Molonglo Catchment Strategy Available Online

The Molonglo Catchment Strategy (MCS) is a 20-year plan for integrated catchment management of the complex 2oo,000 Ha urban, light industrial and rural Molonglo Catchment, which straddles the ACT and NSW border. The timeframe has been chosen to allow the community to focus on its responsibilities to protect the catchment’s land, water and biodiversity assets for the next generation and to align with regional planning frameworks. It represents a major step forward for balanced, cooperative cross border natural resource management in the upper Murrumbidgee catchment.

The MCS is already galvanising the many Landcare groups, agencies, natural resource managers and the general community to work in unison to meet the special challenges of managing natural resources where complex cross border issues prevail. A range of strategic and local projects is now underway.

Building on the valuable work of local communities and Landcare over the last decade, the MCS contains specific, achievable and measurable targets to be achieved in a set period of time, and the management actions required in meeting these targets. Targets and actions are influenced by those set in the Murrumbidgee Catchment Blueprint, Murrumbidgee Catchment Action Plan, the ACT Natural Resource Management Plan and the community’s vision for resource condition in the catchment.

The Molonglo Catchment Group thanks all those who provided comment on the MCS and would also acknowledges the assistance provided by the Australian Government's Natural Heritage Trust.

You may choose to view the MCS live by clicking on the Download button below. Please note that the MCS is a PDF document designed for viewing on the web. Bookmarks have been created for ease of navigation, however they may not be visible once opened. If the Bookmarks tab is not visible showing all headings in the document, click on the 'Bookmark' tab on the left of the page.

    Molonglo Catchment Strategy (Warning: large file 1,934KB)

The Catchment Group has also released an Executive Summary of the MCS.  The Brochures are available at various points around the catchment: Queanbeyan City Council Office and Library, Palerang Council's Bungendore Office, Environment ACT and Greening Australia.  An electronic version is available for download.

(Executive Summary 334KB)

The Molonglo Catchment Group looks forward to forging closer working relationships with the catchment community to partner in the implementation of the strategy.  The MCG has finalised contract arrangements for the rollout of the $100,000 for riparian management, through the Australian Government's National Landcare Program.   See the Funding page.

MCS Mapping Online

The implementation of the MCS will in part be guided by an array of mapped features on both a catchment and sub-catchment scale. All are available for viewing by clicking on the links below.

Catchment Scale Maps

	Catchment Landuse	Total Suspended Sediment	Riparian Condition–Biota Index	Riparian Condition–Environment Index	Modelled Total Dissolved Nitrogen	Modelled Total Dissolved Phosphorous
Catchment Scale Map	473KB	207KB	177KB	186KB	181KB	181KB

Sub-catchment Scale Maps

Sub-catchment	Base Maps	Land Management	Gully Erosion	Streambank Erosion	Public Land Management Buffer	Erosion Hazard
Burra	678KB	132KB	148KB	142KB	114KB	155KB
Jerrabomberra	887KB	205KB	202KB	184KB		227KB
Lower Queanbeyan	893KB	324KB	293KB	292KB	293KB	323KB
Upper Queanbeyan	562KB	345KB	440KB	328KB	277KB	356KB
Googong	632KB	132KB	109KB	108KB	113KB	121KB
Woolshed	596KB					114KB
Fyshwick	703KB					176KB
Coppins	682KB				102KB	121KB
Weston & Woden	1,229KB
Lake Burley Griffin	791KB
Sullivans	913KB				292KB	284KB
Kowen	733KB	148KB	138KB	136KB	117KB	207KB
Upper Molonglo	435KB	162KB	457KB	372KB	314KB	464KB

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