WGCMA | What we do

What we do

Working from the mountains to the sea…

We are responsible for over 40,000km of designated waterways across our region. All of these waterways flow to the Victorian coast, discharging through the Gippsland Lakes, or directly into Bass Strait and the Southern Ocean.

Protecting waterways

Delivering Water for the Environment

Managing estuaries

Projects on the go…

We are hard at work partnering with Traditional Owners, Landcare, landholders, government and community to improve West Gippsland’s catchment from the mountains to the sea.

Why not take a tour around the catchment on the interactive map below, to find the projects we are currently working on – perhaps even in your local area.

4. Protecting Pristine Headwaters

5. Corner Inlet Connections

1. Towards Zero Extinctions: Protecting Eastern Hooded Plovers

6. Powlett River / Kugerungmome Partnerships Project

2. Sustainable Irrigation in West Gippsland

7. Mid-Thomson River

8. Water for the environment

8. Corner Inlet and Agnes River

7. Durt’Yowan (Latrobe River)

3. Tackling Climate Change

Priority projects

1. Towards zero extinctions: Protecting Eastern Hooded Plovers

2. Sustainable Irrigation

3. Tackling Climate Change

4. Protecting Pristine Headwaters

5. Corner Inlet Connections

6. Powlett River/Kugerungmome Partnerships

7. Durt’Yowan (Latrobe River)

8. Water for the environment

Flagship projects

7. Mid-Thomson River

8. Corner Inlet and Agnes River

You can also look back on our previous projects, and discover more about our achievements to date.

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Connor property Avon River, historic drainage channel on the property.

Connor property on the Avon River, wetland revegetation site

Acknowledgement of Country

We acknowledge and pay our respects to the Traditional Owners of the region, the Gunaikurnai, the Bunurong, the Boonwurrung and the Wurundjeri peoples, their rich culture and spiritual connection to Country.
We also acknowledge the responsibility to care for Country of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Peoples and organisations in Natural Resource Management and pay respects to Elders, past, present and emerging.