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| Torbay catchment activities
- March 2002
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The Torbay catchment is important to local residents and the people of the south coast for its fishing, farming, tourism and conservation values. The Torbay Sub-catchment Group formed following interest generated at a community meeting at Elleker Hall in March 1999. Eighty eight people attended talks on environmental issues in the catchment. This fantastic turn-out showed that as a community, we are concerned with the waterways in our area.
Support for the group and activites in the catchment is provided by the Water and Rivers Commission, the Water Corporation, AGWEST, the Department of Conservation and Land Management, the City of Albany and Green Skills.
"An environmentally clean, balanced ecology supporting a prosperous community in which people respect each other's use of the catchment and waterways"
March 2002: 3rd Birthday Reflections
WHAT HAVE WE ACHIEVED?
First year
- Public meeting held Elleker Hall 3 March 1999: 80 people, 7 agency staff
- Catchment group meeting 24th March 1999: Set group vision
- Catchment bus tour No.1: 14th May 1999
- Meeting 25th May 1999: Defined objectives; Chair and Deputy appointed
- Meeting 7th July: Identified catchment issues, weeds workshop #1
- Meeting 13th October: Weeds workshop #2
- Meeting 24th November: Weeds workshop #3 and logo launched.
- Meeting 2nd February 2000: Bluegum discussion and secretary appointed
- Catchment bus tour No. 2: 22nd February 2000
- First birthday meeting 15th March 2000: Reflection, celebration and review direction.
Second year
- Meeting 14 June 2000: Roadside Conservation survey, SCRIPT talk.
- Meeting 9th August 2000: PhosLock trial, nutrient sampling, Coastcare
- Field Day 12th August 2000: Five & Seven Mile Creek Foreshore survey
- Meeting 20th September 2000: Coordinate watsonia spraying
- Meeting 1st November 2000: Catchment Hydrology (AGWEST)
- Working bee January 2001: River restoration demonstration site
- Meeting 21st February 2001: Catchment nutrient hotspots (AGWEST)
- Meeting 8th March 2001: NRC funding for Torbay Catchment and second birthday meeting.
Third year
ON-GROUND catchment works including partnership projects
Project partners with the Torbay Catchment Group include WRC, Water Corporation, Department of Agriculture, Green Corp, Great Southern TAFE, and the City of Albany Bushcarers
- November 2000 earthworks / construction at CCS sites - Grasmere Drain, Marshall's wetland and Martins's stream restoration site.
- January 2001 - TCG fencing of Marshall's, Martins' demonstrations sites
- Jan-April 2001 Weed control at Marshall's and Martin's CCS sites
- June 2001 Planting at Grasmere Drain CCS site - TAFE students.
- July 2001 - Torbay Catchment chosen for National Rivers Consortium whole of catchment river restoration. Community Steering and Technical Committees set up.
- July 2001 - planting at CCS Marshall's and Martin's stream restoration sites - native wetland fringing species.
- September 2001 - WRC macroinvertebrate monitoring training for TCG
- September 2001 - Water Corporation drainage reserve watsonia control
- October 2001 - TCG roadside watsonia control with Bushcarers support.
- October 2001 - WRC sedge and rush workshop for Torbay community.
- November 2001 - Porongorup Green Corp Team sedge and rush planting at Marshall's and Martins CCS sites.
- December 2001 - publication of CSIRO Lake Powell report
- December 2001 - Thankyou BBQ for Torbay Catchment Group volunteers
- February 2002 - Porongorup Green Corp Team completed sedge and rush planting at CCS wetland -
- 1999-2001 - over $8,000 of fencing funds allocated to Torbay Catchment landowners for stream fencing and waterways protection.
- 2001 - Marbelup foreshore condition survey and mapping completed.
- December 2001 - Torbay Catchment Group Incorporation.
Torbay Sub-catchment Group meetings are open to all and you are welcome to attend. If you are interested please contact Chairperson Des Wolfe on 9845 1059 or Deputy Chairperson Andrew Marshall on 9845 1081 for more information on meeting dates and times, or for details of the group's activities.
