Mount Roland

2007 Tasmanian Landcare Awards

Mount Roland Rivercare have been awarded the Murray-Darling Basin Commission Rivercare Award.   click image for larger view

About the Award :

The Murray-Darling Basin Commission Rivercare Award is made to a community organisation, person or group who have made a significant contribution to the sustainable management, conservation and/or rehabilitation of a waterway ecosystem (ie rivers, streams, creeks and wetlands). The judges considered how nominees had progressed towards the following criteria:

1. Developed or made links to a Rivercare Plan for sustainable management and/or rehabilitation of your waterway.
2. Integrated your plan into relevant local and regional action plans and the plan is widely supported by the community.
3. Achieved an improvement in waterway health (eg water quality, riverine biodiversity and habitat, and riverbank stability) as a result of the project.
4. Consulted and worked with others, including the community, government and/or business to help achieve sustainable natural resource management for your waterway.

Tasmanian Awards for Environmental Excellence

In 2003 Mount Roland Rivercare was awarded the Community Award of the Tasmanian Awards for Environmental Excellence.   click image for larger view

SONY/LANDCARE AWARD

Mt Roland Rivercare was awarded one of 56 digital cameras as part of partnership with Landcare Australia. Read more about the award here

DILMAH/LANDCARE AWARD

One of the water monitoring kits used by the MRRCI water monitors was provided courtesy of DILMAH in conjunction with Landcare Australia. Read more about this award and the Dilmah water monitoring kit.