DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES
Land and Water Management
Declared Water Supply Catchments | Land Degradation | Floodplain Management | Salinity Management | Landholder Groups | Catchment Condition Monitoring
Coastal Management | Invasive Plants and Animals | Ararat Hills
 | Related Links DSE's Catchment Information mapper website (external link) provides interactive access to data and information on vegetation, salinity, floodways, 1 in 100 year floods, groundwater bores and salinity observation bores. A Catchment Profile (external link) - detailing characteristics, assets, issues and threats, and priority actions for sub-catchments within the region is available on the Glenelg-Hopkins Catchment Management Authority website The South West Sustainability Partnership (SWSP) (external link) was established in August 1998. Through collective initiatives and effort designed to identify and implement processes for sustainable development in Southwestern Victoria. The fourteen foundation members include water, coast and catchment authorities, local councils, educational institutions and Government who all operate within the region. Within their own organisations all the partners are interested and involved in issues of sustainability in the context of development, catchment and land management, agriculture, food production, employment, community development, teaching, learning, research and natural resource management. |
The Glenelg-Hopkins Regional Catchment Strategy is available for download from the Glenelg-Hopkins Catchment Management Authority website (external link). This forms the framework for land, water and biodiversity management within the region.
The Glenelg-Hopkins Rural Drainage Strategy is available for download from the Glenelg-Hopkins Catchment Management Authority website (external link). The objectives of this are to clarify the management structure for drainage management and maintain a balance between draining land fro agricultural and maintaining healthy waterways.
A downloadable version of the former Land Conservation Council's final recommendations for the South-Western Area, District 1 Review (March 1983) (external link) are available for download from the Victorian Environmental Assessment Council's website. These provide an ongoing framework for public use of land in the South-Western Area, District 1 Area. The recommendations are grouped under major headings, such as Parks, Reference Areas, Wildlife Reserves, Bushland Reserves and so on. Key recommendations are for Discovery Bay Coastal Park, Dergholm State Park, and Crawford River Regional Park. The recommendations in the text have been edited to reflect government variations and amendments at the time of approval, and subsequent changes.
A downloadable version of the former Land Conservation Council's final recommendations for the South-Western Area, District 2 Review (May 1982) (external link) are available for download from the Victorian Environmental Assessment Council's website. These provide an ongoing framework for public use of land in the South-Western Area, District 1 Area. The recommendations are grouped under major headings, such as Parks, Reference Areas, Wildlife Reserves, Bushland Reserves and so on. Key recommendations are for Discovery Bay Coastal Park, Dergholm State Park, and Crawford River Regional Park. The recommendations in the text have been edited to reflect government variations and amendments at the time of approval, and subsequent changes.
The Victorian Landcare and Catchment Management Magazine (external link) online site of DSE provides copies of all these magazines dating back to 1996.
© The State of Victoria, 1996 - 2008.
This document was last reviewed on 04/09/2008