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Council joins fight to protect vulnerable platypus
Whittlesea City Council is doing its part in the nation-wide fight to save the iconic platypus from becoming an endangered species.
A new project, ‘Water Quality Monitoring in Merri Creek’, will help ensure that the creek continues to be a healthy and habitable environment for aquatic animals including the platypus.
The project is a partnership between the City of Whittlesea, RMIT and Merri Creek Management Committee and is part of Council’s new Whittlesea Water For All water strategy, which was formally endorsed at the December Council Meeting.
The Merri Creek project follows the Victorian government announcement of $300,000 to restore key platypus habitat sites and create a long-term action plan. The State has also formally listed the platypus population in Victoria as ‘vulnerable’.