Coastal & Marine Team – Projects seeking NRIP funding
Estuary monitoring – protect assets & improve management
Brief Description (100 words)
This project continues ongoing monitoring of estuarine condition at the heritage listed reach of the
Glenelg estuary and the Surry, Fitzroy, Yambuk, Merri and the Hopkins estuaries. This monitoring
contributes to the regulation and administration of artificial river mouth openings, the identification
of emerging issues to estuary health as well as continuing to contribute to a long term data set for
the purpose of determining trends in estuary water quality. Ultimately the estuary water quality
monitoring project aims to improve knowledge to enable better protections and management of
estuarine assets.
Location
The project will cover the entire Glenelg Hopkins coastal catchment monitoring 27 sites over 6
estuaries.
VIF priorities addressed
5.7.3 General priorities
 To improve the information base, knowledge, and skills through better NRM monitoring
and reporting
 To protect, enhance and restore assets and ecosystem services and enhance their
resilience
Theme based priorities: Estuarine, coastal and marine health
 To protect, enhance and restore highly valued estuarine, coastal and marine assets at risk
 To improve knowledge and skills to enable better protections and management of
estuarine, coastal and marine assets
Intermediate Outcome
Increased or maintained institutional capacity of regional agencies to implement the RCS
Performance Descriptors
Increased or maintained institutional regional capacities to support the delivery of the VIF. Regions
to document any significant activities around building CMA capacity that require funding to support.
Units of Measure & Quantities
No unit of measure. But could be sites monitored, 27 sites over 6 estuaries.
Approximate Budget
→ Outsourcing
> 12 months x 6 estuaries x 27 sites
> Operations and maintenance
> Surry Blue green algae, 3 sites
> E.coli samples, autumn & summer, 4 sites x 6 months
> TN & TP 7 samples/month
TOTAL
→ Staffing
Manager
Coordinator
Planner
20%
19%
25%
TOTAL
TOTAL
$ 50,000.00
$ 12,000.00
$ 5,000.00
$ 2,000.00
$ 5,300.00
$ 74,300.00
$ 25,400.00
$ 22,800.00
$ 27,500.00
$ 75,700.00
$150,000.00
Critical coast - habitat enhancement & protection
Brief Description (100 words)
This project will protect and enhance the highly valued coastal assets for the internationally
important shorebird Sanderling (Calidris alba) and the Critically Endangered Orange Bellied Parrot
as well as protect and enhance threatened estuarine EVC's. Our regions wetlands of national
importance, Yambuk, Glenelg estuary, Long Swamp and Lower Merri wetlands will be targets for
restoration and enhancement works. A review of the estuary habitat mapping report needs to be
done to investigate threatened estuarine EVC's.
Location
The project will cover the entire Glenelg Hopkins coastal catchment.
VIF priorities addressed
5.7.3 General priorities
 To improve the information base, knowledge, and skills through better NRM monitoring
and reporting
 To protect, enhance and restore assets and ecosystem services and enhance their
resilience
Theme based priorities:
Estuarine, coastal and marine health
 To protect, enhance and restore highly valued estuarine, coastal and marine assets at risk
 To improve knowledge and skills to enable better protections and management of
estuarine, coastal and marine assets
Biodiversity
 To protect, enhance and restore highly valued native vegetation 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
Intermediate Outcomes
Habitat improved for biodiversity & Key biodiversity and other natural resource assets are protected
by reducing the impact of invasive plants and animals.
Performance Descriptors
Additional area & length of habitat improved - riparian
Additional area of habitat improved - wetlands
Additional area of habitat improved - terrestrial incl. coastal
Units of Measure & Quantities
Ha & km’s
Approximate Budget
→ Marine and estuary habitat mapping prioritisation
→ On ground protection & improvement works
TOTAL
Manager
Coordinator
Planner
45%
60%
30%
TOTAL
TOTAL
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
50,000.00
150,000.00
200,000.00
57,150.00
70,800.00
33,000.00
160,950.00
360,950.00
An open and closed case - enhancing estuarine information for river mouth
openings.
Brief Description (100 words)
This project will improve the capacity of the ongoing monitoring of our regions estuaries improving
on information currently available that supports management decisions specifically around artificial
river mouth openings (ARMOs). A ‘trigger level’ review and adjustment will potentially allow greater
environmental sway in ARMO decisions following the recent removal of some infrastructure
pressures which will help protect our highly valued estuarine assets.
Location
The project will cover the entire Glenelg Hopkins coastal catchment with a focus on the Heritage
Listed reach of the Glenelg River.
VIF priorities addressed
5.7.3 General priorities
 To improve the information base, knowledge, and skills through better NRM monitoring
and reporting
 To protect, enhance and restore assets and ecosystem services and enhance their
resilience
Theme based priorities: Estuarine, coastal and marine health
 To protect, enhance and restore highly valued estuarine, coastal and marine assets at risk
 To improve knowledge and skills to enable better protections and management of
estuarine, coastal and marine assets
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