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Community Stream Sampling

Project Start: July, 2007
Theme: monitoring evaluation reporting and improvement, people and community, water and aquatic ecosystems
Service: knowledge development
Location: Boorowa, Condobolin, Cowra, Forbes, Grenfell, Hillston, Parkes, Temora, West Wyalong, Young

This project involves regular community monitoring of water quality parameters, particularly salinity, along the Belubula River and Mandagery Creek and the waterways that flow into these rivers. This project is helping to identify salinity ‘hot spots’ with help from groups such as Landcare, individuals, schools and other community groups.

Lake Cargelligo Environmental Management Plan

Project Start: January, 2009
Theme: biodiversity and native vegetation, people and community, water and aquatic ecosystems
Service: advice information and technical support, knowledge development, planning and resource access
Location: Lake Cargelligo, Lower Lachlan

To enhance the wetland values of Lake Cargelligo, the local community and the Lachlan CMA are developing the Lake Cargelligo Environmental Management Plan.

Flakene Creek

Theme: biodiversity and native vegetation, cultural heritage, people and community, water and aquatic ecosystems
Service: management of investment for landscape change
Location: Boorowa

The project aims to engage the local Onerwal Aboriginal community in natural and cultural resource management issues on "Flakene Creek" Boorowa.

River Revival - Lachlan River Carp Cleanup

Theme: people and community, water and aquatic ecosystems
Service: advice information and technical support, knowledge development
Location: Boorowa, Condobolin, Cowra, Forbes, Grenfell, Hillston, Parkes, Temora, West Wyalong, Young

Implementing Carp control strategies in the Lachlan catchment and raising community awareness.

Landcare Support

Theme: cultural heritage, people and community
Service: advice information and technical support, knowledge development, management of investment for landscape change

Supporting new & existing Landcare groups/individuals, to achieve increased participation in Natural Resource Management.

Biodiversity Resilient Landscapes

Theme: biodiversity and native vegetation, land management, monitoring evaluation reporting and improvement, people and community
Service: advice information and technical support, knowledge development
Location: Boorowa, Condobolin, Cowra, Forbes, Grenfell, Hillston, Parkes, Temora, West Wyalong, Young

Creating community engagement to establish small clusters of paddock trees and develop biodiversity conservation plans to identify revegetation sites for future investments.

Lachlan Environmental Water Management Plan

Project Start: June, 2008
Theme: biodiversity and native vegetation, people and community, water and aquatic ecosystems
Service: advice information and technical support, knowledge development, planning and resource access
Location: Catchment wide

This project assists in the efficient delivery of environmental water through setting priorities based on important ecological, cultural and social values. The wetlands selected as priority for delivery of environmental water include those recognised as nationally and regionally important, providing good examples of wetland types associated with lowland rivers.

Lachlan River Revival - Upper Wetland Protection

Theme: biodiversity and native vegetation, land management, people and community, water and aquatic ecosystems
Service: advice information and technical support, knowledge development
Location: Boorowa

Protecting the intact wetland areas and streams of the the Upper Lachlan which are under threat from erosion.

Focus Landscapes

Theme: biodiversity and native vegetation, land management, monitoring evaluation reporting and improvement, people and community
Service: advice information and technical support, knowledge development, management of investment for landscape change, planning and resource access
Location: Condobolin, Cowra, Young

Protecting, enhancing and increasing the amount of native vegetation in the Conimbla (near Cowra), Dananbilla (near Young) and the Condobolin focus landscape areas.

Leadership & Facilitation Program

Project Start: March, 2009
Project Completion: July, 2009
Theme: people and community
Service: professional development

This program is designed to train land managers to be leaders in their communities, build partnerships and contribute to regional natural resource management planning and initiatives.

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