1. Community Engagement
This initiative is managed by the Milang Progress Association Inc. and is part
of the Lower Lakes Bioremediation and Revegetation Project funded by the
Australian Government and supported by the South Australian Department
for Environment and Heritage.

2. There is a COMMON VISION:
A Freshwater solution
Healthy long term future for;
 environment
 community
 economies
Working with community is essential

3. 9 Community groups met together Jan 09.
Overwhelming community support for involvement in
bioremediation and revegetation of lakes
Based on:
 Community priorities
 Accessibility
 Capacity Building
 Collaborative Relationships

4.  Facilitate community based involvement in
the Lower Lakes
◦ To engage in decisions
◦ To involve in actions
◦ To undertake research
◦ To support adaptation
 Establish the “Lakes Hub”
 Establish community nurseries
 Provide community education and training
opportunities related to the LLBR project

5.  Trusted inclusive focal point for LLBR
 Encourages and promotes sharing of information
and learnings
 Improved communication & understanding
 More informed, aware and educated community
 Qualitative and quantitative data collection
 Coordination of growing and
distribution of plant stock
 Wendy White – Coordinator

6.  Six month trial from May this year
 Carole Richardson employed by GWLAP
 100 people trained in ASS monitoring
 37 sites monitored
 Top quality data fed into CSIRO
 Project rolled over into LLBAR til’ March 2011

7.  $50k Development Fund for capital works to enable
nurseries to start-up or expand
◦ Hindmarsh Island 22000 plants
◦ Alexandrina 10000 plants
◦ Clayton Bay 10000 plants
◦ Milang Environment Centre 10000 plants
◦ Finniss Catchment Group 10000 plants
◦ Melaleuca/Orana – Meningie 60000 plants
◦ Raukkan 10000 plants
 Nurseries will be paid at market rate for what they
produce
 Jo McPhee appointed as Community Nursery Coordinator
 Rural Solutions – project manager for on ground works

9.  Two project officers appointed by LAP Boards
 Terry Sim based at Hub and Ken Strother
based at Meningie
 Coordinate fencing incentives for Landholders
who want to fence off their lakeshore

10.  Community Engagement committee will be called for
 Reference Groups established for specialised information,
knowledge and skills.
 Financial Management/Governance – Milang Progress
Association Inc.
 The entire LLBR project managed by committee of
stakeholders including DEH, Rural Solutions, LAP Boards,
SAMDBNRM Board, Milang Progress Assoc. Inc,
Ngarrindjeri Regional Council, Rural Solutions

11.  Initial 6 month funding
 Will then move into further 12 months funding
 Review Dec 2010
 Recommendation for a further 3 years funding
in line with long term planning for the Lower
Lakes

12.  Aligned with but separate funding
 Eco skills project – Cert III & IV Conservation and
Land Management Productivity Places (DEEWR 20
places) Transitions (DFEEST 10 places)
 Participating in Nursery Work and Monitoring in the
project
 Innovative and Value Adding

14.  Social Enterprise
 Employing local people who are currently
training or upskilling in Conservation & Land
Management
 Ability to tender for local work around lakes
for state and local government, landholders
etc. data collection, revegetation,

15.  Healthy Communities
 Increased ability of community to respond to
change
 High quality baseline data
 Model of community/govt partnership
◦ to respond to crisis and long term issues.
◦ In holistic environmental management
 Skilled workforce with a future in the region
 Increased economic activity

16.  Shirley Smith
MBA; BA (Yth Aff); Dip Yth L’shp; Cert IV TAA
Adult Educator of the Year 2009
River Guardian Award 2006
Two Dragons Vineyard and Farm – Finniss
 Karyn Bradford JP
Ad Dip Com Ser Mgt; Ass Dip Arts; Cert IV TAA
Land & Water Australia Community Fellow
Coordinator
Milang Old School House Community Centre

17. Knowing is not enough;
we must apply.
Willing is not enough; we
must do.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe