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Werribee Working together for healthy waterways Catchment Works Program to support the draft Healthy Waterways Strategy Getting involved Anyone can get involved by joining Friends, Landcare or other volunteer groups and becoming part of our committed catchment community. To sign-up yourself or organisation as a partner to Waterways are community assets – and this draft Strategy this Strategy visit: seeks to put the community at the centre of waterways yoursay.melbournewater.com.au/healthy-waterways management. It proposes systems to share knowledge and information between communities and stakeholders, and to Next steps empower participation and influence waterways management through capacity building and citizen science. As the Healthy Waterways Strategy moves towards being finalised, we are holding workshops in each catchment to Becoming a committed partner explore what’s next. Caring for our waterways involves community, councils, Community input to the draft Healthy Waterways Strategy has developers, Traditional Owners, farmers and other government been invaluable in creating collective targets and performance agencies. It is only by working together that we can achieve objectives that we all share and want to achieve. Check healthy waterways into the future. www.yoursay.melbournewater.com.au/healthy-waterways People play a major part in ensuring that the Werribee for ways to participate. catchment remains a place of natural beauty and somewhere We look forward to seeing those interested in celebrating that people can enjoy. the work achieved to date, and outlining how the feedback For this Strategy to be effective, it needs collective action. we received informed the writing of the draft Strategy. Working together, we can realise the full value of the Werribee’s We will also discuss how we can continue to work together waterways – economic, cultural, social and environmental. to achieve the targets and performance objectives we’ve set ourselves for healthier waterways in the Werribee catchment. 130 1 Version published on 25/06/2018 You are invited to participate in finalisation of the Strategy Acknowledgement of Country Contents A shared Strategy by commenting on the draft Strategy and committing to its implementation. To find out how, visit: The communities, stakeholders and Melbourne Water, who Overview 2 Our rivers, creeks, wetlands and estuaries are shared places yoursay.melbournewater.com.au/healthy-waterways together are responsible for implementing the Healthy Waterways of enormous significance for Aboriginal culture, social Werribee: Co-designing our future 4 Strategy, acknowledge and respect Wathaurung and Wurundjeri gathering, the environment and economic productivity. Catchment Works Program and other Traditional Owners and Aboriginal Victorians. We Program logic 6 The Catchment Works Program supports the region-wide Strategy recognise the diversity of their cultures and the deep connections The community, stakeholders and scientists are telling us our region’s waterways are at a tipping point. Continue as we are by providing a flexible framework for managing waterways they have with the land and water of Werribee catchment. Cultural and economic values 8 and we risk further decline in waterway condition across the in the Werribee Catchment that takes into account variable climatic and development conditions and changing community We value partnerships with them for the health of people Waterway values 9 region, threatening the significant economic, social, cultural and country. and environmental values our waterways provide. Working needs. It includes: Waterway Targets and Performance Objectives 10 collectively toward prioritised objectives and targets offers • An overview of the values in the catchment including challenges The communities, stakeholders and Melbourne Water, who everyone a way to not only stem the decline but also unlock and opportunities together are responsible for implementing the Healthy Sub-catchment programs the significant natural capital our waterways offer. Waterways Strategy, pay their respects to Elders past and Rivers and Creeks 12 • A vision, goals and long-term targets (10–50 years) for present, and we acknowledge and recognise the primacy of Wetlands 42 The draft Healthy Waterways Strategy was developed using the catchment Wathaurung and Wurundjeri and other Traditional Owners’ Estuaries 114 a process of co-design to develop a shared Strategy. By bringing • Long-term targets (10 – 50 years) for waterway values and obligations, rights and responsibilities to use and care for their Getting involved 131 together professional expertise with the lived experience of waterways conditions supported by 10 year performance traditional lands and waters. landholders, community groups, developers, Traditional Owners objectives for 14 sub-catchments, 35 representative wetlands Our partners and other stakeholders, it aims to support collaborative and 5 estuaries in the catchment. waterways management. Have your say There are a number of ways you can have your say on this draft Strategy. Werribee What are waterways? Catchment Online Throughout this Strategy yoursay.melbournewater.com.au/healthy-waterways the term waterway refers collectively to rivers and Email [email protected] creeks, wetlands and Phone 131 722 estuaries For translating and interpreting services call 131 450. Teletypewriter (TTY) users can phone 133 677. 2 Werribee - Healthy Waterways Strategy 01 YouAnyone are invitedcan get to involved participate by joining in finalisation Friends, Landcareof the Strategy or other Acknowledgement of Country Contents AGetting shared involved Strategy byvolunteer commenting groups on and the becoming draft Strategy part of and our committingcommitted catchmentto its implementation.community. To sign-up To find yourself out how, or visit:organisation as a partner to The communities, stakeholders and Melbourne Water, who Overview 2 Waterways are community assets – and this draft Strategy Our rivers, creeks, wetlands and estuaries are shared places yoursay.melbournewater.com.au/healthy-waterwaysthis Strategy visit: together are responsible for implementing the Healthy Waterways ofseeks enormous to put the significance community for at theAboriginal centre culture,of waterways social Werribee: Co-designing our future 4 yoursay.melbournewater.com.au/healthy-waterways Strategy, acknowledge and respect Wathaurung and Wurundjeri gathering,management. the Itenvironment proposes systems and economic to share productivity. knowledge and Catchment Works Program and other Traditional Owners and Aboriginal Victorians. 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