Gardiners Creek
Gardiners Creek:Very Poor |
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Most of Gardiners Creek flows through an urban landscape, but is bordered for much of its length by well-used open space. The poor condition of the creek is due mainly to changes to its channel form and loss of vegetation, together with urban impacts of weeds and poor stormwater quality. A recent find of Common Galaxias and Climbing Galaxias, small native fish, shows that water quality and habitat are still good enough to support some stream life.
Improvement works: Recent works on the creek have included stabilising its bed and banks, along with replanting vegetation.
Further works in the Yarra catchment include a major improvement project for Blackburn Creek, which includes bank protection, flood management and habitat improvement, protection of a significant aged tree and some replanting works. In addition to these works, a management plan for Gardiners and Scotchmans creeks will be developed to determine works over the next 15 years.