Western Goulburn Landscape Planning

Landscape Plans for Goulburn Broken CMA - Shepparton Irrigation Region - South - JUne 2003 The Landscape Plan for the Western Goulburn Landscape Zone is published as a component of this document (above). Only sections relevant to the Western Goulburn Landscape Zone are shown below
Western Goulburn Landscape Plan This Landscape Plan for the Western Goulburn Landscape Zone - June 2003, was produced in collaboration between L. Ahern - Nature Scope Pty Ltd; K. Lowe - Biodiversity and Natural Resources Division, DSE; K. Handley and M. Howell - Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority; D. Robinson - Regional Services, DSE & Trust for Nature.

The Western Goulburn Landscape zone lies within the Goulburn River Basin and falls less than 20 m in elevation over some 50 km from south-east to north-west, the net direction of drainage. The flatness of the zone gives rise to a somewhat indistinct drainage system with no major natural streambeds evident and now drained throughout the zone via a complex system of man-made channels and drains. The pre-1750 vegetation coverage consisted of an extensive matrix of plains grassy woodland, overlain with broad patches of pine box woodland / riverina plains grassy woodland mosaic. However, very few remnants of the former native vegetation have survived across these agriculturally favourable districts, other than road reserves, along many of which characteristically narrow and discontinuous belts of Grey Box still persist, though usually with very degraded understorey. A scattering of wetlands formerly occurred either side of Rushworth–Tatura Road, to the north of Waranga Reservoir site. Intermediate Egret, Little Egret, Swift Parrot, Bush Stone-curlew, Painted Snipe, Black Falcon are priority species that occur in the zone. Key public land areas include Gemmill Swamp and Doctors Swamp Wildlife Reserves, State Forest within Goulburn River Heritage River zone; Waranga Basin, roadside vegetation on Murray Valley Highway near Wyunga, and the rail reserve at Kyabram.

Western Goulburn Landscape Plan (PDF - 1410 KB))
Western Goulburn Landscape Plan (DOC - 542 KB)
Western Goulburn Landscape Plan Maps (PDF - 890 KB)
Western Goulburn Landscape Plan Maps (DOC - 1522 KB)

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Landscape Plans for Goulburn Broken CMA - Shepparton Irrigation South - June 2003 (PDF - 12258 KB)
Landscape Plans for Goulburn Broken CMA - Shepparton Irrigation South - June 2003 (DOC - 11076 KB)

Other related Landscape Plans within the Shepparton Irrigation South Zones

Central Creek
Timmering
Southern Goulburn

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