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How the program was prepared

Under the CM Act 2016, Local Councils are responsible for preparing CMPs to protect the coastal zone and marine estate. The entire Manning Estuary and coastal zone is within the MidCoast Council Local Government Area, along with most of the river catchment. MidCoast Council therefore led development of the Manning River ECMP, in consultation with partner agencies, stakeholders and our community. The Manning River ECMP was developed by a project team from MidCoast Council shown in Appendix 1. The team followed the stages set out in the Coastal Management Manual, which are shown in Figure 7. Tasks completed in each stage are shown below, noting they were not always completed in chronological order. Figure 7: The five stages of a Coastal Management Program

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Figure 39 MidCoast Council Organisational Structure

Appendix 6: MCC land-use strategies aligned to the CM SEPP objectives

Implementation Streams

Appendix 2: The Public Participation Spectrum

13. Bibliography

12. Proposed amendments to the CM SEPP

11.3 The Manning River ECMP Research Program

11.1 MERI for the Manning River, Estuary and Catchment

7. Management Actions

6.15 Systems thinking: the interaction between issues

10. Coastal Zone Emergency Sub-Plan

6.13 Sewerage and Septic System Pathogens

Figure 33: The Manning River floodplain, 20 March 2021

Figure 32: Cattle on the riverbank is a common sight

Table 4: Key impacts associated with water pollution from diffuse-source runoff

Figure 25: Estuary with negative impacts vs well-managed estuary

Figure 27: Cattai Wetlands

Figure 26: Conceptual diagram of the Greenhouse Effect

Figure 24: The relationship between activities, stressors and ecological impacts

Figure 22: Risk ratings for sediment and nutrient loading in drainage units

Table 2: Subcatchments posing the highest risk to ecological and community values

Figure 21: Stock intensity in the catchment

Figure 18: Manning River TN and TP readings from 2015-18

Figure 17: The sampling location for water quality data

Figure 9: The Integrated Planning and Reporting Framework

Figure 15: National Parks make up18.5% of the Manning catchment

Figure 14: Program Logic Model

Figure 12: Values our community ascribed to each subcatchment

Figure 11: The consultation program

Figure 16: Water quality monitoring sites in the estuary

Figure 10: Option for the Manning River ECMP Governance Structure

Figure 7: The five stages of a Coastal Management Program