Healthy ecosystems
Investment: $3 991 312
Delivery organisations: World Wildlife Fund (WWF) & Department of Water
On-ground achievements
- 95 000 seedlings (75 Ha) in riparian zones for enhancement of biodiversity and water quality
- 400 000 seedlings (243 Ha) for commercial tree cropping in and adjacent to riparian zones
- 46 000 m3 of sediment removed from 8 priority pools along the Avon River
- 827 ha of priority bushland legally protected through seven conservation covenants.
- Contracts signed for a further 2,745 ha of priority bushland to be protected through 12 covenants.
- Ten private land managers sign voluntary management agreements for 1 695 ha of priority bushland
- 978 ha of priority native vegetation protected from stock grazing,
- Signed contracts and funds allocated for fencing to protect a further 1 896 ha.
- New gauging station constructed on the Avon River at Boyagarra
- 40 flora surveys conducted resulting in finding 2 new populations of Declared Rare Flora, 22 new populations of priority flora and 14 significant range extensions
- 15 applicants were assisted to gain Envirofund grants for protecting bushland on private land
Community engagement and capacity building
- 6 Rivercare workshops
- 17 Case studies developed
- Two workshops on the Management and Conservation of Wheatbelt woodlands
- Best practice management guidelines provided to land owners / managers of 19 priority bushland areas
- Sediment management plans prepared for 5 priority pools on the Lower Avon River
- River pool sediment surveys were completed pre & post sediment removal for the 8 priority pools.
- Presentations on biodiversity in the Avon region to 8 regional community environment groups, 1 national and 2 state conferences and 3 regional field days
Publications
- Department of Water (2005) Foreshore and channel assessment of Mortlock River and Mortlock River South (WRM42), Department of Water, Perth
- Department of Water (2006) River Recovery Plan for the Dale River incorporating foreshore and channel assessment (RRP10), Department of Water, Perth
- Department of Water (2007) Assessment of the status of river pools in the Avon catchment, Department of Water, Perth
- Department of Water (2008) Lower Avon River Recovery Plan incorporating foreshore and channel assessment (RRP13), Department of Water, Perth
- Department of Water (2008) Riparian condition of the Salt River: waterway assessment in the zone of ancient drainage (WRM 46), Department of Water, Perth
- Department of Water (2008) Foreshore and channel assessment of Jimperding Brook (WRM48), Department of Water, Perth
- Department of Water (2008) Riparian condition of the Yilgarn River: Caroline gap to Hinze Hill - Waterway assessment in the zone of ancient drainage (WRM049), Department of Water, Perth
- Department of Water (2008) Foreshore and channel assessment of Dale River South Branch (WRM50), Department of Water, Perth
- Department of Water (2008) Priority tributaries of the Avon River basin: a process to prioritise tributaries for condition assessment: Volume 1 Avon & Mortlock catchments (WRM51), Department of Water, Perth
- Department of Water (2008) Foreshore and channel assessment of Christopher Brook (WRM52) Department of Water, Perth
- Department of Water (2009) Foreshore and channel assessment of Monjerducking Gully (WRM53), Department of Water, Perth
- Department of Water (2008) Waterways assessment for the Lower Lockhart River: Caroline Gap to Old Beverley Road (WRM 54), Department of Water, Perth
- Department of Water (2008) Waterway assessment for the Lockhart River: Lake Kurrencutten to the Camm River Confluence (WRM55) , Department of Water, Perth
- Department of Water (2008) Field Guide: Managing waterways in the Avon Wheatbelt, Department of Water, Perth
- Department of Water (2009) Waterways assessment for the Yilgarn River: Hines Hill to lake Campion (WRM56), Department of Water, Perth
- Department of Water (2009) Waterway assessment of the Camm River: Lockhart River confluence to Hyden (WRM57), Department of Water, Perth
Did you know?
- It has been estimated that there is 2 million m3 of sediment in 26 major river pools on the main channel of the Avon River as a result primarily of land clearing in the early 1900's and the river training scheme
