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<P><FONT size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><STRONG><BR>West Gippsland Catchment Management Authority </STRONG></SPAN><FONT size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">is responsible for waterway and catchment&nbsp;management across the south-east corner of </SPAN></FONT><FONT size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Victoria</SPAN></FONT><FONT size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">, </SPAN></FONT><FONT size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Australia</SPAN></FONT><FONT size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">. Environmental&nbsp;planning and on-ground works are undertaken in a socially responsive, environmentally&nbsp;sensitive manner in compliance with relevant Victorian legislation and in consultation with stakeholders.<BR><BR></FONT></FONT></FONT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><SPAN><STRONG>The West Gippsland Region </STRONG></SPAN><SPAN>provides 95% of </SPAN><st1:State><st1:place><SPAN>Victoria</SPAN></st1:place></st1:State><SPAN>’s electricity, 60% of </SPAN><st1:City><st1:place><SPAN>Melbourne</SPAN></st1:place></st1:City><SPAN>’s water storage capacity, and 20% of </SPAN><st1:country-region><st1:place><SPAN>Australia</SPAN></st1:place></st1:country-region><SPAN>’s milk production.<BR><BR>Community, industry and government are working together to restore the health of the Thomson and Macalister Rivers and, ultimately, that of the </SPAN><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><SPAN>Gippsland</SPAN></st1:PlaceName><SPAN> </SPAN><st1:PlaceType><SPAN>Lakes</SPAN></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><SPAN>.<BR><BR></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P></TD>
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<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">The Region’s catchments drain south to </SPAN><st1:City><st1:place><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Anderson</SPAN></st1:place></st1:City><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"> and Corner Inlets, and east to the </SPAN><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Gippsland</SPAN></st1:PlaceName><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"> </SPAN><st1:PlaceType><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Lakes</SPAN></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">.&nbsp;</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Activities within the catchments alter water flows and quality, affecting the health of rivers and these internationally important wetlands.</P></SPAN></TD></TR>
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<P align=center><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#336600 size=2>&nbsp;</FONT></STRONG><A href="http://www.wgcma.vic.gov.au/default.asp?action=page&catID=18&pageID=356"><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#336600 size=2>Environmental Water Reserve</FONT></STRONG></A><BR><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=1>Drought Measures Come Into Effect</FONT></P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></P></TD>
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<P align=center><FONT face=Arial size=2>&nbsp;</FONT><A href="http://www.wgcma.vic.gov.au/mediaLibrary/files/Floodplain_Drainage/FloodAdviceRequestForm.pdf"><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#336600 size=2>Flood Advice Request Form</FONT></STRONG></A><BR><FONT face=Arial size=1>(pdf)</FONT></P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></P></TD>
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<P><BR><A href="default.asp?action=page&catID=39&pageID=201"><IMG height=56 hspace=0 src="mediaLibrary/images/templates/rcs04/rcs.gif" width=58 border=0></A><BR><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=1>REGIONAL<BR>CATCHMENT<BR>STRATEGY</FONT></P>
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<tr><td><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 11px; color: #006633;"><b>FUTURE FOOD AND</b></span><br><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 11px; color: #006633;"> FIBRE PROJECT - The future of agriculture in Gipp...</span>  <br><a style="text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.wgcma.vic.gov.au/default.asp?action=PO&pageID=1&catID=1&TmlID=3&poID=11&viewArchive=false&articleID=56"><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 9px; color: #CC6633;">>> more</span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 11px; color: #006633;"><b>STRZELECKI RANGES </b></span><br><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 11px; color: #006633;"> - Draft for Public Comment, Strzelecki Ranges Bio...</span>  <br><a style="text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.wgcma.vic.gov.au/default.asp?action=PO&pageID=1&catID=1&TmlID=3&poID=11&viewArchive=false&articleID=55"><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 9px; color: #CC6633;">>> more</span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 11px; color: #006633;"><b>WETLANDS</b></span><br><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 11px; color: #006633;"> PLAN RELEASED - The plan aims to provide a framew...</span>  <br><a style="text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.wgcma.vic.gov.au/default.asp?action=PO&pageID=1&catID=1&TmlID=3&poID=11&viewArchive=false&articleID=54"><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 9px; color: #CC6633;">>> more</span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 11px; color: #006633;"><b>RCS RENEWAL</b></span><br><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 11px; color: #006633;"> During 2008 the WGCMA will be reviewing the curre...</span>  <br><a style="text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.wgcma.vic.gov.au/default.asp?action=PO&pageID=1&catID=1&TmlID=3&poID=11&viewArchive=false&articleID=48"><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 9px; color: #CC6633;">>> more</span></a></td></tr>
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