We aspire to the following targets for river protection and restoration. These targets will be used to measure progress in river health across Victoria.

Take a look at where we have already met our 2005 targets and contributed to our 2011 targets in the Victorian River Health Program Report Card 2005:

• all Heritage Rivers maintained at least to their current condition and their Heritage River values protected.
  

By 2021

• one major representative river reach in ecologically healthy condition in each major river class
• an increase of 3000 km in the length of rivers in excellent or good condition.

By 2011

• an improvement in the status of designated freshwater-dependent focal species
• significant improvements achieved in environmental flow regimes of 20 high value river reaches currently flow stressed
• 4800 km of rivers with improvement of one rating in the measurement of riparian condition
• an increase of 7000 ha of riparian areas under management agreements
• 600 km of rivers where habitat within the river channel has been reinstated
• 95% of all highland and upland and 60% of all lowland monitoring sites meet SEPP environmental quality objectives
• 1000 high value public assets provided with appropriate level of protection.