Gippsland Plains CMN

The Gippsland Plains Conservation Management Network (GPCMN) brings together managers of native vegetation, regardless of tenure, in the South East Coastal Plain. Our main focus is on improving outcomes for the nationally endangered community of Gippsland Red Gum Grassy Woodland and Associated Native Grassland across private and public land on the Gippsland Plains.

Equally important is the sharing of information, which we do through our twice-yearly newsletter On the plains and in the Forest, produced with the East Gippsland Rainforest CMN.

We operate throughout West Gippsland and East Gippsland catchment areas of Eastern Victoria, Australia, with an office based in Paynesville.

The GPCMN was the first CMN in Victoria (and the second in Australia) and incorporated in 2002. Since then annual income has gone from $17,000 to over $400,000.

The current committee is made up of the Trust for Nature, East Gippsland Landcare Network, East Gippsland Shire Council, Wellington Shire Council, Vic Roads, Greening Australia, six private landholders and the East Gippsland Rainforest CMN.

CMN members include 80 landholders who own and manage native vegetation on the Gippsland Plain. Agency members include Trust for Nature, Parks Victoria, Department of Sustainability & Environment, VicRoads, Hancock Victorian Plantations, East and West Gippsland Catchment Management Authorities, East Gippsland Shire Council, Wellington Shire Council, and East Gippsland Rail Trail.