
In reducing these threats, this project is addressing the investment priorities of: Natural Resources
Investment Program
Biodiversity: To protect, enhance and restore highly valued native vegetation in areas at risk; to
improve the viability of rare species and ecological communities; to minimise the threat of weeds
and pests to highly valued biodiversity assets
River and wetland health themes: To protect, enhance and restore the health of Victoria's highly
valued Rivers and wetlands at risk
To achieve these targets the CMA and partners deliver the following activities: 1) Devolved grants
program 2) Trust for Nature delivery of covenants and stewardship in the VVP, 3) Wetlands of the
Wannon, 4) Wetlands Media Campaign, 5) Research into the effects of climate change on
freshwater resources and biodiversity, and 6) Monitoring, Evaluation, Review and Investigations
(MERI). The program logic for these activities generally follows; promotion of the activity,
recruitment of participants, development of management plans, implementation of these plans, and
monitoring, as described in detail within each activity description.
200910 Victorian Investment Framework $478,000
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Threatened Flora & Fauna Species - Hopkins
This project is to be delivered in the Hopkins basin, covering the eastern area of the Glenelg
Hopkins CMA region. It takes in the area from the Eumeralla River in the west almost to
Peterborough in the east, north up to Ballarat and across to the Grampians National Park. It
incorporates the Goldfields, Central Victorian Uplands and the Warrnambool Plain Bioregions, with
the majority of the area being Victorian Volcanic Plains (VVP) Bioregion.
The project delivers upon two investment priorities within the Victorian Investment Framework
2009/10 Guidelines: 1) To protect, enhance and restore highly valued native vegetation in areas at
risk, and 2) To improve the viability of rare and threatened species and ecological communities.
This is achieved through implementing Recovery Plans for three fauna and one flora species:
Southern Right Whale, Southern Bent-wing Bat, Orange Bellied Parrot & Basalt Peppercress, to
reduce threats to threatened flora and fauna and improvement of habitat condition for species
listed under the Australian Federal Governments Environmental Protection and Biodiversity
Conservation Act.
Active management of these species involves three key steps: promotion of the project to recruit
volunteers and raise awareness, on ground actions including surveying and monitoring, &
monitoring of the project and its outcomes.
Through a continuing partnership between the Glenelg Hopkins CMA, DSE South West and Birds
Australia, activities that align with the VIF guidelines for the Victorian Threatened Species Program
is delivered. These activities include: implementing 53% of high priority actions at high priority sites
from the Actions for Biodiversity Conservation (ABC) database, delivering activities in consultation
with BES and regional DSE, Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting (MER) using standard methods
to inform the ABC database, & ensuring a high level of community interest and contribution is
maintained.
200910 Victorian Investment Framework $50,000
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Meeting our Statutory Obligations
This project involves the delivery of floodplain and waterway management statutory functions
conveyed to Glenelg Hopkins CMA under the Water Act 1989. Protection of the environmental and
hydraulic properties of waterways and floodplains from inappropriate development is a core
objective of the Victorian and Glenelg Hopkins CMA River Health Strategies. This project also
involves the collection and refinement of hydrology information in order to improve the CMA's
capacity to deliver our regulatory function to reduce flood risks and meet referrals and advice
obligations.
200910 Victorian Investment Framework $317,000
Land Health - Hopkins
Changing climatic and economic conditions are resulting in rapidly changing land use and
agricultural intensification across the Glenelg Hopkins catchment. This is placing increasing stress
on the region's limited soil and water resources.
The Hopkins Land Health Project addresses key threats to the Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP) —
salinity, erosion and native vegetation clearing—by increasing best practice land management in
the Hopkins River catchment. Because the Western Uplands is the northern edge of the Victorian
Volcanic Plain from Ararat to Ballarat it contributes substantially to the decline of the plain from the
downstream impacts of salinity, erosion and native vegetation clearing. The project raises
awareness of the threats and builds landholders’ capacity to address through preparation of
property management plans and some targeted grants to implement management actions of high
public benefit.
The project links with other Commonwealth and State projects and priorities to be part of a
comprehensive, integrated NRM effort for the Victorian Volcanic Plain.
The project:
improves habitat for biodiversity for the northern edge of the VVP from Ararat to Ballarat using land
class fencing and deferred grazing methods
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reduces the risk of salinity by revegetation of 220 ha with indigenous vegetation, by raising
awareness of salinity and salinity mitigation actions, and by monitoring the condition of ground and
surface water
conducts focus groups, workshops and field days that lead to management actions to maintain and
improve soil health
increases landholder awareness of environmental best practice management and to develop and
implement property management plans
conducts workshops and field days with community groups across a range of soil health, EBMP
and whole farm planning topics
provides targeted grants to landholders to implement habitat and soil health actions from property
management plans with high public benefit
reports quarterly and contribute to the EBMP database
200910 Victorian Investment Framework $670,000
Regional Landcare Support
Landcare is a very well-established, community-based movement involving some 2400 farmers,
landholders and others as volunteers in 82 groups throughout the Glenelg Hopkins catchment.
Landcare groups and networks and other community NRM groups cover some 90% of the privately
owned land in the catchment. As such they are highly influential in the sustainable management of
our land resources
This project provides for a Regional Landcare Coordinator (and operating costs), to provide overall
coordination, strategic advice and advocacy of the Landcare program within the region. The
coordinator leverages the volunteer effort, focus it on state and local priorities, and improve the
information available to agencies and volunteers, and work to recruit more volunteers.
200910 Victorian Investment Framework $123,000
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Second Generation Landcare Grants
Landcare is a very well-established, community-based movement involving some 2400 farmers,
landholders and others as volunteers in 82 groups throughout the Glenelg Hopkins catchment.
This project provides a number of these groups, through devolved grants, with resources to build
their capacity and conduct onground works that have been prioritised in regional and local
strategies and action plans
200910 Victorian Investment Framework $303,000
Lower Glenelg HCVAE / National Significant Weeds
The Lower Glenelg High Conservation Value Aquatic Ecosystem (HCVAE) project addresses pest
plant and animal threats on a total of 885 ha of land within and 20,500 ha of land adjacent the
Lower Glenelg HCVAE region over the next two years.
This is achieved through a coordinated and integrated control program across private and public
land tenures and partners with Parks Victoria, DPI, DSE and private landholders.
This project addresses two targets of the Australian Governments Caring for our Country Business
Plan 2009/10, which include;
To address the threats posed by invasive plant and animal species to the environmental values of
high priority non-Ramsar conservation value aquatic ecosystems, over the next two years
To reduce the impact and spread of Weeds of National Significance over the next two years
200910 Caring for Our Country $620,000 over two years
Gunditj Mirring Partnership
A strategic partnership between Gunditj Mirring Traditional Owners and the CMA translates
Indigenous ecological knowledge into best-practice land and NRM management over 2690ha of
high conservation, high cultural value traditional lands (10 properties) with a further 20 land
managers using this knowledge on their properties.
This project is vitally important as it provides the first opportunity in Victoria to gather indigenous
ecological knowledge and trial it in alignment with conventional NRM science. Occurring in the
VVP, on Indigenous Protected Areas, private land and on the Budg Bim Heritage Reserve area
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this project increases the area of native habitat managed to reduce critical threats using a mix of
indigenous ecological knowledge and conventional NRM
Caring for Our Country $1,499,000 over four years
Woodland Protection
This Caring for Country project is designed to encourage sustainable farm practices by protecting
remnant woodlands. 20 farmers adopt biodiversity protection practices to protect and enhance
500ha woodland through the implementation of two landscape scale cross-property woodland
conservation projects.
One regional body supports access to knowledge and skills of farmers in biodiversity protection
practices through
Initial seminars, field days and individual site management planning for woodland protection
practices involving 150 farmers with 2 community groups.
Caring for Our Country $542,000 over two years
Coastal Community Grants
We support 15 community groups to undertake 15 projects over 30ha of high-value estuaries and
coastal lagoons to broaden community participation and protect EPBC listed OBP, Sanderling and
Hooded Plovers. Work is targeted at known rare and threatened fringing estuarine EVC's identified
in the federally funded estuary habitat mapping report.
Caring for Our Country $215,000 over two years
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MERI
Monitoring, Evaluation, Reporting and Improvement is a critical component of the Caring for Our
Country program.
The MERI plan collects and analyses qualitative and quantitative baseline and ongoing data about
resource condition and management, knowledge, attitudes and behaviours; to use for continuous
improvement and reporting.
Evidence that the approach is feasible includes:
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use of Glenelg-Hopkins’ procedures for devolved grants and economic incentives
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existing expressions of community interest and evaluation of their proposals
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application of trialed innovative approaches.
MERI activities undertaken monitor compliance to contractual obligations, particularly the delivery
of on-ground outcomes that meet CFOC targets.
MERI activities using qualitative and quantitative data yield many success stories which are used
in communication activities.
The process for devolved grants is an audit of works as part of the MERI process to ensure
completion to satisfactory standard
The heart of the program is an intention to engage the broader community in NRM through farm
planning and best practice management, and through involvement in community coastal projects.
This includes the publicising of success stories as they emerge from the MERI process.
200910 Caring for Our Country $218,000
Corporate Contribution
Caring for our Country Governance and Program Management
National Priority Area - Community skills, knowledge and engagement
Maintain NRM information for the community through appropriate communication tools such as
websites, newsletters, publications and information sessions.
200910 Caring for Our Country $254,000
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Victorian Volcanic Plains
A 400 000ha increase in area of native habitat managed
The protection of 4000ha of privately-owned wetlands and grasslands on the Victorian Volcanic
Plains identified within GHCMA to reduce critical threats and enhance condition of grasslands,
wetlands and grassy woodlands. Devolved grants and technical extension for grassland protection
from grazing, pests and inappropriate management, based on agreed site plans are the method to
be used for achieving long-term outcomes alongside productive agriculture.
In addition, DSE and 100’s of volunteers continue to manage threatened flora and fauna building
on significant outcomes of the last 5 years. The program protects 17 EPBC-listed species and one
ecological community.
Caring for Our Country $1,187,000 over three years
Acid Soil Management
The Australian Government through the Caring for our Country, Sustainable Farm Practices
program have identified soil acidity as the priority threat to farm productivity and soil health in the
Glenelg Hopkins catchment. Glenelg Hopkins CMA has received funding to deliver a four year
project to enhance the capacity of agricultural land to produce commodities and deliver ecosystem
services by reducing the risk of soil acidification.
Caring for Our Country $1,334,000 over four years
Lower Mt Emu - Framlingham Restoration
The lower reaches of Mount Emu Creek and the Hopkins River around Framlingham Forest are
considered the most environmentally healthy reaches in the Hopkins Basin. Past fencing work has
resulted in around 50% of these two waterways in these reaches already being protected- a
proportion significantly higher on this scale than anywhere else in the basin. Because of this, there
is an opportunity for a low investment-high return project to continue protection and enhancement
of these reaches.
This project involves Glenelg Hopkins CMA working in partnership with landholders to carry out 16
km of fencing and revegetation- lifting the protection rate to over 70%. It also involves 1440 ha of
weed control along 42 km of river*. In addition, the project is a regional trial of voluntary changes to
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Crown Frontage licenses as part of DSE’s and GHCMA’s review of Crown Frontage licensing
arrangements
200910 Victorian Government $250,000
Fiery Creek Restoration
The Fiery Creek near Streatham has the some of the best examples of remnant riparian vegetation
and physical habitat in the Upper Hopkins. It is also habitat for three EPBC listed species of native
fish.
This proposal involves the fencing and protection of 13 km of Fiery Creek to limit the decline of
remnant vegetation due to stock and to reduce nutrient and sediment input into the waterway and
protect important drought refuges.
The project is delivered by landholders in conjunction with the H11-H12 Community Action Group
formed out of community’s concern for the health of the catchment and the decline of health of
Fiery Creek and Lake Bolac. The project enhances progress towards their target of protecting the
60 km reach of Fiery Creek which contains these environmental values.
200910 Victorian Government $ 99,000
Landcare Coordination - DAFF
The Caring for our Country Target applicable to this Project is: To increase by 42,000 land
managers and farmers over four years who have demonstrated an improvement in knowledge and
skills in natural resource management.
200910 Australian Government $125,000
Women Leading Farming Futures and Landcare
Women Farmers of the Glenelg Hopkins Landscape operate over the entire Glenelg Hopkins
Region. The project networks rural women farmers (many isolated by working only on farm,
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outside the reach of conventional workplace support and training), providing peer support,
interactive learning opportunities and access to expert information on managing change, rank,
power, decision making, communication and public speaking.
Women Farmers of the Glenelg Hopkins Landscape builds the leadership and representative
capacity and decision making skills of women living in the region and working in agriculture by
providing the following:
Facilitated networking of women from the farming industry from a broad range of backgrounds.
Focus on younger women and women from self-employed background where access to training in
leadership and peer support is limited.
Workshop-type training in identifying and managing rank and power in group situations
Skills training and role playing in communication, decision making and public speaking
A framework and ongoing support for developing peer support groups
A mentoring program to develop leadership and representational capacity in conjunction with the
peer support groups
Opportunities to engage with representational organisations and to participate in decision making
at many levels
Access to up to date information on climate change and land-use change, and productivity
variability.
Action research methodology applied by a social researcher to document and record learnings
from the project to pass onto participants as opportunity for reflection and the development of
future projects to maintain skills development representational capacity and women’s support
networks.
200910 Australian Government $ 50,000
Priority Crown Frontage Review
‘The Review of the Management of Riparian Land in Victoria’ report undertaken by The Public
Land Consultancy highlighted the recommended strategy for renewal of crown frontage licenses
across Victoria. The 5-year term of these licenses expire in October 2009 and it is desirable to not
allow these crown licenses to roll-over for a further five years without additional protection of these
riparian systems. Within Glenelg Hopkins Catchment Management Authority (GHCMA) there are a
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total of 630 crown frontage licenses covering an area of 4290 ha, however it is not possible to
review all these licenses in the timeframe of this review. Thus, DSE have initiated a program
whereby DSE in conjunction with CMAs identify the priority licenses to be reviewed from 2009-14.
200910 Victorian Investment Framework $115,000
Glenelg River Tender
River Tender aims to improve management of riparian zones and contribute to landscape scale
biolinks and connectivity, by investing in riparian protection, fencing and revegetation.
Landholders competitively tender to improve the quality or extent of their riparian zones. The
benefit offered by these contracts is assessed according to a range of riverine health benefits, and
biodiversity outcomes such as biolinks and connectivity.
Successful tenders are those that offer the best environmental value for money, with successful
landholders receiving periodic payments for management activities conducted under 5 to 10 year
agreements with the Glenelg Hopkins Catchment Management Authority (CMA).
River Tender is implemented in the lower Glenelg River catchment.
200910 Victorian Government $510,000
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