Yarra Riverkeeper
The Yarra Riverkeeper Association acknowledges the traditional owners of the Yarra River and its environs, the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. The Yarra River is vitally important to our community. It is a key feature in the indigenous heritage of the region. It was the decisive factor in the siting of Melbourne. It plays a major role in our social and recreational lives. It supports a wonderful and diverse natural environment.
The Yarra Riverkeeper Association is the community-based association that is working to look after the long-term health of the Yarra River from its source to its mouth.
The vision of the Association is: A Yarra River with tributaries that is healthy, ecologically sustainable and valued by the community.
The aim of the Association is: To protect and restore the Yarra River and its tributaries, from source to mouth, for current and future generations.
The objectives of the Association are:
- to be an effective, independent public advocate for the Yarra River and its tributaries
- to provide a unified voice, representative of the community, in relation to whole-of-river issues
- to identify, create and implement initiatives that will protect and restore the Yarra River and its tributaries
- to build and foster relationships with all stakeholders
- to ensure integrated management founded upon stewardship
- to build and make publicly accessible knowledge relating to the Yarra catchment
- to celebrate the ecological and social value, of the Yarra River and its tributaries
- to establish a realistic funding base that can support projected activities
Yarra Riverkeeper in the media
View the two page article on the Yarra Riverkeeper in the Royal Auto here:
yarra-riverkeeper-royal-auto
Contact: Yarra Riverkeeper
(Yarra Riverkeeper Assoc)
Ian Penrose - Riverkeeper
0409 510 766
info@yarrariver.org.au
PO Box 320 Fairfield Vic 3078
www.yrka.org.au
Waterkeepers Australia is grateful to and acknowledges the support of Victorian Community Foundation - The Ruffin Falkiner Foundation for helping us to keep the Yarra Riverkeeper program on the water.
