Completed in 2019, this project provided new in-stream habitat, and stream side plantings to improve the environment for all species. Access is via the sealed Buckland River Road, about 14 km from Porepunkah. An unmade track on the right, immediately across the...
A habitat restoration project was completed in 2014 on a stretch of the Ovens River at "Frosty Corner". This involved placing large boulders and timber into the river to create depth and variability in the stream flow in an area previously degraded by mining and...
Unlike bygone days when dragging fallen logs out of the river was considered best practice, we now know that habitat restoration, together with riparian zone and riverbank management, is the best course of action to restore, enhance and sustain our recreational trout fishery. The Ovens River is an excellent example of modern habitat restoration.
Project date: June 2012. During June 2011 Mick Hall spent some quality fishing time at Lake Fyans but was concerned to discover that the barrier gates put in many years ago to prevent trout from escaping into the surrounding channels, were badly rusted, damaged and no...
Mayfly Rise is a habitat restoration project on the Ovens River at Bright. Both in-stream and stream-side works have been carried out to enhance the fishing prospects: Works included installation of wood and boulder habitat, and planting of native trees, shrubs, and...
The Australian Trout Foundation & the Glenelg Hopkins CMA together with the Victoria Fisheries Authority and Arthur Rylah Institute welcome your participation at our Warrnambool Fish Habitat workshop.
Project date: 2009 - 2014 Over the past five years the Australian Trout Foundation, through funding from the Victorian Government’s Recreational Fishing Initiative and in conjunction with Fisheries Victoria and the Department of Sustainability and Environment Forests...
The Australian Trout Foundation are currently working with Melb. Uni, DELWP, ARI, VFA, Zoos Victoria and NFA to help prevent the Spotted Tree Frog (Litoria spenceri) from becoming extinct in the wild. These little frogs are critically endangered. They have been...
Project date: May 2018, May 2020, Oct 2022. VRFish, ATF and GBCMA organised a Riparian Restoration project for tree planting along the Steavenson River in Marysville, Victoria with approval from the local landowner who agreed with fencing off part of the river and...