North East Catchment Management Authority is undertaking a Catchment Action Plan (CAP) for the upper Mitta Mitta River catchment. The CAP will inform natural resource management investment in the upper Mitta Mitta region upstream of Dartmouth Dam. Consultants, Water Technology, are assisting with this project which is part of the Victorian Government’s Our Catchments, Our Communities program in North East Victoria.
Input from stakeholders and the local community is sought to ensure that realistic, appropriate management priorities are developed.
The project will:
- Identify key environmental, social, cultural and economic values; and to identify threats to these values within the catchment
- Develop a prioritised series of environmental improvement actions to benefit the Upper Mitta Mitta catchment.
There are several ways you can participate in the project.
Complete the online survey. It's simple, quick and easy to access. Follow this secure link. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/LRLWS75.
You can also identify specific sites for your values and threats by adding information to an electronic map of the catchment. Follow this secure link to work on the map: http://bit.ly/mittacap.
Hard copy surveys are available in the Omeo Visitor Information Centre and Benambra Neighbourhood House.
Community workshops will also be held in February 2019. Everyone is welcome.
- 1:30pm - 3:30pm on 19 February at the Benambra Hotel
- 5:30pm - 7:30pm on 19 February at the Omeo CFA shed
If you have any queries about the project please contact:
Samuel Gitahi, North East CMA Project Manager on 02 6071 6095 or by email: samuel.gitahi@necma.vic.gov.au;
or
Hayley Hollis, Benambra Dinner Plain Omeo Landcare Group Project Facilitator, on 0423 505 620 or by email: bdpoprojectfacilitator@gmail.com.