Water for the environment update: Autumn
Water flows to improve quality Maintaining good water quality is essential to human health, the environment, agriculture and recreation. Understanding the factors that influence water quality is an...
Action plan for rivers, wetlands and their floodplains
Jonny fishing in the Wimmera River The Wimmera Waterway Strategy is a plan that helps waterway managers and the community look after Wimmera waterways.The strategy will benefit waterway health, fish...
Saving water when it’s dry
Apart from some rain over the past week or so, a lack of rain and natural flows since 2022 means the Wimmera catchment is rapidly drying. This is leading to decreasing water levels in storage lakes and...
Health check for pipeline wetlands a decade on
Carapugna Wetland A group of wetlands across north-western Victoria will be given a major health check 10 years after water for the environment was introduced to save them from drying up. The 52...
Spring update, water for the environment
WIMMERA water for the environment Rivers, creeks and wetlands are fundamental to the health and vitality of the region From little things… Building a new home for tiny, endangered fish has...
Water for the Environment Autumn 2024
Latest update: MacKenzie River MacKenzie River is 57 kilometres long and starts on the northern slopes of Gariwerd Grampians National Park. It flows northwest until it joins the Wimmera River west...
Water for the Environment Summer 2023-24
Hook up in the Wimmera The Wimmera is an ideal base for angling adventures, with many lakes and rivers including the iconic Wimmera River, which is the home of a variety of fish and the habitat that...
Water for YOUR Environment Nov 2023
Community involvement in decisions concerning water for the environment is important to Wimmera CMA. You can get involved by telling us about what you are seeing or experiencing in the catchment or what...
Water for the Environment Spring 2023
Photographs of fog rising from water, frost around ponds and vivid sunrise and sunset water vistas across the Wimmera landscape are filling social media newsfeeds right now. Water for the environment...
