The Landscape Action Plan has been developed by the Granite to Goulburn (G2G) network with contributions from its partners, Landcare Victoria Inc., ANU’s Sustainable Farms, Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority and Taungurung Land and Water Council, and from key stakeholders, including local landholders, government agencies, and environmental groups, to ensure a broad representation of interests.
This Plan presents a shared vision for the Granite to Goulburn (G2G) landscape, that builds upon the Goulburn Broken Regional Catchment Strategy 2021-27, a blueprint for the integrated management of natural resources in the Catchment, aimed at improving its health and resilience. The Plan has been devised to clarify shared goals; to propose strategic interventions; to provide a framework for potential investors to understand and support our landscape restoration approach.
The six principles guiding the Plan are: value for landholders; healing Country; a changing climate; stacked impacts; multi-scale engagement and coordinated action. Main threats to the G2G landscape are identified, and three priority strategies are highlighted: profitable sustainable agriculture, rehydrating the landscape and protecting threatened species; for each one of them specific goals and actions are outlined. Based on these strategies, seven projects and four case studies are presented, drawing upon a selection of G2G’s landholders willing to implement this Plan.
The underpinning concept is that investing in landscape restoration is a win-win strategy that contributes to sustainable supply, revives rural economies and produces tangible benefits for nature and climate, as well as enhancing companies’ triple bottom line. Existing and emerging environmental market opportunities are identified, and pathways to support access to these markets, including the facilitation of aggregation models, is provided for landholders.
This Plan has been developed as part of Landcare Victoria’s New Futures for Victorian Landcare Project, with generous support by the Ian Potter Foundation and the Natural Resources Conservation Trust.
Progress Report – April 2025
The G2G team have been back in action, working to gain funding for parts of our Landscape Plan for the Strathbogie Ranges.
We have partnered with LandcareVic and the 3 other networks who are involved in the Landcare New Futures program, in a bid for NHT Climate-Smart Agriculture_Capacity Building Grant R2.
“A farmer to landscape approach to Landcare’s climate smart future”. Submitted 31st March.
Late last year we were partners with Landcare Victoria as part of the “Plan, Catalyse and Grow Resilience Hubs” consortium led by Regen Farmers Mutual and proposed to the Future Drought Fund Resilient Landscapes Program Grant. Results of this application should been out soon.
It’s a lot of work pulling these applications together, let’s hope you hit the target one day soon.
Post Longwood Fire Recovery 2026 – Biodiversity Recovery Alliance
Decades of care lay foundations for bushfire recovery project
With over thirty years of experience caring for our environment, local environmental groups were ready to spring into action after the January bushfire swept through the tablelands. Deep community knowledge, local expertise, extensive networks and engaged landholders enabled a swift response in the aftermath of the fire, with the Biodiversity Recovery Alliance launched the following week.
The alliance is made up of the Euroa Arboretum, Hughes Creek Catchment Collaborative, Longwood Plains CMN, and Strathbogie Ranges CMN, and leverages the work done in recent years developing the landscape wide Granite to Goulburn environmental plan.
The alliance will focus on the recovery of plants, animals, waterways, as well as the mental health of people who live amongst them.
Projects include installing 1000 nest boxes over the affected region, controlling deer and pests, saving remaining large trees, and restoring areas of habitat. A large focus will be on data collection, monitoring how various species have survived the fire (pictured below are Rushworth Secondary Collage students & Field and Game Club with the nesting boxes they made for us)
With a project headquarters set up in Klofties Garage at the end of Binney St, the alliance hopes to involve the community as much as possible through the journey of recovery. You can sign up to become a volunteer or a participating landholder at biodiversityrecoveryalliance.com.
Key BRA people Jemma Norman, Shirley Saywell, Allison Trethowan and Charlotte Langman
Greatest Volunteer ever! Angela Berry, cabinet maker & carpenter. Converting Klofties office
Janet Hagen