About

About Us

The Southern ACT Catchment Group (SACTCG) was formed in May 2002 to represent all active environmental groups in the southern areas of the ACT. The SACTCG is one of three community based catchment groups in the ACT and covers the areas of Woden, Western Creek, Tuggeranong and Tharwa.

Supported by a Catchment Coordinator and a Waterwatch Coordinator the SACTCG provides a network for our member groups, helping in their development and operation, providing assistance with project ideas, funding opportunities and providing a community forum for ideas and discussion. Our member groups originated from the ranks of Parkcare, Urban and Rural Landcare, Waterwatch and other community groups interested in the environment.

As a group, we are also involved in 'sub-catchment planning' that will enable us to address priority issues in a strategic fashion well into the future. Some examples of issues being addressed by the SACTCG include community building, biodiversity, riparian plantings, weed management, soil health, water quality, European and Indigenous cultural heritage, vegetation loss and urban land degradation.

Our Objectives:

- To provide a forum through which the community can work to ensure that its natural resources are managed on an ecologically sustainable basis.
- Encourage the development and dissemination of best available information supporting the management of natural resources.
- Provide input and advice to the formulation and review of Natural Resource Management (NRM) policy, plans and strategies proposed by government, business and community groups.
- Facilitate education, public awareness, and communication of catchment management and NRM issues.
- Promote the development and implementation of strategic Sub-Catchment Plans.
- Develop and sponsor NRM projects and investment proposals.
- Contribute to the monitoring and evaluation of NRM initiatives in the upper Murrumbidgee catchment.
- Develop resources to deliver NRM outcomes; and to
- Develop, implement, monitor and review catchment wide action plans that attempt to improve catchment health.

Contact Information

Telephone: (02) 6296 6400
Fax: 02) 6296 6455
Post: PO Box 2056, Kambah Village ACT 2902
E-mail: General Information: info@sactcg.org