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Successes and Achievements 2004/2005 VISION Successes and Achievements 2004/2005 VISION Striving towards a healthy and sustainable relationship between the natural environment and the community’s use of land and water resources. MISSION Glenelg Hopkins CMA provides regional strategic direction to achieve integrated catchment management in partnership with the government and community. Disclaimer: Whilst every effort is made to provide a high quality publication, the Glenelg Hopkins CMA does not give any guarantees , undertakings or warranties concerning the accuracy, completeness or up-to-date nature of the information provided in the document, and therefore disclaims all liability from error, loss or other consequence that may arise from reliance on information in this publication. ISBN: 075 941 1085 Successes and Achievements 2004/2005 Vision & Mission Statement 2 GLENELG HOPKINS CMA 4 Who We Are 5 Our Region 5 2004/2005 Highlights 6 Chairman’s Report 7 Board 8 Chief Executive Officer’s Report 9 Waterways Report 10 Waterways Implementation Committee 11 Land & Biodiversity Report 12 Land & Biodiversity Implementation Committee 13 KEY INTEGRATION TOOLS 14 Glenelg Hopkins Regional Catchment Strategy 2003-2007 15 1. Strategic Planning 16 CASE STUDY: Remote sensing of native vegetation 17 CASE STUDY: River health - a first in Victoria 17 2. Regional Partnerships 18 CASE STUDY: EnviroNet Conference 19 CASE STUDY: Visionary wins prestigious award 19 3. Onground Works 20 CASE STUDY: Protection through partnerships 21 CASE STUDY: High praise for Glenthompson 21 4. Community Engagement & Capacity Building 22 CASE STUDY: Grange Burn wetland a ‘showcase’ 25 CASE STUDY: Weed eradication a success 26 CASE STUDY: Stefano shows how 27 5. Monitoring, Evaluation & Reporting 27 MAP: The health of our waterways 28 MAP: Key projects 30 CORPORATE GOVERNANCE & REPORTING REQUIREMENTS 32 Corporate Governance 33 Reporting Requirements 35 Organisational Framework 35 FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE AT A GLANCE 37 Successes and Achievements 2004/2005 03 Glenelg Hopkins Catchment Management Authority WHO WE ARE The Glenelg Hopkins Catchment Management Authority The Glenelg Hopkins CMA is responsible for co-ordinating (Glenelg Hopkins CMA) was established in July, 1997, under the natural resource management within the catchment. It takes Water Act 1989 and the Catchment and Land Protection Act an integrated, whole-of-catchment approach to its activities 1994 and reports to the Minister for Environment and Minister by combining strategic planning with co-ordination for all for Water, the Hon. J. Thwaites, MP. The annual reporting natural resources. The Glenelg Hopkins CMA is an important requirements are embodied in the Financial Management link between the government and the community, particularly Act 1994 and Catchment Land Protection Act 1994. the regional community’s voice on land and water management issues. OUR REGION Lying south of the Great Dividing Range, the Glenelg Hopkins Three of the most important industries in South West Victoria - region contains areas of scenic beauty, magnificent and agriculture, fisheries and tourism - depend on the maintenance dramatic coastline, superb national parks and rich biodiversity. of a healthy natural resource base. There is an abundance of arable land, secure surface water The region has three major river drainage basins - the Hopkins, storages, large reserves of underground water and a broad Glenelg and Portland Coast. The lower section of the Glenelg agricultural production base. River is heritage listed for its environmental significance. Salt- The region attracts large numbers of people to its world-class wedge estuaries at the mouth of rivers entering the sea are tourist attractions and boasts a variety of educational and environmentally significant. Extensive wetlands are a feature of research institutions. One of the world’s great deepwater ports the region and provide significant habitat for native is located in Portland and the region is strategically located biodiversity. The region contains substantial reserves of with excellent road access to Melbourne and Adelaide. groundwater with varying salinities. Three groundwater systems The region covers about 2.6 million hectares and extends from underlie the catchment - the Otway, Murray and Highland - Ballarat in the Central Highlands of Victoria, west to the South with other shallow local aquifers in existence. Australian border and south to the coast. The southern two The healthy and productive soils of the region are a major thirds of the region are characterised by flat volcanic plains natural asset and support not only native vegetation but a while the northern third is dominated by the Grampians, the world-scale agricultural sector. Dundas Tablelands and the Black Ranges. Major cities and The coastal areas of the catchment have no parallel. Towering towns include Warrnambool, Hamilton, Portland, Ballarat, cliffs, extensive dune systems and unique inter-tidal areas Ararat, Casterton, Coleraine, Port Fairy and Beaufort. The support a variety of species and represent a world-class tourist boundaries of the region include marine and coastal waters out attraction. to the State limit of 5.5 kilometres. The Glenelg Hopkins region is a truly unique and diverse area of The region contains a range of natural assets in the form of its Australia. The Glenelg Hopkins CMA strives to maintain and biodiversity, waterways and wetlands, soils, forests and coastal protect this region through its vision and mission. areas. These natural assets support a unique quality of life. Successes and Achievements 2004/2005 05 Glenelg Hopkins Catchment Management Authority 2004/2005 HIGHLIGHTS • The Minister for Environment and Minister for Water, the Hon. John Thwaites, MP, launches the Glenelg Hopkins CMA River Health Strategy - the first in Victoria. • Some 447 Partnership Projects are created, involving 169 kilometres of waterway protection, 802 hectares of revegetation, 616 hectares of remnant vegetation protection and 432 hectares of wetlands protection or enhancement. • One of the largest community partnership projects in the Glenelg Hopkins catchment - the Grange Burn wetland Stage 1 - is commissioned. • An examination of community engagement is undertaken, leading to a comprehensive Governance and Committee Structure Review. • The Glenelg Hopkins CMA co-ordinates a pilot community- driven integrated sub-catchment action plan in the Balmoral area. Known as Upper Glenelg CARES (Community, Agriculture, Recreation, Environment and Sustainability), the plan is being developed by a community committee and key stakeholders. • The third Environmental Achievement Awards recognising the exemplary work of individuals, groups and organisations in environmental management and protection in South West Victoria attracts widespread interest. • Glenelg Hopkins EnviroNet - a partnership and conduit for • Glenelg Hopkins CMA Partnership project. communications between groups/organisations with an (Photo courtesy Peter Waldron) interest in natural resource management - hosts for the first time a major conference under the theme, ‘Learn, lead, • A highly successful seminar series designed to connect the inspire… Naturally’. community with the Glenelg River is conducted. The seminars highlight environmental issues confronting the major waterway and various management works. • The formation of the South West Monitoring Network delivers cost savings and provides an avenue for undertaking future monitoring in a partnership approach. • The Glenelg Hopkins CMA undertakes a critical review of the condition of regional waterways as part of a five-year assessment cycle. • EnviroNet Conference tour. (Photo courtesy Darren Sheldon) 06 Successes and Achievements 2004/2005 CHAIRMAN’S REPORT I am again pleased to report on a year of ongoing challenges We continue to work with local government and regional and successes for the Glenelg Hopkins CMA. We have water authorities to provide a co-ordinated vision for the continued our strong focus on the need to strengthen linkages, region and are excited by the opportunities that will evolve particularly with the regional community. Integral to this, the from the recently announced formation of Wannon Water, as Board implemented an organisational Governance and the urban water authority to serve South West Victoria. Committee Structure Review. As our organisation has grown, I am pleased that the strong The current structure was adopted in 1997 and it is timely with rapport between staff, the Board and committees has the outcomes of the Victorian Government White Paper Our continued. On behalf of the Board, I express thanks to our Water Our Future that we begin to address these matters. Chief Executive Officer Colin Dunkley and his team for their Final decision and implementation will be undertaken in the efforts in implementing our vision. year ahead. The need to balance the support of research, appropriate Our commitment to the community also is reflected in our governance structures, onground works, monitoring and formal annual survey, which reported continued growth in evaluation mixed with an expectation of short-term results in a personal support for and awareness of the Glenelg Hopkins long-term industry like NRM continues to challenge the Glenelg CMA and its work. Hopkins CMA. Our regional work on raising community awareness was One of the best ways to have maximum resources in these areas supported by a state-wide project involving the 10 CMAs is to keep tight control on corporate costs. I am delighted
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