- Lake Burley Griffin Willow Management
Plan
In late 2004,
the Molonglo Catchment Group (MCG) in conjunction with Environment ACT (EACT),
Canberra Urban Parks and Places (CUPP), ACT Forests and the National Capital
Authority (NCA) began discussions on willow control and management in the
Molonglo Catchment within the ACT. The Molonglo Catchment Group successfully
negotiated funding from these stakeholders to undertake a willow management plan
for Lake Burley Griffin.
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Molonglo
River Restoration 2005-2006 (MCS Phase 2)
This project engaged the landcare groups in the Molonglo Catchment, community groups and local
government to implement components of the Molonglo Catchment Strategy for
improved riparian management and sustainable agriculture.
- The Molonglo Catchment Group managed a series of devolved
projects with these funds directed at on-ground improvement of natural
resources in their catchment area.
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Molonglo Catchment Strategy Roll-out
2006-2008 (MCS Phase 3)
This
project focusses on implementing further actions from the MCS as on-ground
activities on rural leases and landholdings in the ACT, and to a much lesser
extent, NSW.
The National
Landcare Program funding for on-ground works is devolved to member
organisations of the Molonglo Catchment Group. The projects proposed to be
funded will complement those being undertaken through the Living
Environment programs such as ACT Landkeepers, which seek to
address issues of soil erosion and water quality by extending the
geographical reach of the programs, and supporting community capacity
building actions such as field days and training. Any projects within NSW
will contribute to the Murrumbidgee CMA Catchment Action Plan targets.
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Mapping Lower Molonglo
The Coppins sub-catchment is at
the bottom of the 200,000 Ha Molonglo catchment: anything that happens
within the catchment is likely to be reflected by the catchment health
indicators for Coppins, yet little data has been made available.
Inspired and developed by
community volunteers from the West Belconnen and Lower Molonglo districts,
this project aims to preserve and continually update knowledge of the
valley, encouraging local students, community members, present and future
residents, educational institutions, planning agencies and businesses to
participate while making that knowledge available to the broader community.
The grassy woodlands of the Molonglo Valley provide important habitat for
birds listed as endangered or vulnerable in the ACT.
Over the past 200 years, the
distribution of native grasslands and woodlands throughout the region has
contracted considerably resulting in the fragmentation of vegetation and a
subsequent loss in habitat for many native animals.
As a consequence the landscape
is under considerable stress with its long term agricultural and
environmental production capacity being severely reduced.
Climate change predictions
will increase the future challenges for all land managers.
K2C might be ambitious but its
goals are achievable. The investment and effort made by many landholders
over the past 30 years already has done much to enhance and restore
grasslands and woodlands, which have become island havens and refuges for
native plants and animals.
K2C is offering landholders in
the region help to build a connected landscape with a range of management
options that may include advice as well as funding. The K2C project
complements existing catchment management goals. K2C combines a broad team
of existing community groups and government agencies with experience in
working with landholders to solve environmental and land management issues.
