RiverConnect is a wide reaching community government partnership program under the auspice of Greater Shepparton City Council and jointly funded with the Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority.
Established in 2005 to strengthen community and students' appreciation of and engagement with the Goulburn (Kaiela) and Broken rivers within the Greater Shepparton area. Now, following 20 years of shared environmental collaboration and education:
- Land managers and organisation regularly work together for shared environmental outcomes
- Over 50 partnerships have been formed
- The program has enabled over 40,000 hours of students' time spent engaged in the river environment
- Over 5,000 community members annually join RiverConnect for events
- Two shared pathway projects have been completed and a third is underway
- Countless revegetation, habitat restoration and clean up projects have taken place
Today RiverConnect aims to foster the community’s love, respect and connection to the river environment through engaging events, collaborative projects and an inspiring education program.
