Merri Creek Management Committee

MCMC PUBLICATIONS

Taylors Creek Strategic Plan

Prepared by MCMC for Mitchell Shire Council, 2009.

Merri Creek Trail Review Final Report
Thompson Berrill Landscape design P/L October 2007. For Cities of Darebin, Moreland and Yarra.

Management Guidelines for the Native Grasslands of the Merri Creek

Upper Merri Biodiversity Network Plan
July 2009.

Development Guidelines for the Merri Creek
Prepared for MCMC by Pia Herbet & Lester Townsend, Integrated Urban Management, 2004.

Merri Creek and Environs Strategy 2009-2014
You can also read this publication in our website pages

Merri Creek and Environs Strategy 2009-2014 - Urban Growth Addendum

Indigenous Planting Guides

Merri Creek Aquatic and Semi-Aquatic Planting Guide

This guide lists appropriate plant species and placement within the zones of aquatic and semi-aquatic profiles.

Revised Merri Creek Local Native Plants Guide
Revised Table A in Sept 2015 from Development Guidelines for the Merri Creek.

Wildlife & Habitat Guide for Merriang Landholders
Practical management tips for landholders in the Volcanic Plain north & west of Melbourne.
Merriang District Landcare Group, DSE, MCMC & City of Whittlesea 2008. A modified version of the guide is available on a series of pages on our website

Merriang Plants for Landcare

MCMC & Merriang District Landcare Group, 1999.

Free from MCMC office

Gardening with Indigenous Plants in Moreland

MCMC & Moreland City Council, 2005. Download from the Moreland City Council website

Environmental Education

Evaluation of community engagement activities: 'Making Friends for Urban Grasslands'
Brian Bainbridge & Dimi Bouzalas, MCMC 2007.

Putting Down Roots
An Environmental Education Resource for Adult English as a Second Language (ESL). Rob Julian, MCMC, 2004.

Early Childhood Teacher Manual MPCC cover

Water Education Manual for Early Childhood
Moonee Ponds Creek Crusaders' Teacher's Water Education Manual for Kindergarten – Grade 2 (2010).

Early Childhood Teacher Manual MPCC cover

Water Education Manual for Upper Primary School
Moonee Ponds Creek Crusaders' Teacher's Water Education Manual for Grade 5-6 (2010).

While walking or cycling along Merri Creek you may be aware of the indigenous plantings, constructed wetlands and the animal life of the creek corridor. But there is an underlying element to this - the Merri valley contains many millions of years of history and secrets.

Ecological Restoration Reports

MCMC Site Information Notes

These site information notes from 2009 summarise six long term MCMC ecological restoration projects on the Merri:

Ngarri-djarrang in Reservoir - the restoration of an urban Native Grassland

Rotunda Wetland in Clifton Hill - the creation of small wetland in inner Melbourne

Moomba Park in Fawkner - the creation of a diverse woodland habitat

Rushwood Drive Reserve in Craigieburn - the restoration of a critical patch of remnant grassland and riparian habitat

Merri Park Wetland in Northcote - the creation of a small diverse wetland in an urban retarding basin

Galada Tamboore in Campbellfield / Thomastown - a special place for the traditional owners of this area, the Wurundjeri people

Other MCMC site reports

Beveridge Recreation Reserve Management Plan 2010-2015 A report for Mitchell Shire Council (2010)

Restoring a Native Grassland Community: the Ngarri-djarrang (Central Creek) example (2009)

Central Creek Grasslands (Ngarri-djarrang) Action Plan 2009-2014 (2009)

MCMC Ecological Restoration Trials

These MCMC reports were produced as part of individual grants-funded projects:

Results and Review from three Synemon plana survey activities for volunteers at Craigieburn Grassland Reserve Epping/Wollert (2007)

Longitudinal monitoring of distribution and habitat of a Golden Sun Moth (Synemon plana Lepidoptera: Castniidae) population north of Melbourne. Results from 2014-5 flying season (2015)

Applying gap and disturbance treatments for establishing forbs in a remnant Native grassland (2013)

Gorse monitoring in native grassland: Aerial photograph interpretation and volunteer involvement, Kalkallo Common, Kalkallo (2011)

Division as a means of increasing a population of Chocolate Lily, (Arthropodium strictum) in remnant grassland (2013)

Trial of Sen-Tree Browsing™ Deterrent on shrub plantings on escarpments at Bababi Marning Grassland, Campbellfield (2013)

Out of print

Plants of the Merri Merri
Rebecca Wigney (ed), MCMC & Friends of Merri Creek, 1994. Check your local library

People of the Merri Merri - the Wurundjeri in Colonial Days
Peter Christiansen & Isabel Ellender, MCMC, 2000. This book is out of print. Check your local library for a copy.

The Aboriginal Cultural Heritage of the Merri Merri Creek
Isabel Ellender, MCMC, 1997. Contact us for a one-off photocopy: $16.50

See 1993 Merri Creek Concept Plan Reports – Here

Also see MCMC Digital Resources – Here

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