The Magic of Mentoring with Henry Cooper & Matt Bowler

Hosted by Dr. Siwan Lovett & produced by Chris Walsh

Siwan talks with Henry Cooper, Project Officer for Land and Catchment Health at the Corangamite Catchment Management Authority, and Matt Bowler, Manager of Project Delivery at the West Gippsland CMA about their experience as mentee and mentor, respectively, in the Waterway Management Emerging Leaders Program. Siwan, Matt and Henry discuss the value of having a mentor or mentee by your side; the ways in which the program challenged and surprised them; and how their mentoring experience has impacted their work after the program. They also discuss the challenge of willow removal, details about the Woady Yaloak system, and what drives them to do what they do.

 

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Siwan talks with Henry Cooper, Project Officer for Land and Catchment Health at the Corangamite Catchment Management Authority, and Matt Bowler, Manager of Project Delivery at the West Gippsland CMA about their experience as mentee and mentor, respectively, in the Waterway Management Emerging Leaders Program. Siwan, Matt and Henry discuss the value of having a mentor or mentee by your side; the ways in which the program challenged and surprised them; and how their mentoring experience has impacted their work after the program. They also discuss the challenge of willow removal, details about the Woady Yaloak system, and what drives them to do what they do.

Matt and Henry graduating from the Waterway Management Emerging Leaders Program in 2023, with Andy Lowes and Siwan Lovett.
Matt and Henry graduating from the Waterway Management Emerging Leaders Program in 2023, with Andy Lowes and Siwan Lovett.
Two young men, one with a cap and sunglasses and the other wearing a wide-brimmed hat, smiling at the camera in a selfie photograph taken by a creek in Australia.
Henry and Matt on-site in the Woady Yaloak.