Murray River - Community Capacity Building

Fosters have partnered with Parklands to build community stewardship along the Murray River Parklands.

Initially, the focus of this project was recruiting a Friends Group to oversee future development along the 60km river frontage where Parklands is the appointed Committee of Management. Feedback through a range of forums including a public meeting and park tour revealed that the scale of works was beyond the capacity of one individual group.

The Parklands philosophy of "lots of people all doing a little" has been applied to the Murray River Project. Currently, a range of groups have taken ownership of sections of the Murray River. Current partners include;

• Cooper Tools (Apex Tools) - Bonegilla Island
• Hume Building Society - Gateway Island East
• Rotary Club of North Albury - Gateway Island Wetlands
• Bidja Bila Landcare Group - Murray Oxbow
• Smart Air - Huon Hill section of Wodonga Creek
• Lesters Funeral Home - House Creek section of Wodonga Creek
• Department of Justice - Browns Island

The financial support from Fosters has enabled staff to focus on building these longer term partnerships to connect people with country.