West Gippsland CMA
Protecting and enhancing West Gippsland’s natural environment.
We are responsible for over 40,000km of designated waterways across our region. All of these waterways flow to the Victorian coast, discharging through the Gippsland Lakes, or directly into Bass Strait and the Southern Ocean.
Our Future Vision
Catchment Health – Gippsland’s wealth
2024 – 25 Achievements
- Continued the Corner Inlet Connections project to protect Ramsar site values with 68,682 hectares of Spartina control, 7.2 hectares of saltmarsh protection and 696 hectares of pest animal control.
- Committed to protecting the Eastern Hooded Plovers from extinction by controlling their number one predator through 30,388 hectares of fox control works and protecting over 40 Hooded Plover breeding sites with 50 volunteers.
- Celebrated 25 years of Sustainable Irrigation in central Gippsland with over 46 gigalitres of nutrient rich water carrying an estimated 23 tonnes of phosphorus now being kept on farm every year
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