River Health Incentives Program Overview

Promotional video describing the different River Health Incentives programs, with testimonials from past participants.

Speakers

Speaker 1 – S1 (Olivia Vincent, Voice Over)

Speaker 2 – S2 (Glen Duncan, Dairy Farmer, Hallora)

Speaker 3 – S3 (Ron Sawyer, Land Owner, Macclesfield)

Speaker 4 – S4 (Mandy Munro, Biodiversity Conservation Officer, City of Casey)

Speaker 5 – S5 (Carmel, Sunshine Heights Primary School)

Speaker 6 – S6 (Simon Hogan, Vice President, Friends of Lower Kororoit Creek)

[White screen with Melbourne Water logo]

S1:OV ‘The River Health Incentives Program plays host to a number of grants to benefit various parts of the Melbourne community.’

Thanks to all our participants, Melbourne Water proudly celebrates years of growth, by supporting an array of various activities that enhance life and livability at many local waterways.

Since its inception in 1996, the River Health Incentives Program has worked with 38 councils, over 230 friends groups, and over 4300 individual landholders to facilitate in excess of 12,000 projects.

There are 4 River Health Incentives Programs available to our community in the Port Phillip and Westernport regions of Melbourne.’

[On-screen text: Stream Frontage Management Program]

S1:OV ‘The Stream Frontage Management Program, which is designed for landholders who manage a waterway frontage on their property.’

[On-screen text: Before]

[On-screen text: After]

[On-screen text: Glen Duncan, Dairy Farmer, Hallora]

S2: GD ‘This fence was funded by the Stream Frontage Program. The day the fence goes up, is the day that the little stream is protected from the cattle.’

[On-screen text: Rural Land Program]

S1: OV ‘The Rural Land Program provides assistance and funding opportunities to land holders to uptake works to create innovative ways to manage soil and nutrients on their farms, and out of nearby waterways.’

[On-screen text: Ron Sawyer, Stream Frontage Management Program and Rural Land Program, Macclesfield]

S3: RS ‘One of the best things about being part of the Stream Frontage Program and the Rural Land Program, is it made doing things properly affordable for us.’

[On-screen text: Corridors of Green]

S1: OV ‘Corridors of Green funds local councils and managers of public land to undertake works and create management plans’

[On-screen text: Mandy Munro, Biodiversity Conservation Officer, City of Casey]

S4: MM 'The Corridors of Green Program is amazing, and the reason why I think that is it actually gave us an opportunity to develop a program that allowed us to think outside the box and we were able to think big, we were allowed to incorporate a number of elements and a number of stakeholders to come together and achieve this amazing outcome planting 20,000 trees

[On-screen text: Community grants]

S1: OV ‘And Community Grants which run annually, provide funding opportunities for groups and organizations to assist with on-ground works, administration, and education.

[On-screen text: Carmel, Sunshine Heights Primary School]

S5: C ‘The Kororoit Creek has inspired me in the future to come here and water plants and make sure the animals have got a safe home.

[On-screen text: Simon Hogan, Vice President, Friends of Lower Kororoit Creek]

S6: SH ‘Our major priorities when we started the Friends of Lower Kororoit Creek were to green the creek corridor, and to have a shared trail connecting the bay trail with the Kororoit Creek Trail. With the assistance of our major partners, being Melbourne Water, Toyota, and local councils, we’ve achieved the greening of the creek corridor and we’ve commenced work on the construction of the shared path. We’re proud of our achievements to date and we think it will be great in the future.

[On-screen text: River Health Incentives Program: growth from 1996-2016]

[On-screen text: 1996]

[On-screen text: 1997]

[On-screen text: 1998]

[On-screen text: 1999]

[On-screen text: 2001]

[On-screen text: 2002]

[On-screen text: 2003]

[On-screen text: 2004]

[On-screen text: 2005]

[On-screen text: 2006]

[On-screen text: 2007]

[On-screen text: 2008]

[On-screen text: 2009]

[On-screen text: 2010]

[On-screen text: 2011]

[On-screen text: 2012]

[On-screen text: 2013]

[On-screen text: 2014]

[On-screen text: 2015]

[On-screen text: 2016]

S1: OV ‘Efforts like this contribute to ongoing weed control, vegetation management, and the planting of over 3 million plants, and the installment of more than 1500 kilometres of fencing along our waterways. That’s similar to fencing from Melbourne to Byron Bay, all which greatly contribute to protecting and improving the health of our waterways and the environment’

[On-screen text: River Health Incentives Program: growth from 1996-2016]

[White screen with Melbourne Water logo and contact details]

[On-screen text: For further information and to see if you are eligible for the program call or visit 131 722, melbournewater.com.au]