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Taking Action to Manage Catchments
Resources and Activities

Key Message 2 - Take Action
Title. Taking Action to Manage Catchments (Water).
Resources
Topic of Study - Restoring Our Catchments in the Community
Description
Resources and Activities
- ‘Water Learning and Living’.
- Use the Water Learning and Living resources to learn
  more about water in catchments.
Access resources and activities using this website.
- Waterwatch.
- Contact your local Waterwatch Coordinator.

Waterwatch State Office

Waterwatch: Broughton Wakefield

Waterwatch: KESAB Patawalonga & Torrens

Waterwatch: North Adelaide & Barossa

Waterwatch: Onkaparinga Waterwatch Network

Waterwatch: River Murray (Upper)

Waterwatch: River Murray (Lower)

Waterwatch: South East

- ‘Our Patch’ and ‘Catchment Care’.
- Contact your local Our Patch or Catchment Care
  Officer from either the Patawalonga, Torrens,
  Onkaparinga, North Adelaide or Barossa Catchment
  Water Management Boards.

Catchment Care - North Adelaide and Barossa Catchment Water Management Board (CWMB)

Our Patch - Patawalonga and Torrens CWMBs

Our Patch - Onkaparinga CWMB

- Local Action Planning Committees.
- Contact your Local Action Planning Committees in
  the River Murray Catchment Water Management
  Board region.
Catchment Water Management Boards (CWMB): River Murray
- Urban Forest Biodiversity Program.
- Contact your local Urban Forest Biodiversity Officer:
  • Communications Resource Officer
  • Hills Face Project Officer
  • Urban Extension Officer
  • Project Officer, Northern Metro
  • Project Officer, Southern Metro
  • Hills Face Project Officer
Urban Forest Biodiversity Program
http://www.urbanforest.on.net/
- Gould League – ‘Every Drop Counts’.
- Extensive resources for Primary Schools in water
  education, including developing plans for dealing with
  water issues in the school.
Gould League
http://www.gould.edu.au/
- Gould League – ‘Every Drop Counts’.
- Extensive resources for Secondary Schools in water
  education, including developing plans for dealing with
  water issues in the school.
Gould League
http://www.gould.edu.au/
- Port River Marine Watch.
- A holistic environmental monitoring project for the Port
  River and environs, targeting schools within the Le
  Fevre Peninsula.
- Lots of activities and information for school groups to
  get involved with many aspects of the Port River
  region.

Local Government Association of South Australia

Waterwatch: KESAB Patawalonga & Torrens

- PIRSA Landcare.
- Download the manual to assist in whole of school
  planning and examples of best practice project
  management in schools.
PIRSA Landcare
http://www.affa.gov.au/corporate_docs/publications/pdf/
nrm/landcare/school_landcare.pdf
- Our Patch and Catchment Care Kit.
- Access the Our Patch and Catchment Care Resource
  Kit and see what is available for schools in the
  Metropolitan region.
Access resources and activities using this website.
- ‘Special Forever’ - an environmental communications
  project.
- Students getting involved in communication about the
  Murray-Darling Basin and the importance of water.
  They will provide a booklet with comprehensive
  information on how to participate.
Primary English Teachers Association
http://www.nexus.edu.au/ozprojects/journey/
mdbcpeta.htm


The Murray-Darling Basin Commission
http://www.mdbc.gov.au/education/projects/
projects.htm#special
- The Murray Urban Users Committee.
- Get involved in the Murray Urban Users Committee.
- Lots of catchment care activities, including water
  conservation strategies at home, in the community
  and at school.
The Murray Urban Users Committee
http://www.murrayusers.sa.gov.au/
- Coast and Clean Seas.
- Commonwealth Government's marine and coastal
  conservation initiative that encourages community
  involvement in the protection, management and
  rehabilitation of our coastal and marine environments.
Coast and Clean Seas
http://www.ea.gov.au/coasts/ccs/
- Coastcare.
- This is a major component of Coasts and Clean Seas,
  the Commonwealth Government's marine and coastal
  conservation initiative that encourages community
  involvement in the protection, management and
  rehabilitation of our coastal and marine environments.
- Regional Coastcare officers are available to assist
  schools and community groups.
Coastcare
http://www.ea.gov.au/coasts/coastcare/index.html
- Greening Australia.
- Get involved in vegetation management to protect and
  restore the health, diversity and productivity of our
  unique Australian landscapes.
Greening Australia
http://www.greeningaustralia.org.au/
- Trees for Life.
- Get involved in growing indigenous trees.
Trees for Life
http://www.flinders.com.au/trees.htm
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