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acknowledgements

The Corangamite Catchment Management Authority, in facilitating the review and renewal of the Corangamite Regional Catchment Strategy, would like to thank the following organisations and individuals.

The Corangamite Catchment Management Authority's Business Planning Committee (responsible for overview of the RCS review and renewal):

Kaye Rodden (Chair); Alice Knight; Peter Greig; Bob Carraill; Brendan Roughead; Kendra Dean; Michael Boyd; and Don Forsyth.

With special thanks to the dedicated staff of the following organisations:

Corangamite Catchment Management Authority, including Members of the Board and Implementation Committees; Department of Sustainability and Environment; Department of Primary Industries; other government departments and agencies; municipalities and water authorities.

In particular we extend our thanks to community-based organisations such as Landcare, Coast Action/ Coastcare, industry, indigenous and environment groups, and the many individuals who participated in workshops and developed submissions on the two draft documents.

In addition, a special thanks to our workshop hosts:

City of Greater Geelong; Golden Plains Shire; Leigh Catchment Group; LorneCare Group; Otway Agroforestry Network; WestVic Dairy; Woady Yaloak Catchment Group; and the former Department of Natural Resources and Environment.

Our thanks also go to the Victorian and Australian Government representatives who have been involved in the review and accreditation of this document.

Peter Codd, Jo Roberts and Catherine Barnes

Project Team