River Health Targets

The strategy's key statewide targets to be achieved by 2005 include:

An increase in length of river accessible to native fish by an additional 2000 km
Significant improvement in floodplain linkages in ten areas of national and state significance
All rivers with either sustainable catchment limits or negotiated environmental flows in place
Report on the second benchmarking of the environmental condition of Victorian rivers

The strategy's key statewide targets to be achieved by 2011 include:

Significant improvements achieved in environmental flow regimes of 20 high value river reaches currently flow stressed
4800 km of rivers with improvement of one rating in the measurement of riparian condition
An increase of 7000 ha of riparian areas under management agreements
95% of all highland and upland and 60% of all lowland monitoring sites will meet SEPP environmental quality objectives
600 km of rivers where in-stream habitat has been reinstated
1000 high value public assets provided with appropriate level of protection
An improvement in the status of designated freshwater-dependent focal species

Monitoring & Reporting