Armadale Gosnells Landcare Group - Archive

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Armadale Gosnells Landcare Group

The Armadale Gosnells Landcare Group operate in the Canning, Wungong and Southern River Catchments. The team coordinates planning, community action and awareness programs. It is a community group of elective and senior staff representatives of the City of Armadale and the City of Gosnells, government agencies and landowners.

How we plan to protect our rivers and bushland
By utilizing Integrated Catchment Management or ICM. Integrated Catchment Management focuses policies and programs of government agencies on common goals, sharing resources & expertise and decision making with landowners and the community. It relies on community awareness, support and participation.

Strategies
1. To implement the catchment management plan
2. To ensure policy makers are aware of their environmental responsibilities to the
catchment and its rivers
3. To support, assist, promote and coordinate community based groups to care for the
catchments and their waterways
4. To promote the river as an educational resource

Objectives for Catchment Management
Improve water quality protection
Develop public awareness and advocacy program
Reduce pollution from landuse activities
Reduce degradation in the rivers and catchments
Protect, maintain and restore vegetation and biodiversity
Ensure integrated land management in the catchment
Improve strategic and local planning for ICM