Kanyapella Basin Environmental Water Management Plan 2012 Kanyapella Basin Environmental Water Management Plan Draft 2 DOCUMENT CONTROL Revision and distribution Version no. Description Issued to Issue date 1 Draft Kanyapella Stakeholders Group 2 Draft GB Wetland Management Group 3 Draft DSE Scientific Panel MANAGEMENT Prepared by Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority PO Box 1752 Shepparton Vic 3632 Telephone: (03) 5820 1100 Contact Jo Wood and Simon Casanelia Date 2012 Citation GB CMA (2012) ‘Kanyapella Basin Environmental Water Management Plan.’ Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority, Shepparton, Victoria. 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Kanyapella Basin Environmental Water Management Plan Draft 3 Contents DOCUMENT CONTROL ....................................................................................................................................................................... 2 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .................................................................................................................................................................... 7 ABBREVIATIONS ................................................................................................................................................................................... 8 1.1 Background ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 9 1.2 Purpose .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 9 1.3 Region .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 10 1.4 Consultation ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 12 1.5 Information sources ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 12 1.6 Limitations ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 12 2.1 Catchment history ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 13 2.2 Land status and management ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 15 2.3 Wetland Characteristics ................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 16 2.4 Environmental Water Sources ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 19 2.5 Legislative and policy framework .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 20 2.6 Related Plans and Activities ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 22 3.1 Environmental - Fauna ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 23 3.1.1 Fauna listings and significance ............................................................................................................................. 23 3.2 Flora - Vegetation Communities .............................................................................................................................. 25 3.2.1 Flora – Species listing and significance ............................................................................................................ 27 3.2.2 Flora - Significance ...................................................................................................................................................... 28 3.3 Wetland depletion and rarity ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 29 3.3.1 Ecosystem functions .................................................................................................................................................. 30 3.4 Social Values ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 31 3.4.1 Cultural heritage .......................................................................................................................................................... 31 3.4.2 Recreation ....................................................................................................................................................................... 33 3.5 Economic .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 33 4.1 Pre-regulation ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 34 4.2 Post-regulation ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 34 Kanyapella Basin Environmental Water Management Plan Draft 4 4.3 Wetland Volume .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 34 4.4 Environmental Water Delivery ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 35 5.1 Water dependent threats ................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 36 5.2 Current condition ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 38 5.3 Condition trajectory ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 39 6.1 Management Goal ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 40 6.2 Ecological and Hydrological Objectives.................................................................................................................................................................................. 40 6.2.1 Ecological Objectives ................................................................................................................................................. 40 6.2.2 Hydrological Objectives ........................................................................................................................................... 42 6.2.3 Watering Regime ........................................................................................................................................................