A $900,000 flood recovery project is being implemented on the Avon River south of Stratford with the aim of improving the waterway’s ability to cope with major flood events.

A draft of the Strzelecki Integrated Management Strategy is available for public comment. Submissions close Friday 15 May 2009.

A ground-breaking study into the controversial subject of soil carbon has earned Agribusiness Gippsland Inc (AGI) a $150,000 Federal Government grant.