Catchment Management Authority boundaries
Region: Victoria
Description: This layer represents the Catchment Management Authority boundaries (derived from CALP100). It is indicative and should not be used for operational decisions about funding. The Catchment Management Authorities (CMAs) were established on 1 July 1997 with the aim of creating a whole of catchment approach to natural resource management in the state. The new CMAs combined the roles of the former, River Management Boards and Catchment and Land Protection Boards, and community based advisory groups such as salinity plan implementation groups and water quality working groups. Port Phillip has also recently become a CMA. 2014 correction on the West Gippsland and East Gippsland CMA border around the Gippsland Lakes. It is accurate to +/- 100 metres for 80% of the time.