Documents, Publications and Links

Resources

Useful Documents and Publications | Links

1. List of Landcare and Environment Groups in Mt Alexander Shire

2. Resources for Environmental Works

• List of Contractors for Mt Alexander region
• Pest plant and animal control handbook
• Revegetation – preparing and planting
• Planting local provenance – information sheet
• Guidelines for managing Indigenous Cultural Heritage on site

3. Online interactive mapping tools

• The Community Web Mapping Portal
• IMap

4. Case Studies

• Malcolm Fyffe
• Karen and Elton Baker
• Interview with Maurie Dynon (3MB .mp3 file)
• Farming Benefits of Connecting Country

5. Biodiversity Blueprint

The following downloadable documents have been taken from the Biodiversity Blueprint. If you would like a hardcopy of the Blueprint please contact Beth Mellick.

• What is Connecting Country (PDF)
• Biodiversity Blueprint Overview (PDF)
• Website and Interactive Mapping Tool (PDF)
• Maps (all jpg images):
  Map 2: Pre-1750 Vegetation
  Map 3: Current Vegetation
  Map 4: Public and Private Land
  Map 5: Conservation Significance
  Map 6: Flora and Fauna
  Map 7: Waterway Condition
  Map 8: On-ground Achievements
  Map 9: Voluntary Conservation on Private Land
  Map 10: Project Ideas – West
  Map 11: Project Ideas – Central
  Map 12: Project Ideas – East
• Guidelines for Consideration of Projects (PDF)

6. Relevant projects

• Spatial Vision Community Web Mapping Proposal

7. Local/regional resource documents (external links)

• Shire Conservation Strategy
• Regional Catchment Strategy
• Regional Native Vegetation Plan
• River Health Plan
• Victorian Best Practice Native Vegetation Management (under construction)

8. Useful reading

• Laying the Foundation (Effective Landscape Restoration for Native Biodiversity in Northern Victoria – 1.6Mb PDF)
• Recconnecting Country at a Landscape scale (244Kb PDF)
• New Conservation Stewards (804Kb PDF)
• Seeing the Wood for the Trees (What to look for when purchasing carbon offsets – 324Kb PDF)
• Landscape Design Tips (1.2Mb)
• Gap-crossing decisions of forest birds in a fragmented landscape