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The catchment broadly comprises mostly vegetated, public land in the upper sections, a mosaic of cleared and vegetated land in the mid-Goulburn Broken and a highly cleared and modified landscape in the lower part of the catchment. The lower part of the catchment is also distincitve being part of the Shepparton Irrigation Region.
Overall, 71 per cent of the catchment is freehold land and 70 per cent of the catchment has been cleared of its native vegetation.
Of the remaining native vegetation in the catchment, 82 per cent occurs on public land and 18 per cent occurs on private land.
The Goulburn Broken catchment represents more than a quarter of all bioregions in Victoria. As a result the catchment contains a high diversity of vegetation communities, flora and fauna species.
Because of the extensive clearing of much of the catchment, many of these Ecological Vegetation Communities and species are threatened. Overall 70 per cent of the 166 EVCs are listed as threatened in the catchment. These include the Grassy Woodland Community and Buloke Woodland Community.
Threatened fauna includes the Grey-crowned Babbler, the Brush-tailed Phascogale and the Barking Owl while threatened flora includes the Crimson Spider-orchid, Yellow-tongue Daisy and the Lima Stringybark.
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