Our Legacy
25 Year achievements
- Supported Eastern Barred Bandicoot recovery efforts since the 1980s. In 2022, it became the first Australian animal to move from Extinct in the Wild to Endangered.
- Completed over 24 flood investigations spanning 18 townships and three regional flood mapping projects to improve flood response and preparedness, increase community awareness and inform development decisions.
- Supported the region’s Landcare program which has been operating for 33 years and currently has 52 Landcare Groups with around 1,500 volunteers.
Before and after of works restoring the Glenelg River.
The Glenelg River starts in the Grampians, winding through western Victoria and South Australia, before flowing into the sea at Nelson. At over 500 km, it is one of Victoria’s longest rivers.
In the early 2000s, Glenelg Hopkins CMA, with community groups and other agencies, started the Glenelg River Restoration Project. The ambitious project aims to restore biodiversity values and river health.
Around 700 landholders have been involved in implementing key restoration activities. The over 2,000 kilometres of fencing installed makes it the largest riparian fencing program across Australia and 85% of the Upper Glenelg River is now fenced.
Results are positive with the river’s natural features remerging and several native fish species have extended their range by hundreds of kilometres.
More recently, two Australian grayling have been found in the Glenelg River for the first time in 122 years and numbers of the critically endangered Pygmy Perch have increased tenfold.
Output
1.0 Structural works
1.1 Waterway structure (No.)
- Target = 22
- Actual: State = 20, Federal = 77, Other = 0, Total = 97
1.2 Terrestrial feature (No.)
- Target = 5
- Actual: State = 0, Federal = 5, Other = 0, Total = 5
1.3 Monitoring structure (No.)
- Target = 54
- Actual: State = 33, Federal = 0, Other = 0, Total = 33
1.4 Fence (Km)
- Target = 2
- Actual: State = 0, Federal = 0, Other = 0, Total = 0
1.5 Visitor facility (No.)
- Target = 0
- Actual: State = 1, Federal = 0, Other = 0, Total = 1
2.0 Environmental works
2.1 Vegetation (Ha)
- Target = 74
- Actual: State = 4, Federal = 59, Other = 0, Total = 163
2.2 Weed control (Ha)
- Target = 506
- Actual: State = 439, Federal = 1245, Other = 0, Total = 1683
2.3 Pest animal control (Ha)
- Target = 2302
- Actual: State = 181, Federal = 1895, Other = 0, Total = 2076
2.4 Threatened species response (No.)
- Target = 3
- Actual: State = 0, Federal = 3, Other = 0, Total = 3
2.5 Earth works (No.)
- Target = 2
- Actual: State = 5, Federal = 0, Other = 0, Total = 5
2.6 Rubbish removal (Ha)
- Target = 10
- Actual: State = 0, Federal = 0, Other = 0, Total = 0
3.0 Management services
3.1 Grazing (Ha)
- Target = 0
- Actual: State = 0, Federal = 849, Other = 0, Total = 849
3.2 Agricultural practice change (Ha)
- Target = 2622
- Actual: State = 0, Federal = 0, Other = 0, Total = 0
3.3 Water (No.)
- Target = 14
- Actual: State = 12, Federal = 2, Other = 0, Total = 14
3.4 Fire Regime (No.)
- Target = 3
- Actual: State = 0, Federal = 10, Other = 0, Total = 10
4.0 Planning and regulation
4.1 Approval and advice (No.)
- Target = 232
- Actual: State = 751, Federal = 0, Other = 0, Total = 751
4.2 Management agreement (No.)
- Target = 35
- Actual: State = 2, Federal = 48, Other = 0, Total = 50
4.3 Assessment (No.)
- Target = 171
- Actual: State = 191, Federal = 31, Other = 0, Total = 222
4.4 Engagement event (No. of participants)
- Target = 3070
- Actual: State = 2375, Federal = 2238, Other = 0, Total = 4613
4.5 Partnership (No.)
- Target = 34
- Actual: State = 36, Federal = 3, Other = 0, Total = 39
4.6 Plan (No.)
- Target = 14
- Actual: State = 4, Federal = 0, Other = 0, Total = 4
4.7 Publication (No.)
- Target = 271
- Actual: State = 93, Federal = 47, Other = 0, Total = 140
4.8 Information management system (No.)
- Target = 10
- Actual: State = 9, Federal = 0, Other = 0, Total = 9
2021 – 22 Achievements
- Launched the Rivers of Warrnambool Flagship Waterway Project to protect and rehabilitate natural values of the Hopkins and Merri rivers.
- 12 landholder agreements through Coastal Connections to improve 91 hectares of Australasian Bittern habitat.
- Launched Future Ready Regions Drought Storyboard website to help farmers plan for climate change.
Our Future Vision
Empowered communities nurturing a rich and connected landscape for all – today, tomorrow, together.
Future aspirations
- Support Traditional Owner Groups to lead more land and water partnerships and activities.
- Help to incorporate public use, cultural and environmental values, flooding assessments, sea level rise and climate change adaptation into planning.
- Implement catchment stewardship and partnerships that connect people to the environment and increase its capacity/ resilience to climate impacts.
