This report contains the full text of the Land Conservation Council's final recommendations for the Rivers and Streams Special Investigation. These provide an ongoing framework for the use of rivers and streams in Victoria. The recommendations in the text have been edited to reflect government variations and amendments at the time of approval, and subsequent changes.

The recommendations are categorised into Victorian heritage rivers, essentially natural catchments, representative rivers, other river values and stream frontage reserves. These are based upon the scenic, recreational, cultural and nature conservation values of rivers and streams.

Note that recommendations for stream frontages, beds & banks replace earlier public land water frontage recommendations for most of Victoria.

The pdf map of the recommendations is a scanned version of the map as originally published.It was not edited to reflect any government variations and amendments, and subsequent changes.

LCC Rivers and Streams Special Investigation Report	PDF 854 kb (182 pages)
LCC Rivers and Streams Special Investigation Appendices	PDF 2728 kb (29 pages)

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