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NCCMA
The North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA) covers an area of around 30,000 km (about 13% of Victoria), the region is bordered by the River Murray to the north, the Great Dividing Range and Wombat State Forest to the south and Mt Camel Range to the east. North Central Region The region is packed with an abundance of diverse natural attractions from forested national parks to waterfalls, gorges and slowly meandering waterways. Our backyard is also home to a teeming assortment of flora and fauna, some of which are found nowhere else; all easily accessible as wonderful day trips. The four major river catchments in the region include the Campaspe, Loddon, Avoca and Avon-Richardson. These rivers have helped shape, grow and sustain communities including Bendigo, Bridgewater, Donald, Echuca, Kerang, Kyneton and Swan Hill. Discovery of gold in the 1850’s and 1860’s resulted in the most significant human event in the evolution of this region. This mass influx of people from all parts of the globe, together with the influences of irrigation in the late 1800’s/early 1900’s, inevitably altered the ‘balance’ of the natural environment of this region. Much has changed in the Noth Central CMA backyard since then; whilst these changes have provided wealth, stability and protection, it has come at some cost to the region’s natural health and wellbeing. The North Central Catchment Management Authority and the landholders in the region understand the importance of the natural environment, in particular the rivers and other key waterways. It is everyones collective responsibility to look after the precious waterways and their surrounds for the use and enjoyment of future generations. North Central CMA take pride in the region and the role they play in managing natural resources of land, water, biodiversity and climate.

Program Highlights
North Central CMA have experienced considerable success across a number of key natural resource management programs over the last decade. The following, however represents a snapshot of our Drought Employment Program (DEP) during 2006-2007. This program, with its total funding of $2.936 million sourced from State Government, was able to provide funding and resources to landholders in rural communities experiencing unprecedented hardships caused by the drought. The North Central CMA has worked in partnership with the Department of Primary Industries to deliver significant environmental and community benefits. It also enabled the North Central Catchment Management Authority to accelerate a number of on-ground works programs, or add value to existing programs. When compared to our original program targets our cumulative achievements were an inspiring 115%. Equally impressive was that significant environmental works were completed during a time of severe drought. The DEP demonstrates our continued commitment to investing in significant on-ground natural resource management changes, this time with a focus of positioning our natural resources to be better placed to recover from the dry times. The program also demonstrates strong and overwhelming community and agency support to bring about ‘real’ changes by actively engaging in a whole of community and government approach to natural resource management.

Future Challenges
Casting our eyes forward to the horizon, the North Central Catchment Management Authority recognises and accepts that there are a number of challenges ahead in how we operate. Challenges will continue to present themselves in the form of changing government policy, community expectations, new science and knowledge, climate as well as other changes to our natural environment. We will continue to focus on achieving excellence through investing in our people and the capacity of the region. The past decade has established a solid foundation upon which we are ‘getting on with the job’.