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The Victorian Murray Floodplain Restoration Project is restoring high-value floodplains along the Murray River by reconnecting them to the river and building carefully designed infrastructure to support the seasonal wetting cycles that native plants and animals depend on.

The Victorian Murray Floodplain Restoration Project (VMFRP) will get much needed water back onto nine high-value floodplains along the Murray River. Without this water, these iconic landscapes will continue to decline – along with the many native trees, animals and plants that depend on them.

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Floodplain heroes – Bringing biodiversity back to a Gunbower farm

Our floodplain heroes series features local people doing amazing work to restore floodplain spaces along the Murray River. Meet John Toll, a fourth-generation farmer bringing biodiversity back to a Gunbower farm by planting native trees and vegetation and creating a fully functional wetland.

Belsar-Yungera and Hattah Lakes North Floodplain Restoration Projects EES Update

The Victorian Minister for Planning has determined that a single EES is required for the Belsar-Yungera and Hattah Lakes North Floodplain Restoration Projects under the Environment Effects Act 1978 (Victoria).

Tangled Lignum – the unsung zombie hero of the floodplains

In dry periods, Tangled Lignum may appear lifeless, but like a floodplain feature special of ‘Return of the lignum dead’, it springs back to life after flooding from high river flows, providing homes and food for a diverse range of plants and animals found nowhere else.
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