Communities for Nature Grants
The successful round one Communities for Nature projects have been announced!
The successful projects are listed by DSE region below:
Gippsland Region
|
Organisation |
Project Title |
Funding ($) |
Project Length (years) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Neerim District Progress Association |
Neerim South Wetlands Habitat Creation Project |
96,485 |
2 |
|
South Gippsland Landcare Network |
Habitat for Life - Friends of Strzelecki Koalas |
600,000 |
4 |
|
Greening Australia (Vic) Ltd |
Marlay Point Woodland Restoration |
128,513 |
3 |
|
Yarram Yarram Landcare Network |
Jack and Albert River Restoration Project (JARR) |
600,000 |
4 |
|
Phillip Island Conservation Society Incorporated |
Protection of Moonahs Through Erosion Control, Appley Ave, Red Rocks, Phillip Island |
13,000 |
1 |
|
Friends of Tyers Park Incorporated |
Willow Control, Tyers River |
70,000 |
3 |
|
Surf Beach Sunderland Bay Coastcare |
Surf Beach to Sunderland Bay Coastal Boardwalk |
25,000 |
1 |
|
East Gippsland Landcare Network Incorporated |
Enhancing Threatened EVC's in a Disturbed Landscape |
125,250 |
1 |
|
East Gippsland Rainforest Conservation Management Network |
Preserving Kalimna Gully Rainforest |
33,055 |
4 |
|
Rhyll Coast Action Incorporated |
The Mirror Bush Project |
9,710 |
2 |
|
Wonthaggi Urban Landcare Group |
Enhancing Historic Tank Hill |
10,000 |
2 |
|
Friends of Cape Liptrap Peninsula including Bald Hill and Kings Flat reserves |
Reconstruction of Sections of the Walking Trail at Bald Hill Reserve |
9,900 |
1 |
|
Friends Of Tarra Bulga National Park Incorporated |
Rehabilitation of Sycamore Maple Infestation Site at Tarra Bulga |
9,960 |
1 |
|
Community College Gippsland Ltd |
McMillan Creek Restoration |
10,000 |
1 |
|
Organisation |
Project Title |
Funding ($) |
Project Length (years) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Broken Boosey Conservation Management Network |
A Blueprint for Woodland Birds in the Broken Boosey |
599,640 |
4 |
|
Regent Honeyeater Project Incorporated |
Habitat Restoration for Threatened Species - People Power in Action |
30,000 |
1 |
|
Farm Trees and Land Association Incorporated Upper Ovens Valley Landcare Group |
Riparian Restoration - Upper Ovens River |
149,650 |
1 |
|
Kiewa Catchment Landcare Group |
Boosting Baranduda Biodiversity |
149,665 |
4 |
|
Parklands Albury Wodonga Limited |
Restoring Nationally Significant Murray River Wetlands and Floodplains |
149,000 |
3 |
|
Violet Town Action Group Incorporated |
Implementing Stage 2 of the Honeysuckle Recreational Environment Project |
185,090 |
4 |
|
Rutherglen Landcare Group |
Indigo Feral Olive Control Program |
96,000 |
3 |
|
High Country Rail Trail Steering Committee |
Extending the High Country Rail Trail Wildlife Corridor |
100,930 |
2 |
|
Greta Valley Landcare Group |
Habitat Linking in the Greta Valley |
59,615 |
1 |
|
Euroa Environment Group Incorporated |
Seven Creeks Restoration Project |
385,000 |
4 |
|
Yea Wetlands Committee of Management |
Yea Wetland Weed Whackers |
25,050 |
4 |
|
Strathbogie Ranges Conservation Management Network Inc. |
Strathbogie Ranges: Farm Wetlands For Threatened Woodlands |
137,355 |
2 |
|
Broken River Environment Group Inc. |
Goomalibee Pilot Macrofauna Baseline Survey |
10,000 |
1 |
|
Wallan Environment Group |
Wallan Crown Land Reserve Weed Removal and Flora Enhancement Project |
7,750 |
1 |
|
Body Corporate Strata Plan No 300166 |
Lyndale Park Management Committee - Small Grant |
9,900 |
1 |
|
Body Corporate Strata Plan No 300166 |
Environmental Weed Removal From Sunday Creek |
4,350 |
1 |
|
Organisation |
Project Title |
Funding ($) |
Project Length (years) |
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Mid-Loddon Sub-Catchment Management Group |
Mid Loddon-CMNs Shelbourne Nature Conservation Reserve Restoration |
140,770 |
1 |
||
|
Harston Community Land Care Group Incorporated |
Stockyard Plain Wetland Community Project |
119,504 |
4 |
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|
Cohuna Neighbourhood House |
Revegetation Of Gilrole Park Cohuna 3568 |
89,840 |
1 |
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|
Connecting Country (Mt Alexander Region) Inc. |
Enabling Woodland Birds To Thrive In The Mount Alexander Region |
150,000 |
1 |
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|
Whroo Goldfields Conservation Management Network |
Yellow Gums And Goldfields-Nectar For Whroo's Woodland Birds |
596,840 |
4 |
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|
Sustainable Living In The Mallee |
Nyah West Road Reserve Enhancement And Protection |
80,200 |
2 |
||
|
St Mary's School Lancefield |
St Mary's Primary School Revegetation Project |
9,260 |
1 |
||
|
Post Office Hill Action Group |
Chewton Community Working Together To Improve Chewton's Post Office Hill |
9,900 |
1 |
||
|
Baynton Sdonia Landcare Group |
Species Protection And Diversification Plus Understory Focus In Baynton, Sidonia |
6,000 |
1 |
||
|
Nyah West Golf Club Incorporated |
Nyah West Golf Club Environmental Improvement And Biodiversity Conservation |
10,000 |
4 |
||
|
Sunraysia Institute Of Tafe |
Building Capacity Knowledge For Revegetation |
10,000 |
1 |
||
|
Castlemaine Landcare Group |
Moonlight Creek Stage 2 Rehabilitation |
4,702 |
1 |
||
|
Friends Of Campbells Creek |
Campbells Creek - Streamside Rehabilitation At Winters Flat |
5,285 |
1 |
||
|
Newham & District Landcare Group |
Hanging Rock Revegetation Project |
5,310 |
|
||
|
Nyah West Landcare Group Incorporated |
Nyah West Landcare Group Rabbit Ripping Project |
10,000 |
1 |
|
Organisation |
Project Title |
Funding ($) |
Project Length (years) |
|
Friends Of Steele Creek Incorporated |
Restoration Of Steele Creek: Stream Bank Shrubland: Stage 2 |
27,198 |
1 |
|
Merricks Beach Foreshore Committee Of Management Incorporated |
Weed Removal From Escarpment To Allow Threatened Indigenous Plants To Flourish And Revegetation Where Appropriate |
17,000 |
1 |
|
La Trobe University |
La Trobe University Biodiversity Trail |
120,000 |
3 |
|
National Trust Of Australia (Victoria) |
Endeavour Fern Gully Rehabilitation And Revegetation Project |
150,000 |
1 |
|
Flinders Christian Community College Incorporated |
Flinders Christian Community College Biodiversity Enhancement Project |
32,225 |
4 |
|
Round The Bend Conservation Co-Operative Ltd. |
Framework For Strategic Action: Weeds |
10,240 |
1 |
|
Mornington Peninsula And Western Port Biosphere Reserve Foundation Ltd |
The Biolink Challenge - Community Actions For Western Port |
143,100 |
1 |
|
Friends Of Merri Creek Incorporated |
Galada Tamboore Grassland And Escarpment Restoration: Bringing The Management Together |
150,000 |
4 |
|
Dromana Foreshore Committee Of Management Incorporated |
Dromana Foreshore Fern Recovery |
21,000 |
1 |
|
Friends Of Birdsland |
Monbulk Creek/Birdsland Rehabilitation Project, Stage 1 |
19,685 |
2 |
|
Bentleigh West Primary School |
Locals Creating Wildlife Passages |
28,320 |
1 |
|
Strathallan Golf Club Incorporated |
Strathallan Golf Club Stormwater Capture And Filtering Project |
43,000 |
1 |
|
Friends Of The Eltham Copper Butterfly |
Pulling Back From The Brink: An Action Plan For The Eltham Copper Butterfly |
459,210 |
4 |
|
Friends Of Leadbeater's Possum Incorporated |
Community Supported Habitat Enhancement To Help Save Leadbeater's Possum |
67,356 |
3 |
|
Wurundjeri Tribe Land Compensation Cultural Herit Age Council Incorporated |
Cultural Environment Connections At The Bend Of Islands |
25,000 |
1 |
|
Australian Trust For Conservation Volunteers |
Woodlands Community Grassland For Endangered Eastern Barred Bandicoot Recovery |
524,971 |
4 |
|
Crib Point Stony Point Foreshore Committee Of Management Incorporated |
Protecting The Biodiversity Of Crib Point Foreshore Reserve |
44,900 |
1 |
|
Merri Creek Management Committee Inc |
Reversing The Decline Of Microserris Scapigera In The Merri Catchment |
149,246 |
4 |
|
Moreland Energy Foundation Ltd |
Moreland Biodiversity Corridors, Creeks And Streets |
149,500 |
1 |
|
Emu Plains Racecourse And Recreation Reserve Incorporated |
Emu Plains Reserve Weed Management Project |
100,000 |
4 |
|
Friends Of Emerald Lake Park Incorporated |
Emerald Lake Park Vegetation Management Project |
600,000 |
4 |
|
Australasian Native Orchid Society Incorporated |
Diuris Fragrantissima Recovery And Plains Grassland Rehabilitation, Laverton Grasslands |
38,264 |
4 |
|
Habitat Restoration Fund |
Restoration Of Waterholes Creek For Endangered Flora And Fauna |
56,000 |
4 |
|
Southern Ranges Environment Alliance |
Puffing Billy Trackside Management Plan - Green Tracks |
147,000 |
2 |
|
Friends Of Merri Creek Incorporated |
Continuing And Extending Golden Sun Moth Density And Habitat Quality Surveys |
138,374 |
4 |
|
Dunmoochin Landcare Group Incorporated |
Nillumbik's Conservation Corridors |
599,134 |
4 |
|
Australasian Native Orchid Society Incorporated |
Caladenia Robinsonii, Damp Sands Herb-Rich Woodland/Healthy Woodland Recovery |
37,908 |
4 |
|
Friends Of Williams Road Beach |
Ongoing Restoration Of Williams Road Beach - Friends And Mentored Community |
8,103 |
1 |
|
Hogan Park (Emerald) Committee Of Management Incorporated |
Hogan Park Environment Enhancement Project |
10,000 |
1 |
|
Mornington Railway Preservation society Incorporated |
Protection Of Diuris Punctata Orchid, Mornington Tourist Railway 2012 |
6,400 |
1 |
|
Wurundjeri Walk Advisory Committee |
Wurundjeri Walk Biodiversity Project |
2,181 |
1 |
|
Melbourne Girls College |
Defragmenting Habitat Along The Yarra River |
10,000 |
1 |
|
Friends Of Edgars Creek |
Edgars Creek Remnant Indigenous Vegetation Protection And Enhancement |
5,146 |
2 |
|
Montmorency South Primary School |
Montmorency South School Community Bushland Regeneration Project |
9,750 |
4 |
|
Bellbird Dell Advisory Committee |
Bellbird Dell Weeding Program |
10,000 |
1 |
|
Copperfield College |
Grassland Habitat Garden |
10,000 |
1 |
|
Bittern Bushland Preservation Association Incorporated |
Community Engagement And Habitat Protection For Threatened Orchids Of Crib Point |
10,000 |
1 |
|
Friends Of Westgate Park Incorporated |
Restoring Native Vegetation At Westgate Park To Improve Biodiversity Using Community Volunteers |
8,000 |
1 |
|
Christmas Hills Landcare Group |
Woody Weed Control To Improve The Habitat Quality Of Remnant Vegetation In Christmas Hills |
9,218 |
1 |
|
Westbourne Grammar School |
The Promenade Habitat Restoration Program |
6,213 |
1 |
|
Friends Of The Williamstown Wetlands Incorporated |
Path To The Birds |
10,000 |
1 |
|
Friends Of Sherbrooke Forest Incorporated |
Rehabilitation Of Yanakie |
10,000 |
1 |
|
Dromana Foreshore Committee Of Management Incorporated |
Dromana Foreshore Rehabilitation Program |
3,585 |
1 |
|
Scoresby Primary School |
Scoresby Primary School - Championing Biodiversity Within School Grounds |
9,370 |
1 |
|
Williamstown High School |
Williamstown High School Wetland Revival |
30,000 |
3 |
|
Friends Of The Maribyrnong Valley Incorporated |
Maribyrnong Valley Parklands Serrated Tussock / Chilean Needle Control Stage 1 |
4,800 |
1 |
South West Region
|
Organisation |
Project Title |
Funding ($) |
Project Length ($) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Leigh Catchment Group |
Back From The Brink - Communities Growing To Saving Their Landscapes |
126,103 |
4 |
|
Bellarine Landcare Group Incorporated |
Building The Resilience Of The Bellarine Ramsar Sites |
133,875 |
3 |
|
Camperdown-Timboon Rail Trail Management Committee Incorporated |
Protection Of Pneumatopteris Pennigera (Lime Fern) On The Camperdown Timboon Rail Trail |
23,850 |
3 |
|
Project Platypus Association Incorporated |
Saving The Platypus In The Upper Wimmera Catchment |
78,000 |
2 |
|
Ballarat Environment Network Incorporated |
Management Of The BEN Biodiversity Reserves |
149,146 |
4 |
|
Laharum Landcare Group |
Laharum Landcare Group (Member Of Victorian Farm Tree & Landcare Association Inc.) |
314,000 |
4 |
|
Lake Cartcarrong Committee Incorporated |
Enhancing Lake Cartcarrong Biodiversity |
24,136 |
1 |
|
The Lismore Land Protection Group |
Protecting And Enhancing The Biodiversity Values Of The Lismore Region |
308,130 |
4 |
|
Rokewood Cemetery Trust |
Fencing And Protection Of Native Vegetation Within Rokewood Cemetery Extension |
19,937 |
1 |
|
Dowling Forest Cemetery Trust |
Communities For Nature |
18,643 |
4 |
|
Mount Elephant Community Management |
Community Enhancement Of Mount Elephant Scoria Cone Biodiversity Values |
149,574 |
4 |
|
Point Danger Committee Of Management |
Point Danger Coastal Heathland Protection And Regeneration Project |
10,000 |
1 |
|
Southern Otway Landcare Network |
Sunnyside Wildlife Corridor |
9,990 |
1 |
|
Avoca & District Landcare (A&Dl) |
Preparing , Propagating And Planting Eucalyptus Pyrenean In The Pyrenees |
6,430 |
1 |
|
Nelson Reserves Committee Of Management Incorporated |
Flora / Fauna Management - Protection And Restoration Of Riverside Reserve |
10,000 |
1 |
|
Wattle Flat-Pootilla Landcare Group |
Biodiversity Enhancement On The Upper Yarrowee River (Phase 2) |
9,860 |
1 |
|
Friends Of Ralph Illidge Sanctuary Incorporated |
Naringal Powerful Owl Nest Box Project |
7,150 |
1 |
|
Landsborough Landcare Group |
L.B.L.C.W.M.P |
9,950 |
1 |
|
Bannockburn Cemetery Trust |
Environmental Weed Control At Bannockburn Cemetery |
3,259 |
1 |
|
Ocean Grove Coastcare Incorporated |
Enhancing And Protecting Coastal Moonah Woodland For Improved Biodiversity Outcomes |
10,000 |
1 |
|
Alvie Tree Planters |
Red Rock Reserve Revegetation |
4,940 |
2 |
|
Friends Of Edwards Point Reserve Incorporated |
Edwards Point Nature Conservation Reserve Revegetation And Weed Removal |
9,100 |
1 |
|
South West Coast Network Incorporated |
Natural Assets: Women In The Environment |
9,240 |
1 |
|
Warracknabeal Special Developmental School |
Environmental Weed Control Of The Yarriambiack Creek Warracknabeal |
5,310 |
1 |
|
Anglesea Aireys Inlet Society For The Preservation Of Flora And Fauna |
Edna Bowman Flora Reserve Understorey Restoration |
5,100 |
1 |
|
Batesford Fyansford Stonehaven Landcare Incorporated |
Restoration Of Dog Rock Sanctuary |
10,000 |
1 |
|
Natimuk Pre School Centre |
Red-Tailed Black Cockies For Kids - Embracing Early Learning Principles For Conservation |
3,329 |
1 |
|
Friends Of Tower Hill |
Habitat Restoration At Tower Hill Wildlife Reserve |
10,000 |
1 |
|
Friends Of Griffiths Island |
Bio-Diversity Revegetation Trial - Griffith Island |
4,911 |
1 |
|
Friends Of Grass Tree Park |
Grass Tree Park Restoration Works |
5,625 |
2 |
|
East Otway Landcare Group |
Enhancing The Bambra Wetlands |
4,000 |
1 |
|
Birregurra Community Group |
Birregurra Parkland Creek Restoration |
8,3704 |
1 |
The Communities for Nature Grants is a $20 million program over 4 years, funded by the Victorian State Government. The program, managed by Department of Sustainability and Environment aims to achieve the following outcomes:
- Support practical community action in the environment
- Create visible and lasting improvement
- Foster greater enjoyment of the natural environment
- Strengthen partnerships and participation by equipping communities with the ability, skills and knowledge to take action safely and with the capacity to optimise resources
