Table of Contents
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Table of Contents
Origins and Purpose of the Strategy. 14
Merri catchment Waterways- An Overview... 16
Vision for the Merri catchment waterway corridors. 18
Agency Roles and Responsibilities.. 20
SECTION 1 Cultural Heritage and Visual Character.. 28
Chapter 1.1 Aboriginal Heritage. 28
Chapter 1.2 Historical Heritage. 35
Chapter 1.3 Visual Character. 41
SECTION 2 - Natural Heritage and Land Management. 52
Chapter 2.1 Biodiversity and habitat networks. 53
Chapter 2.2 Geodiversity and Geological Resources. 72
Chapter 2.3 Land Management. 78
Chapter 2.4 Headwaters to Craigieburn Road East. 86
Chapter 2.5 Craigieburn Road East to Mahoneys Road. 94
Chapter 2.6 Mahoneys Road to Yarra River. 101
SECTION 3 - Surface Waters, Creeks and Wetlands.. 109
Chapter 3.1 Stream Morphology, Drainage and Flood Management. 110
Chapter 3.2 Water Quality and Stream Health.. 120
Chapter 3.3 Aquatic Flora, Fauna and Wetlands. 134
SECTION 4 Recreation, Trails, Safety, Community Involvement and Education.. 143
Chapter 4.1 Community Engagement. 146
Chapter 4.3 Trails and Access. 153
Chapter 4.4 Public Safety. 160
SECTION 5 - Planning and Management Coordination.. 163
Chapter 5.2 Management Coordination.. 171
SECTION 6 - Implementation and Monitoring.. 176
Chapter 6.1 Implementation.. 176
Chapter 6.2 Monitoring and Review Procedures. 178
Table of Maps
Map 1 - The location of the Merri catchment 7
Map 2 - The Merri catchment and its waterways. 7
Map 3 - The location of the Merri catchment 16
Map 4 - The Merri catchment waterways. 16
Map 5 - Merri Creek Catchment showing municipal boundaries. 25
Map 6 - Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Sites (from AAV website) 32
Map 7 - Historical Heritage places identified by Johnston & Ellender (1993) 39
Map 8 - Bioregions of the Merri catchment 54
Map 9 - Bioregional Conservation Status of remnant vegetation in the Merri catchment. 57
Map 10 - Remnant native vegetation in the Merri catchment, by Ecological Vegetation Class. 59
Map 11 - Proposed habitat corridor network for Merri catchment. 67
Map 12 - Geology and geological sites of the Merri catchment 74
Map 13 - Mineral, quarrying and geothermal licences in the catchment. 76
Map 14 - the proposed Merri Creek Park (from Parks Victoria 2006) 100
Map 15 - SEPP Schedule F7 segments in the Merri Catchment 121
Map 16 - Map of wetlands in the Merri catchment 140
Map 17 - Shared Pathways in the Merri Catchment 157
Map 18 - Proposed and potential urban development in the catchment 164
Table of Tables
Table 1 - Outcome of 2004 Action Review. 14
Table 2 - New Wurundjeri place names. 33
Table 3 Victorian Heritage Register status of Merri Creek historic places. 38
Table 4 Planning Scheme protection of historic places by municipality. 38
Table 5 Planning Scheme protection of historic places by theme. 38
Table 6 Priority for vegetation protection of EVCs. 58
Table 7 - Node plans south of Mahoneys Road. 103
Table 8 - Other plans relevant to site management south of Mahoneys Road. 104
Table 9 - Summary of key water policy documents. 109
Table 10 - Ranking of how people spend time at Merri Creek. 149
Table 11 - Important existing features of Merri Creek. 150
Table 12 - Importance of additional/improved features/facilities. 150
Table 13 - Issues needing improvement along the Creek. 150
Table 14 - Action Prefixes. 224
Table 15 - Table symbols and Terms. 224
Table 16 - Acronyms used in text 224
Table of Figures
Figure 1 - Ranked suggestions for improvement from the survey of Merri Path users. 154
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