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State NRM Program community projects
Successful projects announced:June 2016
December 2015December 2014November 2013
October 2012December 2011
May 2011March 2010
AbbreviationsLCDC – Land Conservation District Committee
NRM – Natural Resource Management
WoNS – Weeds of National Significance
Successful Community Capability Large projects - June 2016Northern agricultural region - supported by Royalties for Regions
Recipient Title Grant
Moore Catchment Council Improving natural resource management capability in the Moore River Catchment $210,000
Northern Agricultural Catchments Council
A helping hand to maintain your block and the environment $67,000
Engaging education for NRM $53,000
Feral Fix: feral animal education and control $60,000
Hands on experience to get hands on in NRM $113,800
NARvis (Northern Agricultural Regional Vision )– supporting effective NRM $53,000
NRM services for social responsibility $76,336
Photo-monitoring in your patch: developing Photomon services $28,000
Yarra Yarra Catchment Management Group Inc
Helping volunteers help their environment in the North-Eastern Wheatbelt $60,000
Avon (Wheatbelt) region - supported by Royalties for RegionsRecipient Title Grant
Shire of Northam Building community capacity to participate in Natural Resource Management $50,000
Wheatbelt Natural Resource Management Inc.
Building digital capacity for community landcare $58,000
Peel-Harvey region - supported by Royalties for RegionsRecipient Title Grant
Harvey River Restoration Taskforce Saving the Marron in the Harvey River $100,000
Landcare Serpentine Jarrahdale Inc. Measuring NRM successes in Serpentine-Jarrahdale $60,000
Peel-Harvey Catchment Council Building community NRM capacity in Hotham Williams $100,000
Supporting people for wetland wise use in the Peel-Harvey $110,000
Waroona NRM and fire recovery support $120,000
Swan region Recipient Title Grant
South East Regional Centre for Urban Landcare (Inc)
Volunteer coordination and promotion for three not-for-profit landcare organisations $67,000
Yelakitj Moort Nyungar Association Yelakitj Moort - connecting to landcare through culture $67,000
South Coast region - supported by Royalties for RegionsRecipient Title Grant
Denmark Weed Action Group Inc Protecting and connecting biodiversity to community $50,000
Fitzgerald Biosphere Group Inc. Fitzgerald Biosphere Group's One Paddock Challenge $210,000
Friends of the Western Ground Parrot
Secrets at Sunrise $149,000
Green Skills Inc. Lower Great Southern Regional coordination of weedy wattle control $134,000
Oyster Harbour Catchment Group Inc.
Improving capacity and engagement in the Oyster Harbour Catchment $130,000
South Coast region continued…Recipient Title Grant
Ravensthorpe Agricultural Initiative Network Inc
Moving Forward Looking Back - celebrating and promoting NRM in Ravensthorpe $100,000
South Coast Natural Resource Management Inc.
Increasing capability and resilience of the south coast NRM community $180,000
NRM volunteer management – achieving on ground outcomes in Esperance $110,000
Restoring Connections: engaging, involving and creating opportunities for Aboriginal people $170,000
Torbay Catchment Group Inc. Building the organisational capability of the Torbay Catchment Group $10,000
Torbay: 10 year progress review, future planning and stakeholder re-engagement $22,000
Wilson Inlet Catchment Committee Coordinating the Lindesay Conservation Action Plan $100,000
Rangelands region - supported by Royalties for RegionsRecipient Title Grant
Australian Wildlife Conservancy Literacy and numeracy training for indigenous rangers - AWC's Gowija Guardians $46,000
De Grey Land Conservation District Committee
Growing the Pilbara through coordination and partnerships $120,000
Desert Support Services (a subsidiary of Central Desert Native Title Services)
Indigenous Desert Alliance - indigenous NRM capacity building project $240,000
Environs Kimberley Inc Kimberley nature projects - facilitating effective and coordinated community conservation $300,000
Greening Australia (WA) Ltd Developing Indigenous ranger teams as part of Pilbara Landscapes Restoration $230,000
Madjulla Inc Environmental scoping study Fitzroy River Nyikina Mangala Native Title Area $45,000
Rangelands NRM WA Landscape scale change in WA rangelands through community capability building $325,000
Roebuck Bay Working Group Inc Improved understanding and management of Ramsar values through innovative initiatives $100,000
Rangelands region continued…Recipient Title Grant
Walalakoo Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC
Building Walalakoo's cultural and Natural Resource Management capacity $32,000
Yaburara And Coastal Mardudhunera Aboriginal Corporation
Marduthuni Rangers: Lower Fortescue River and Estuary land management program $200,000
South west region - supported by Royalties for RegionsRecipient Title Grant
Blackwood Basin Group A better Blackwood: strategic improvements across the catchment $130,000
Blackwood Environment Society A virtual innovation hub to improve community NRM $95,000
Cape to Cape Catchments Group Enhancing NRM outcomes in the Margaret River region $200,000
Dunsborough Coast and Landcare Inc.
Increasing community capacity building and on-ground actions in Dunsborough’s surrounds $45,000
Geographe Catchment Council (GeoCatch)
Supporting the Geographe community to improve our natural assets $130,000
Katanning Land Conservation District Committee
Improving Katanning Landcare's Resourcing Independence and Community Support Capability $199,414
Lower Blackwood Catchment Land Conservation District Committee
Unlocking knowledge and Raising Community Connectivity and Capability in NRM $115,000
South West Catchments Council Opportunities for integration of NRM and ecotourism in the South West $25,000
Wagin Woodanilling Landcare Zone Stronger Landscapes for the Future in Wagin & Woodanilling $120,000
Warren Catchments Council Inc. Tactical response: more hands make community NRM work $310,000
Multi-regions - supported by Royalties for RegionsRecipient Title Grant
Birdlife Australia A bright future for native birds - building collective capability $424,000
Conservation Council WA Building capability in monitoring the outcomes of NRM interventions $120,000
Conservation Volunteers Australia In Safe Hands toolkit $42,300
Cultural Corridors Inc. Enhancing NRM capacity for cultural corridors Inc. $131,500
Dieback Working Group Inc. Building a self-sustainable Dieback Working Group $95,000
Eastern Metropolitan Regional Council
Creating a capable community in NRM $239,000
Ellen Brockman Integrated Catchment Group Inc
Ecosystem protection and restoration in the Ellen Brockman Region $222,250
Gondwana Link Ltd Gondwana Link: achieving exponential change $230,000
Green Skills Inc. Gondwana Wetland Conservation Capability Development Project $107,000
National Malleefowl Recovery Group Inc
Malleefowl monitoring for all of WA $66,000
Shire of Kent NRM/Landcare for Kent, Lake Grace, Kulin and Kondinin Shires $200,000
South Coast Natural Resource Management Inc
Increasing community capability to strategically manage Phytophthora Dieback in WA $300,000
South West Catchments Council Enhancing the capability of NRM organisations with Geographic Reporting and Information Database (GRID) $174,000
Tangaroa Blue Foundation Ltd Capacity building that reduces marine debris in Western Australia $200,000
West Kimberley Land Conservation District Committee
West Kimberley Landcare – a kickstart and a secure future $140,000
Wheatbelt NRM Red Card increasing community capacity to participate in biosecurity $200,000
WWF – Australia Rare Flora Search and Rescue – partnering with community volunteers $183,000
Successful Community Capability Small projects – June 2016
Northern agricultural region - supported by Royalties for RegionsRecipient Title Grant
Northampton Environmental Group Native Species Community Workshops (CCGs15728) $2,250
Peel-Harvey region - supported by Royalties for RegionsRecipient Title Grant
Landcare Serpentine Jarrahdale Inc. Mid Swan Coastal Plain Native Species for Landcare Projects (CCGs15733) $6,197
Swan regionRecipient Title Grant
Armadale Gosnells Landcare Group Digitising archives to improve knowledge sharing and efficiency (CCGs15712) $6,600
City of Armadale & Bushcare and Environment Working Group
Knowledge for very keen environmental groups (CCGs15743) $4,050
Friends of Brixton Street Wetlands 25 Years in Urban Community Based NRM: Glimpses and Insights (CCGs15702) $9,850
Rangelands region - supported by Royalties for RegionsRecipient Title Grant
Upper Gascoyne Land Conservation District Committee
Sieve structures for landscape rehydration booklet (CCGs15727) $6,000
Upper Gascoyne Land Conservation District Committee
Upper Gascoyne Natural Resource Management Information Exchange (CCGs15756) $5,500
South coast region - supported by Royalties for RegionsRecipient Title Grant
Green Skills Inc Building NRM Capability of Small Property Owners in Denmark (CCGs15732) $8,219
Green Skills Inc Balijup Fauna Conservation Community Capability Project (CCGs15747) $6,992
North Stirlings Pallinup Natural Resources
Increasing farmer NRM capacity by providing key weed information and management (CCGs15709) $9,950
South west region - supported by Royalties for RegionsRecipient Title Grant
Busselton Naturalists Club Development of a Club website (CCGs15710) $2,200
Multi-regions - supported by Royalties for RegionsRecipient Title Grant
Conservation Council of WA Eco-May - enjoying nature, raising awareness and community impact (CCGs15729) $7,156
Goldfields Land and Sea Council Aboriginal Corporation
Road and Railway Safety Qualifications for Aboriginal Rangers (CCGs15725) $9,950
Goldfields Land and Sea Council Aboriginal Corporation
Weed Management Licensing for Aboriginal Rangers (CCGs15715) $9,586
Green Skills Inc Making the Online Connection (CCGs15742) $5,500
Successful Community Action projects - December 2014
Northern agricultural regionRecipient Title Grant
Australian Wildlife Conservancy The control of feral animals on Mt Gibson Wildlife Sanctuary (14112) $48 000
City of Greater Geraldton Chapman River wildlife corridor community awareness and regeneration experience (CARE) project: stage two (14198)
$47 100
Conservation Council (WA) Building regional capacity for fairy tern conservation action (14014) $27 000
Moore Catchment Council Planting food for endangered Carnaby’s Black-Cockatoo in the Calingiri IBA (14163) $40 000
Protecting and enhancing the Moore River biodiversity assets (14162) $35 000
Rehabilitation of the north Guilderton dunes: stage two (14161) $15 000
West Midlands Group Protecting on-farm remnant vegetation in the West Midlands area: stage three (14089) $20 000
Peel-Harvey regionRecipient Title Grant
City of Mandurah Renewable and sustainable fencing practices of remnant vegetation at Marlee Reserve (14140) $24 000
Peel Group of the Riding for the Disabled Association
Site investigations and weed control for management of wetland interface (14033) $14 060
St Stephen’s School Blackberry eradication at Nanga (14225) $17 000
Perth regionRecipient Title Grant
Armadale Gosnells Landcare Group Project Palomino: restoring the Wungong River (14017) $15 000
Bannister Creek Catchment Group Bannister Creek living stream: final stage– Iveston Rd to Acacia Weir (14116) $40 000
Blackadder/Woodbridge Catchment Group
Blackadder wetlands transition from tidal to freshwater project (14123) $18 000
Bungendore Park Management Committee
Weed control and dieback treatment: Bungendore Park and adjacent land (14065) $18 000
Chittering Valley LCDC Chasing remaining feral pigs in the Chittering Valley (14042) $40 000
City of Canning Black Creek biodiversity and water quality improvement project (14070) $35 000
City of Cockburn Lake Yangebup nutrient stripping basin and living stream (14027) $26 000
Revegetating Rose Shanks Reserve within a rabbit proof fenced area (14148) $22 000
Dieback Working Group “Discovering Dieback” upper primary education package revision and launch (14222) $25 000
Ellen Brockman Integrated Catchment Group
Tracking remaining feral pigs in the Chittering Valley (14057) $10 000
Friends of Forrestdale Forrestdale Lake community education project (14135) $17 000
Friends of Lake Claremont Extension of revegetation to the northern and eastern boundaries of Lake Claremont to restore indigenous woodland (14002)
$25 000
Friends of Mary Carroll Wetlands Revegetation of the islands at Mary Carroll Lake (14016) $11 000
Friends of North Ocean Reef – Iluka Foreshore
Cape tulip control and eradication in Bush Forever site 325 (14041) $10 000
Friends of Pioneer Park Sawyers Road to Lion Street heritage trail project (14110) $7 302
Friends of Queens Park Bushland Land management and activities in Queens Park Regional Open Space (14006) $40 000
Helena College Junior School The Nyannia project: to protect and restore natural bushland adjacent to Nyaania Creek (14032) $19 500
Perth region continued…Recipient Title Grant
Herdsman Lake Community Advisory Committee
Herdsman Lake Regional Park – Glendalough Reserve revegetation project (14130) $14 000
Mt Henry Peninsula Conservation Group
Mt Henry Peninsula rehabilitation: weed and feral animal control (14011) $7 000
Mullaloo Beach Community Group Mullaloo dunes ecological restoration: year four (14037) $11 360
Murdoch Environmental Restoration Group
Restoration and habitat protection for endangered fauna (14150) $25 000
Shire of Kalamunda Haas grass control in the Shire of Kalamunda (14165) $17 200
Shire of Mundaring Environmental recovery for the Parkerville/Stoneville/Mt Helena Fires 2014 (14107) $30 000
South East Regional Centre for Urban Landcare
Aquatic weed capacity building and management training (14068) $35 000
Blackberry removal and restoration of Bull Creek Reserve: stage 2 (14119) $27 000
Canning River foreshore restoration (14158) $45 000
Post fire restoration in the Canning River Regional Park (14055) $45 000
Protection and enhancement of the biodiversity of Booragoon Lake Reserve (14118) $25 000
Wilson Wetlands Action Group Inc Combined management strategies targeting declared weed Hydrocotyle in Wilson Lagoon (14077) $45 000
Rangelands regionRecipient Title Grant
Carnarvon Land Conservation District Committee
Towards athel pine eradication in the Lower Gascoyne (14155) $35 000
Central Desert Native Title Services Lorna Glen/Matuwa cacti cull (14184) $30 000
Wiluna women looking after country (14192) $30 000
Goldfields Land and Sea Council Weed control in the Dundas Nature Reserve (14217) $35 000
Goldfields Nullarbor Rangelands Biosecurity Association
Nullarbor cactus clean-up (14153) $30 000
Kija Rangers – Kimberley Land Council
Control of Bellyache bush in the upper reaches of the Ord River catchment (14223) $22 000
Kimberley Land Council The Bardi Jawi Vine Thicket nursery regional pilot project (14177) $40 000
Kimberley Rangelands Biosecurity Association Inc.
Improving Pastoral Recognised Biosecurity Group Capacity (14109) $23 000
Meekatharra Rangelands Biosecurity Association Inc.
Walloping a WONS at Windimurra (14010) $46 930
Nicholson Range Management Committee
Nicholson Range conservation and restoration project: stage two B (14215) $32 000
Ord Land and Water Prickle bush control in the East Kimberley (14053) $50 000
Rangelands Fibre and Produce Association
Control of significant outlier infestations of strategically important WONS (14040) $30 000
Reef Life Survey Foundation Volunteer scientific monitoring of Western Australian marine biodiversity (14126) $30 000
Shire of Upper Gascoyne Upper Gascoyne feral pig eradication project (14009) $30 000
Upper Gascoyne Mesquite control project (14008) $45 000
Rangelands region continued…Recipient Title Grant
Society for Kimberley Indigenous Plants and Animals
The Kimberley regional seed bank cooperative (14193) $25 000
Theatre Kimberley Kimberley environmental education puppet project (14211) $25 000
West Kimberley Rubber Vine Steering Committee
Aquila project: crowdsourcing volunteers to detect rubber vine in aerial imagery (14078) $37 000
Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation Ngurrawaana Rangers controlling Parkinsonia on Leramagadu Lease block (14005) $35 000
South coast region Recipient Title Grant
Albany Branch Western Australian Wildflower Society
Albany Regional Herbarium Collection: building a comprehensive resource to meet community needs (14023)
$42 000
Esperance Regional Forum Incorporated
Connecting gaps and protecting riparian vegetation in the Stokes Catchment (14030) $49 600
Friends of the Porongurup Range Inc. Declared and environmental weed control in the National Heritage listed Porongurup National Park (14185) $35 000
Friends of the Western Ground Parrot Inc
Saving the western ground parrot (14181) $17 240
Green Skills Sydney wattle eradication project: Torndirrup, Robinson, Grasmere – Albany region (14147) $45 000
Wetland and biodiversity restoration in the Forest to Stirlings Gondwana Link 2015 (14167) $45 000
Oyster Harbour Catchment Group Controlling weedy acacia species in the Ranges Link: Stirling to Porongurup (14188) $45 000
Protecting the Stirling Range National Park from bridal creeper (14187) $40 000
Shire of Denmark Mitigating the risk of dieback on four priority reserves in Denmark (14182) $10 600
Shire of Esperance Twilight Cove restoration project (14101) $16 380
Wilson Inlet Catchment Committee Eastern states wattle control in Redmond: phase two (14058) $23 000
South west regionRecipient Title Grant
Blackwood Basin Group Incorporated
Priority recovery waterway: salinity management in the Dinninup catchment (14105) $40 000
Protecting, restoring and regenerating the Blackwood River (14087) $35 000
Cape to Cape Catchments Group Targeted on-ground action in the Margaret River catchment (14038) $49 000
City of Busselton (Meelup Regional Park Management Committee)
Rehabilitation of zone 6 in Meelup Regional Park (14072) $23 000
Dumbleyung Landcare Zone Protect and connect Tarin Rock bush blocks (14075) $15 000
East Manjimup Primary School Another link in the chain - restoring Manjimup Brook: stage 4 (14015) $15 320
Friends of Big Swamp Caring for a valuable urban wetland in a drying climate (14133) $14 800
Geographe Catchment Council A pilot of the Dairy Australia Fert$mart project in Geographe catchment (14094) $25 000
Protecting biodiversity in Carbunup Reserve through Phytophthora management (14098) $20 000
Protection and enhancement of biodiversity in Yoongarillup Reserve. (14097) $10 000
Katanning LCDC Battling bridal creeper – The fight continues (14180) $40 000
Fencing and revegetation works in the Katanning region (14103) $40 000
South of the border: Extending red-tailed phascogales into Katanning (14013) $10 000
Keipa Boodja Aboriginal Corporation To preserve Waterloo Reserves for environmental, cultural and historical purposes (14176) $20 000
Leschenault Catchment Council Inc. Leschenault Catchment Council weed management and revegetation program (14115) $50 000
Shire of Augusta Margaret River WoNS control in Priority Shire Reserves (14172) $12 100
Shire of Donnybrook-Balingup Strategic planning for the Shire of Donnybrook-Balingup’s reserves and drainage easements (phase 1) (14034)
$10 000
Shire of Kent Protection of remnant vegetation in the Chinocup, Gnowanalup, Nyabing and Lefroy catchments (14201) $35 000
South west region continued…Recipient Title Grant
Tangaroa Blue Foundation The Australian Marine Debris Initiative Training Videos - building community capacity (14169) $17 000
Wagin Woodanilling Landcare Zone Kill the bride: bridal creeper control program (14050) $10 000
Protecting and enhancing the conservation and biodiversity of remnant vegetation and riparian land in the Woodanilling region (14045)
$35 000
Walpole Nornalup National Parks Association
Rehabilitation of peat swamps in the Walpole Wilderness (14024) $35 000
Wandering Primary P&C Wandering Primary School: Reaching out to Carnabys, culture and community (14216) $10 000
Warren Catchments Council Ongoing control of isolated populations of highly invasive environmental weeds. (14166) $15 000
Wheatbelt regionRecipient Title Grant
HotRock Seed2Tree 2015 (14121) $13 000
Shire of Westonia Not so common: Protecting the biodiversity values of Westonia Common (14145) $29 000
Wadderin Wildlife Sanctuary Inc. Reintroduction of fauna to Wadderin Sanctuary: consolidating the gains (14056) $27 990
WWF –Australia Re-fencing Mount Caroline for threatened rock wallaby habitat protection (14069) $21 443
Yaraguia Enterprises Incorporated (Yei)
“Marlak Niran” - returning country to bushland" (14117) $30 000
Successful projects - November 2013Northern agricultural region
Recipient Project title Grant
City of Greater Geraldton Chapman River wildlife corridor community awareness and regeneration experience project $49 875
Moora Catchment Council
Conservation of Candy's Bush Reserve through traditional and ecological knowledge sharing $32 450
Planting feed species for the endangered Carnaby's black-cockatoo in the northern Swan Coastal Plain Important Bird Area $45 000
Reconnecting fragmented Malleefowl (Leipoa Ocellata) habitat near Maya, WA $36 325
Shire of Chapman Valley
Revegetation the Moresby Stage four $50 000
Protecting waterways and remnant vegetation in the Chapman River catchment area $50 000
Invasive species plan implementation in the western third of Chapman Valley $47 000
West Koojan - Gillingarra LCDC Saltland stabilisation using NyPa (salt loving forage grass) to control erosion and improve soil drainage $27 000
West Midlands GroupProtecting on-farm remnant vegetation to enhance wildlife habitat, in the West Midlands area- stage two $50 000
Pest control to protect our sensitive vegetation in the West Midlands $33 165
Perth regionRecipient Project title Grant
Active Greening The greening project - pilot project $20 000
Ardross Primary School Parents & Citizens Association Protecting bats in Melville through providing habitats and education $9 000
Armadale Gosnells Landcare Group Palomino seasonal damp land stage two $12 000
Bannister Creek Catchment Group Nicholson Road bushland restoration and weed management (Bushforever site 456) $25 000
Bungendore Park Management Committee Dieback treatment and weed control Bungendore Park and adjacent land $18 000
Canning River Regional Park Volunteers Urban weed control revision $13 250
City of Armadale Cilantro parkway conservation wetland $20 000
City of Belmont Improving connectivity of a regional ecological linkage, Ascot/Rivervale foreshore $13 347
City of Canning Ranford bushland environmental study and rehabilitation, Canning Vale $28 000
City of Kwinana Revegetation and erosion control in the Tuart woodland of Thomas oval bushland, Kwinana $13 367
City of South Perth Expanding the Collier Park golf course sanctuary $24 000
Dawson Park Primary School Dawson Park Primary School threatened ecological species conservation project $10 000
Ellen Brockman Integrated Catchment Group Management of two invasive species (pigs and foxes) in the Ellen Brockman region $46 900
Friends of Bugle Tree Gully Reserve Bugle Tree Gully restoration and community engagement $12 000
Friends of Gidge Reserve Gidge Reserve (2145) and FR Berry Reserve management plans project 2013-14 $15 000
Friends of John Forrest National Park Control of geophyte, woody and herbaceous weeds in the catchment area of Priest Creek $23 150
Friends of Lake Claremont Extension of revegetation to the northern section of Lake Claremont to restore indigenous woodland $28 000
Friends of Mary Carroll Lake Revegetation of the islands at Mary Carroll Lake stage two $11 000
Perth region continued…Recipient Project title Grant
Friends of Piesse Brook Watsonia control at the Piesse Brook Gorge area $17 000
Friends of Pioneer Park Sawyers Road to Lion Street heritage trail project $13 200
Friends of Queens Park Bushland Environmental weed management and revegetation in Queens Park regional open space $35 000
Friends of Talbot Road Nature Reserve Friends of Talbot Road Nature Reserve weed management $11 000
Friends of Upper Lesmurdie Falls Rehabilitation of the upper Lesmurdie Falls $40 000
Friends of Wireless Hill Enhancing biodiversity in urban bushland at Wireless Hill $34 000
Glen Forrest Primary School Rehabilitation and protection of Jarrah forest at Glen Forrest Primary School $17 688
Helena College Junior School The Waabiny project $20 000
JMH Action Group To revegetate an area of unused land on Como Secondary College for biodiversity conservation purposes $30 000
Mt Henry Peninsula Conservation Group Control weeds, feral animals and dieback fungal disease for conservation of flora and fauna biodiversity $14 845
Mullaloo Beach Community Group Mullaloo dune revegetation project year three $10 000
Murdoch Environmental Restoration Group Restoration and habitat protection for endangered flora and fauna $46 000
Nature Reserves Preservation Group Crumpet Creek project, Mundy Regional Park and Rocky Pool creek line, Kalamunda National Park $10 000
North Swan LCDC Bushland protection and restoration in Bullsbrook $10 757
Nursery & Garden Industry of WA Building capacity to respond to biosecurity issues identified- Perth metro phase one $36 450
Perth region continued…Recipient Project title Grant
South East Regional Centre of Urban Landcare
Restoring the Bickley Brook upstream of the Bickley Reservoir $17 050
Blackberry removal and the restoration of Bull Creek Reserve $36 000
Protection and enhancement of the biodiversity of Booragoon Lake Reserve $28 000
Construction of bird hide and interpretive signage for the Beckenham Open Space $16 570
Canning River foreshore restoration $50 000
Post-fire restoration in the Canning River Regional Park $50 000
Swan Estuary Reserves Action Group Conservation and restoration of remnant vegetation sites in Bush Forever Site 331 $26 600
Wilson Wetland Action Group
Fern Road East revegetation $20 000
Mills Street Stream- weed management in revegetated area $10 500
Castledare revegetation and Wilson living stream $20 000
Kent Street conservation loop $20 000
Woodvale Water Land Owners Association Yellagonga Regional Park Woodvale revegetation enhancement project (Stage two) $25 000
Rangelands regionRecipient Project title Grant
Carnarvon Rangelands Biosecurity Association
Control of significant outlier infestations of strategically important WoNS weeds $47 000
Carnarvon WoNS control partnership 2014 $50 000
Cactus control Marrilla (project one); cactus control Mardathuna (project two) $20 000
Central Desert Native Title Services Protecting the biodiversity values of Windich Springs and its catchment through collaborative land management on the Canning Stock Route $45 400
ECOCEAN Reviewing the impact of tourism on the whale shark population off the Ningaloo coast $30 000
Goldfields Land and Sea Council Weed management in the Great Western Woodlands $25 000
Goldfields Nullarbor Rangelands Biosecurity Association Mertondale / Menzies invasive cactus roundup $40 000
Nicholson Range Management Committee Protecting the ecologically significant Nicholson Range in the Murchison from total grazing pressure $50 000
Pilbara Mesquite Management Committee
Tackling invasive WoNS in the Ashburton catchment $50 000
Tackling weeds on the Yannarie River $48 250
Rangelands Fibre and Produce Association Control of significant outlier infestations of strategically important WONs weeds $40 000
Southern Gascoyne Group Improving condition and reducing rainfall run off from stations surrounding the Shark Bay World Heritage Area $45 500
Track Care WA Bringing life back to Katjarra $50 000
Upper Gascoyne LCDC Upper Gascoyne erosion and sediment control demonstration $37 500
South coast regionRecipient Project title Grant
Albany Community Environment Centre Yakamia Creek Community weed control and revegetation project $10 020
Banjelungup Aboriginal Corporation Biodiversity planting to protect and connect Bitter Water Creeks/wetlands in the Fitzgerald $22 000
Denmark Weed Action Group Protection of biodiversity in public reserves in the Shire of Denmark by on-ground action and community education $15 000
Flinders Park Primary School Bush tucker trail $13 900
Friends of the Porongurup Range Declared and environmental weed control in the national heritage listed Porongurup National Park $50 000
Gondwana Link Ltd Completing the circle of adaptive management across Gondwana Link $30 000
Green SkillsSenecio glastifloius eradication $38 000
Forests to Stirling Gondwana Link: from plans to action $30 000
King River Weed Control and River Restoration Group King River and Willyung Creek weed control and riparian restoration project $28 000
Moolyall Woodenup Catchment Group Protection and extension of bushland corridors in the Moolyall Woodenup Catchment $50 000
North Stirlings Pallinup Natural Resources Protecting and linking on farm corridors to existing remnant vegetation in north east Ongerup $25 000
Wellstead Community Resource Centre Strategic control and community education of Sydney golden wattle control in Wellstead $50 000
Wilson Inlet Catchment Committee
Eastern States Wattle control in Denbarker phase two $13 000
Implementing the management plan for Mondurup Reserve $12 000
Restoring the Govie Dam Reserve $13 000
Eastern States Wattle control in Redmond $18 000
South west regionRecipient Project title Grant
Blackwood Basin Group On-ground Salinity Management Work for the Gnowangerup/Scott's Brook $25 000
Bush Heritage Australia Kojonup Reserve Biodiversity Enhancement $10 000
Capel LCDC Arum Lily eradication Capel Tuart forests at Ludlow and Mininup stage two $20 000
Darling Downs Residents Association Clean up and revegetation of Darling Downs wetlands $11 140
Dumbleyung LCDC Continuing to sustainably manage catchments surrounding Dumbleyung Lake $35 000
Freshwater Fish Group & Fish Health Unit, Murdoch Uni Conserving the unique aestivating freshwater fishes in the wetlands of the south-coast of WA $41 350
Geographe Catchment CouncilReducing nutrients leaving priority urban and peri-urban areas of the Vasse-Wonnerup catchment $40 000
Western ringtail possums in our schools and community $30 000
Geographe Primary School Geographe Primary School - outdoor classroom $17 500
Jarrahdale Heritage Society Gooralong Brook restoration, Jarrahdale $15 000
Katanning LCDC
Native vegetation for the Carrolup $17 000
Attacking Badgebups salinity $33 000
Environmental care on the eastern flats $22 000
Supporting enthusiastic farmers, Katanning $5 000
Bridal creeper and WoNS wars - spreading the word $37 000
Landcare SJ Weed control for improving the health and resilience of threatened ecological communities in Serpentine Jarrahdale and north Murray $30 000
South west region continued…Recipient Project title Grant
Margaret River Off Road Cycling Association
Mountain bike facility creation to reduce impact on threatened ecological communities $40 000
Environmental assessment of trails in national park with surrounding threatened ecological communities $40 000
Ngalang Boodja Council Aboriginal Corporation Restoration of native vegetation in public areas through partnerships and plant salvage $42 100
Origins Centre Weed control, reclamation and revegetation of community native remnant bushland $9 000
Serpentine Jarrahdale LCDC Feral animal control for increasing biodiversity on agricultural land in the coastal Peel-Harvey catchment $40 000
Shire of Serpentine JarrahdaleHealthy habitats stage three $30 000
Ephemeral wetland construction in Serpentine National Park $38 000
Southern DIRTCommunity awareness and control of Bridal creeper in the Kojonup Shire $25 000
Extending on landcare activities in the Kojonup Shire $24 000
Warren Catchments Council Dung beetles address soil fertility and environmental health issues $26 482
Freshwater Fish Group; Fish Health Unit; Estuarine Research Group; Murdoch University
Movement and abundance of key fishes in the Vasse-Wonnerup estuary following a substantial fish kill $50 000
Wheatbelt region Recipient Project title Grant
Avondale Farm Project Association Avondale flora and fauna plan implementation stage two $14 000
Avongro Wheatbelt Tree Cropping Revegetating saltland with selected Casuarina obesa & nitrogen fixing Frankia: freer nutrients, more pasture $25 000
Men of the Trees Revegetation of the east Beverly region WA $30 000
Millennium Kids A classroom without walls $20 000
Shire of Koorda Feral pest eradication with use of 1080 and monitoring $24 450
Shire of Mt Marshall Using biodiversity corridors to augment and connect existing remnant vegetation in Mt Marshall $25 000
Shire of Trayning Protecting Trayning biodiversity $19 580
Shire of Westonia Sandford rocks bird-hide $29 500
Shire of York Invasive species control in Beverley, Brookton, York $11 000
Solomon Yulgan Catchment Group Solomon Yulgan catchment Landcare revegetation project 2013-14 $18 000
Successful projects - October 2012Northern Agricultural region
Recipient Project title Grant
Centre for Marine Science and Technology
Developing a photo identification software for individual recognition of Australian Sea Lions through a community based approach $16 864
Chittering Valley LCDC Revegetation of Long Bridge Gully tributary $20 599
Moore Catchment Council Planting feed species for Carnaby's Black Cockatoo in the Moora and Koobabbie Important Bird Areas $45 000
Shire of Chapman Valley
Catchment management of the Chapman River and its tributaries $50 000
Invasive species management and restoration works on the Moresby Ranges $50 000
Weed mapping along the Chapman River $12 000
West Midlands Group Restoring the Warradarge Creek to increase landscape connectivity in the West Midlands region. $49 830
Perth regionRecipient Project title Grant
Armadale Gosnells Landcare Group Palomino seasonal damp zone $48 600
Australian Wildlife ConservancyEnsuring the ongoing protection of endangered and threatening species at Karakamia Wildlife Sanctuary $48 485
Protection of endangered species at Paruna Wildlife Sanctuary through feral animal control $23 033
Blackadder/Woodbridge Catchment Group Inc North Swan Park species richness $21 500
Bungendore Park Management Committee
Weed control and dieback treatment, Bungendore Park and adjacent land. $18 000
Canning River Regional Park Volunteers
Extension of urban forest weed control $18 220
Cockburn Wetlands Education Centre
Revegetation and habitat rehabilitation within Bibra Lake $24 205
Eastern Metropolitan Regional Council
Helping the Helena - water quality monitoring of pollutants for linkages in fish and mussel decline $37 500
Saving a keystone species and the integrity of the ecosystem $50 000
Friends of John Forrest National Park War on Watsonia in John Forrest National Park - protecting the declared rare flora Diplolaena andrewsii $24 700
Friends of Lake Claremont Lake Claremont revegetation extension $50 000
Friends of North Ocean Reef - Iluka Foreshore
Cape Tulip control and eradication in Bush Forever site 325 $13 470
Friends of Paganoni Swamp Control of significant weeds on Paganoni Rd's southern road reserve ecological corridor $17 000
Jane Brook Community Association Jane Brook foreshore reserve rehabilitation $50 000
Jillara Giants Rehabilitation of the upper Lesmurdie Falls $24 275
Perth region continued …Recipient Project title Grant
Mullaloo Beach Community Group Mullaloo dune rehabilitation stage 2 $10 000
Mundaring Primary School Weed control, habitat protection and environmental education program Mardo Reserve and road verge around Mundaring Primary School $23 750
Murdoch Environmental Restoration Group Biodiversity management of Beeliar Regional Park $48 000
South East Regional Centre of Urban Landcare
Canning River foreshore restoration $50 000
Protecting, maintaining and restoring refuges for aquatic life within the Yule Brook waterway and Bickley reservoir $40 300
Restoring the Bickley Brook foreshore upstream of the Bickley Reservoir $32 900
Shire of Kalamunda Kalamunda Phytophthora dieback interpretation and invasive species control $14 873
Swan Estuary Reserves Action Group Restoration of the ecological integrity of the Marine Park foreshore in Alfred Cove - stage 1 $21 089
Town of Kwinana Detailed Phytophthora dieback assessments and bushland condition mapping in the Town of Kwinana's natural areas $25 646
Western Australian Mountain Bike Association
Removal/realignment of cycle trails from Reservoir protection area and access trails to disease risk area $44 200
Woodvale Waters Land Owners Association Yellagonga Regional Park Woodvale revegetation enhancement $10 000
Rangelands regionRecipient Project title Grant
Broome Bird Observatory Building community involvement in protecting the internationally threatened shorebirds of Roebuck Bay $10 940
Carnarvon Rangelands Biosecurity Association
Control of mesquite and parkinsonia within the Carnarvon Rangelands Biosecurity Association $50 000
Freshwater Fish Group & Fish Health Unit, Murdoch University
Pilbara freshwater fish education project: a field guide and underwater documentary $35 000
Jarlmadangah Burra Aboriginal Corporation
Distribution and abundance survey of Aboriginal medicine tree B acuteangula along the Fitzroy River $50 000
Ord Land and Water
Control and containment of Bellyache Bush on Lake Kununurra $17 000
Demonstrating erosion control on susceptible soils in the East Kimberley $18 000
Mesquite control on Nicholson Station $20 000
Shire of Upper Gascoyne Gascoyne Junction flood recovery $45 000
Track Care WA Inc Protection and preservation of the natural assets in priority locations on the Canning Stock Route $50 000
Upper Gascoyne LCDC Gascoyne River catchment conservation, restoration and rehabilitation $25 000
Useless Loop Community Biosphere Project Group
Conserving threatened wildlife at Heirisson Prong, Shark Bay $34 000
South coast region Recipient Project title Grant
Albany Racing Club Inc Protecting the biodiversity and integrity of the Torndirrup Nature Reserve from environmental weed threats $38 250
City of AlbanyBiodiversity conservation through the stabilisation of 4WD tracks within the Lowlands coastal reserve $26 000
Phase 2: Centennial Park wetland living stream restoration $29 000
Fitzgerald Biosphere Group Celebrating 30 yrs of Landcare in the Fitzgerald Biosphere $33 000
Friends of Fitzgerald River National park
Restoration of the Twertup Field Studies Centre, Fitzgerald River National Park $40 000
Green SkillsForests to Stirling Gondwana Link - from plans to action $30 000
Sydney wattle eradication pilot on Torndirrup Peninsular $50 000
Ravensthorpe Agricultural Initiative Network
Advancing weed control and community involvement at Dunns Swamp $15 980
Shire of Denmark Restoration of Poison Point and access restriction $18 000
Shire of Plantagenet Mt Barker urban wetland restoration $40 000
Wellstead Community Resource Centre
Protecting the integrity of the Wellstead and Pallinup biodiversity from the threat of weed invasion. $43 210
South west regionRecipient Project title Grant
Baldivis Children’s Forest Inc Revegetation of tuart woodlands, feral bee control and learning through community engagement and action. $30 690
Blackwood Basin Group
Managing salinity in the Dinninup catchment $50 000
Qualeup Lakes improvement $29 700
Regenerating the Wattle Creek catchment $50 000
Cape to Cape Catchments Group Development and implementation of the Calgardup Brook action plan $50 000
Dumbleyung LCDC Sustainably managing the catchments surrounding the Dumbleyung Lake $45 000
Friends of Nangip Creek Revegetation of Nangip catchment to reduce threats of salinity in Nangip Reserve $50 000
Geographe Catchment Council
Building community and industry capacity to achieve water quality outcomes $42 700
Busselton urban wetland restoration $29 564
Ecological restoration of Geographe streams $39 250
Gynudup Brook and Tren Creek River Action Plan review and strategic fencing $34 000
Riparian management on recovery streams in the Geographe Catchment $36 000
John Tonkin College Bushrangers Cadet Program
Construction and erection of bat/possum boxes to be used in the JTC LfW site $10 000
Katanning LCDC Combined communities control of creepy WONS $45 000
Landcare SJ Reducing the threats in the nationally significant Brickwood Reserve Byford $10 000
Ngalang Boodja Council Aboriginal Corporation
Conservation and restoration of flora and fauna at the Jack Mears Park spring, Collie $40 500
Serpentine Jarrahdale LCDC Control of blackberry and arum lily, and site revegetation on the Serpentine River $15 400
Shire of Manjimup Mottram St Reserve returning a significant stream and forest reserve towards their natural state - stage 3 $49 200
South west region continued …Recipient Project title Grant
Shire of Serpentine Jarrahdale “Healthy Habitats” – a national award-winning Stewardship Program for conservation of biodiversity on private property $49 600
Shire of Waroona Preston Lake trail upgrade $20 000
Shire of West Arthur Riparian protection and revegetation on Omaru and Carragaline properties in the Manywaters catchment $35 000
Southern Dirt A Nobleman's Folly - revegetating and protecting Cockatoo Creek Catchment $15 000
Wagin Woodanilling Landcare Zone SalinitySync - A sub-catchment approach to planning and implementing large scale saline land rehabilitation $10 000
Warren Catchments Council Maximising environmental value of remnant native vegetation: a blueprint for landholders $50 000
Wellington Mills Community Association
Restoration of Ferguson River vegetation in the locality of Wellington Mills $26 942
West Arthur Declared Species Group Understanding population influences and continuing to control feral pigs in the Shire of West Arthur $25 000
Wheatbelt regionRecipient Project title Grant
Hyden Progress Association Survey for the endangered red-tailed phascogale in the eastern wheatbelt of WA $40 000
Lake Grace LCDC Jam Patch protection $40 250
Meenar Mortlock Catchment Group Friends of Mortlock and Mortlock South mid-catchment restoration - Duck Pool to Northam $25 000
Quellington Restoration Group Friends of Mortlock and Mortlock South mid-catchment restoration - Duck Pool to Quailing Gully $25 000
Shire of Kellerberrin Communities working together to control feral pests for environmental conservation $25 000
Shire of Kulin Shire of Kulin revegetation and native bushland protection $23 000
Shire of Merredin Revegetation of the Cohn Creek section and exhausted gravel reserves in Merredin $10 000
Shire of Quairading Integrated NRM in the Quairading, Tammin and Cunderdin shires $50 000
Shire of Toodyay Malkup Brook restoration $16 582
Shire of Westonia Westonia vermin control stage 2 $13 086
Wadderin Group Community action to restore biodiversity to the central wheatbelt of WA $29 737
Successful projects - December 2011Northern Agricultural region
Recipient Project title Grant
Shire of Moora Revegetation of identified key conservation sites in Moora $17 646
Rangelands regionRecipient Project title Grant
Australian Wildlife Conservancy Protecting threatened species on Faure Island Shark Bay $12 460
Strategic and cooperative control of weeds on Mornington Wildlife Sanctuary $30 600
Lyndon LCDC Controlling animal movements onto Lake McLeod $22 000
Fencing fragile areas surrounding the Exmouth Gulf $42 300
Ngurawaana Group Aboriginal Corp Managing biodiversity - Yindjibarndi way $22 500
Wheatbelt regionRecipient Project title Grant
Shire of Westonia Vermin and weed control $10 513
Perth regionRecipient Project title Grant
Armadale Gosnells Landcare Group Restoring Southern River, Gosnells Bush Forever site 246 $14 400
Black Cockatoo Preservation Society of Australia Incorporated
Replacing 25 acres of Northern Jarrah Forest for Black Cockatoo food source and roosting habitats $40 000
Chittering Valley LCDC Rehabilitation of Aquila and Carty Reserves $42 500
City of Armadale Post fire rehabilitation of Lloyd Hughes Park $17 500
City of Vincent Walters Brook restoration $45 000
Ellen Brockman Integrated Catchment Group
Mapping and treatment of dieback in the Ellen Brook sub-region $39 384
Pearce Base-south - Ellen Brook revegetation stage 1 $50 000
Friends of Booragoon and Blue Gum Lakes
Biodiversity protection and enhancement of Booragoon Lake Reserve $22 500
Friends of Lake Claremont Extension of revegetation to the north west section of Lake Claremont to restore indigenous woodlands $50 000
Friends of Lightning Swamp Bushland Weed control at Lightning Swamp to prevent the vegetation buffer from becoming a weed highway $10 140
Friends of Mary Carroll Lake Revegetation of the Five Islands at Mary Carroll Lake, Bush Forever site 124 $18 100
Good Shepherd Catholic Primary School Watsonia and noxious weed eradication $14 000
Mullaloo Beach Community Group Mullaloo Dune Revegetation Project $10 000
North Swan LCDC Bullsbrook biodiversity corridor stage 5 $22 840
South East Regional Centre of Urban Landcare
Regeneration and revegetation of the Canning River Foreshore $50 000
Perth region continued…Recipient Project title Grant
Swan Estuary Reserves Action Group Restoration of the ecological integrity of Pelican Point A Class Reserve Stage 2 $15 713
Wilson Wetlands Action Group Fern Rd East revegetation stage 2 $22 700
South west regionRecipient Project title Grant
Blackwood Basin Group Addressing salinity in the Dinninup catchment $50 000
Cape to Cape Catchment Group Protection and rehabilitation action on four high priority Leeuwin Ridge streams $50 000
Greening Australia (WA) Nell's Block community education $36 190
Harvey River Restoration Taskforce Upper and Lower Harvey River demonstration project $25 572
Shire of Bridgetown Greenbushes Wood for wildlife, conserving our bushland reserves $14 850
Shire of Busselton Phytophthora dieback assessment and management in Ambergate Reserve $15 000
Shire of Donnybrook-Balingup Watsonia control along Balingup Brook $10 000
Shire of Manjimup Mottram Street Reserve: returning a significant stream and town forest reserve towards their natural state $39 600
Wagin Woodanilling Landcare Zone The vital link – community corridor revegetation of the Great Southern Highway between Woodanilling and Wagin
$13 050
Warren Catchments Council Control of isolated populations of highly invasive environmental weeds in the Warren Catchments Council area
$22 000
South coast regionRecipient Project title Grant
Albany Senior High School Enhancing biodiversity and education by removing woody weeds $31 100
Denmark Weed Action Group Protection of biodiversity in public reserves in the Shire of Denmark $10 000
Flinders Park Primary School Involving schools to remove biological threats to our biodiversity while enhancing education $12 000
Friends of the Porongurup Range Declared and environmental weed control in and around the National Heritage listed Porongurup NP $50 000
Green Skills Denmark biodiversity revegetation and bush restoration eco-links $10 430
Tenterden bushland vegetation and wetland conservation - Gondwana Eco-link $29 120
Lake Muir Denbarker Community Feral Pig Eradication Group
Feral Pig Control – Lake Muir Byenup Ramsar Wetlands, Walpole Wilderness Area and adjoining private property
$25 000
Northern Mallee Declared Species Group
Wild dog management to protect the Esperance farming region $40 000
North Stirlings Pallinup Natural Resources
Linking bush reserves to enhance habitat for malleefowl and other threatened species in Monjebup catchment
$43 100
Oyster Harbour Catchment Group Controlling weedy acacia species in the Mt Barker Kendenup rail reserve $32 900
Targeting riparian habitat in the King River - stage 1 $49 640
Wilson Inlet Catchment Committee Controlling Eastern States wattle infestations in Denbarker $50 000
Dieback survey and hygiene plan implementation for the Mondurup Reserve $19 400
Invasive weed control along the Hay River $10 000
Successful projects – May 2011
Northern agricultural regionRecipient Project title Grant
City of Geraldton-GreenoughFowler’s fencing – linking Moresby Ranges and Chapman River $19 500
Chapman River Wildlife Corridor Regeneration stage 1 $48 700
Malleefowl Preservation Group Terra Grata malleefowl survey $10 000
Moore Catchment Council Improving habitat and connectivity in the farming landscape for birds in the Moore River catchment $32 000
Shire of Chapman ValleyMoresby Ranges Plan Implementation phase 2 and engagement $50 000
Upper Chapman River Catchment Action Plan Implementation $50 000
West Koojan Gillingarra LCDC Ensuring the long term effectiveness of saltland reclamation adjacent to the Moore River, Gillingarra $50 000
West Midlands GroupProtecting on-farm remnants $44 552
Sustaining our environment and agricultural assets through vermin control in the West Midlands $43 900
Perth regionRecipient Project title Grant
Bungendore Park Management Committee Dieback treatment and weed control Bungendore Park and adjacent land (10005) $16 500
Canning River Regional Park Volunteers Nicholson Rd billabong flood plain restoration (10013) $23 815
Centre for Fish and Fisheries Research, Murdoch University
Halting the infestation of the aggressive freshwater fish, the Pearl Cichlid in the Swan River catchment (10004) $45 588
City of Belmont Garvey Park Foreshore Stabilisation Section 4 (10008) $32 786
Eastern Metropolitan Regional Council Strengthening Our Streams - riparian restoration of priority areas of the Swan and Helena Rivers (10012) $47 415
Friends of Lake Claremont Revegetation of the north west section of Lake Claremont to restore indigenous woodlands (10007) $45 000
Friends of Queens Park Bushland Hand weeding and mapping environmental weeds in the Queens Park Regional Open Space Reserves $30 400
Murdoch University Invasive weed eradication within the Beeliar Regional Park - Murdoch University (10002) $10 000
Shire of Mundaring Watsonia roadside control within the Jane Brook catchment (10003) $17 000
South East Regional Centre for Urban Landcare
Nicholson Rd bushland restoration and weed management (Bush Forever site 456) (10014) $43 585
Regeneration and revegetation on the Canning River foreshore (10011) $50 000
Swan Estuary Reserves Action Group The restoration of the ecological integrity of Pelican Point A Class Reserve (10010) $32 785
Town of Kwinana Revegetation and weed control on the limestone heath land of Chalk Hill, Kwinana (10006) $13 000
Wilson Wetlands Action Group Fern Rd East - revegetation stage 1 (10009) $22 655
Rangelands regionRecipient Project title Grant
Ashburton Aboriginal Corporation Pilbara aboriginal native seed collection and propagation (10027) $50 000
Australian Wildlife Conservancy 2011 bird survey of Faure Island wildlife sanctuary: shorebirds, pied cormorants and future translocations (10030) $25 820
Central Desert Native Title ServicesA natural and cultural heritage management strategy for Ngururrpa Country (10032) $49 740
A comprehensive assessment of the natural and cultural assets of the Carnarvon Ranges (10031) $50 000
Environs Kimberley Roebuck Bay fine scale habitat modelling to determine key habitat for marine wildlife and prey (10029) $26 950
Greening Australia (WA) Eighty Mile Beach Ramsar site fencing (10028) $50 000
Ord Land and Water Protecting environmental and agricultural assets of the East Kimberley (10033) $50 000
South coast regionRecipient Project title GrantAlbany Heritage Reference Group Aboriginal Corporation Fish traps (10049) $50 000
Bushcarers Group Lake Seppings western shore rehabilitation (10043) $10 520
Esperance Regional Forum Riparian vegetation protection and livestock exclusion fencing in the Stokes Inlet and Coomalbidgup catchments (10046) $36 000
Fitzgerald Biosphere Group Increasing land management capacity and protection of rehabilitation and conservation values in the Western Fitzgerald Biosphere (10042) $50 000
Frenchman Bay Association Construction of bird hide at Lake Vancouver, Goode Beach, Vancouver Peninsula, Albany (10051) $14 000
Friends of the Porongurup Ranges Declared and environmental weed control in and around the National Heritage listed Porongurup National Park $50 000
Gillamii Centre The treatment of invasive Golden Wattle populations within the Gillamii service area (10038) $47 700
Green Skills Senecio glastifolius eradication (10039) $50 000
King River Weed Control and River Restoration Group Meet and greet to preserve our reserves (10047) $22 500
North Stirlings Pallinup Natural Resources Greening tributaries of the Pallinup River and promoting landcare in the North Stirlings Pallinup region (10044) $48 900
Ravensthorpe Agricultural Initiative Network Improving the health, water quality and community awareness of Dunns Swamp at Hopetoun (10048) $11 100
Shire of Denmark Biodiversity surveys Mt Hallowell Reserve and Wilson Inlet Foreshore Reserves, Denmark (10052) $19 560
Shire of Esperance Walker St Public Open Space (10050) $20 000
Torbay Catchment Group Drain restoration, revegetation and weed control along a section of Undeyup Creek (10045) $22 969
Wilson Inlet Catchment Committee Watsonia control in Narrikup (10040) $10 000
South coast region continued…Recipient Project title Grant
Dujimerrup Twonkup Aboriginal Corporation
An indigenous restoration initiative: fencing and revegetation of riparian and remnant revegetation on Dowrene Farm (withdrawn) $27 500
Grahams Land and Sea Aboriginal Corporation Protection and enhancement of a heritage listed fragile wetland and surrounding remnant bushland (10054) $38 000
Shire of Denmark Revegetation of priority sites on the Wilson Inlet Foreshore Reserves, Denmark (10053) $8 010
Tambellup Noongar Land Aboriginal Corporation
Integrated property management to contain salinity and protect riparian land (Gordon River) on Tammar Farms (10055) $45 300
Wongutha CAPS Development Trust
Protection/enhancement of remnant bushland and addressing soil erosion with windbreaks and perennial pastures Wongutha CAPS (10056) $28 000
South west regionRecipient Project title Grant
Blackwood Basin Group Plans to action on ground funding for the Blackwood (10072) $50 000
Capel LCDCArum Lily eradication in Capel Tuart forests at Ludlow and Minninup (10059) $14,000
Fencing to enhance the survival of diverse flora of Minninup Block of the Ludlow Tuart forest (10069) $20 000
Cape to Cape Protecting high value assets in the Quininup catchment by assessing its condition and on ground actions (10071) $48 760
Coolup LCDC Fox and rabbit control in the coastal Peel-Harvey catchment (10062) $11,000
Geographe Catchment Council Keeping Geographe Bay OK – reducing nutrient from urban areas (10067) $45 500
Katanning LCDC
Continuing the fight against bridal creeper (10058) $50,000
From drain to living stream – Katanning Creek (10066) $36 050
Much to do about saving a lake – Ewlymartup (10065) $42 590
Keysbrook Environmental Group Protection of rare flora against Phytophthora attack on conservation zone in Keysbrook (10064) $14 100
Landcare SJ Invasive species control and revegetation for protection of threatened ecological communities in Brickwood Reserve, Byford (10070) $17 600
Serpentine Jarrahdale Shire
Weed control in Reserves that contain TEC and Declared Flora in Serpentine (10061) $19,000
Instigating biological control methods against mistletoe within the old Rifle Range Reserve, Byford (10063) $47,330
Healthy habitats (10068) $48 900
Shire of Bridgetown-Greenbushes Strategic wash down bays, equipment and procedures to minimise soil stored Cape Broom seed dispersals (10060) $12,200
Southern Aboriginal Corporation Improving fauna movement and rehabilitating saline lands on Marribank Farms to protect Blackwood River tributaries (10073) $38 000
Wheatbelt regionRecipient Project title Grant
Shire of Mt Marshall Protection and preservation of Mt Marshall Rock Reserve (10036) $8 900
Shire of Quairading Quairading Town Common Reserve water and revegetation (10037) $15 000
Shire of York Protection and conservation of the Avon River in the York Shire (10035) $5 760
Southern Brook Catchment Group Southern Brook revitalisation: protecting and enhancing key tributaries and conservation assets in the Southern Brook locality (10034) $48 983
Successful projects – March 2010Northern Agricultural regionRecipient Project title Grant
Bush Heritage Australia Fire management and feral animal control on Charles Darwin Reserve (09073) $19 000
Moore Catchment Council Recovery and Protection of Moore River Catchments threatened natural assets (09047) $199 800
Shire of Chapman Valley Moresby Ranges Plan Implementation Phase 1 and engagement (09078) $145 000
Perth regionRecipient Project title Grant
Australian Wildlife Conservancy Securing the future of the Karakamia Woylies (09072) $50 000
Blackadder Woodbridge Catchment Group Blackadder Subcatchment biosecurity (09091) $25 000
Chittering Valley LCDC Weed control in Lake Needonga (09063) $10 500
Eastern Metropolitan Regional Council Native fish fauna monitoring of the Helena River (09049) $34 459
Friends of Bennett Brook Post fire restoration of Bennett Brook to protect water quality and the endangered Southern Brown Bandicoot (09057)
$72 728
Rangelands regionRecipient Project title Grant
Australian Wildlife Conservancy Calotropis control - Annie Creek (09085) $24 000
Parkinsonia control in the Upper Fitzroy Catchment (09042) $36 000
Weed eradication on Faure Island wildlife sanctuary in world heritage listed Shark Bay (09071) $19 500
Centre for Fish and Fisheries Research, Murdoch University
Conserving with community the endangered freshwater sawfish in the Fitzroy River (09050) $110 000
Environs Kimberley Managing fire and biodiversity conservation in the West Kimberley (09080) $99 000
Kimberley Land Council Assessing and managing the impacts of feral pigs on high conservation value waterways in the upper Fitzroy River catchment (09051)
$36 128
North Kimberley LCDC Kimberley Grader Grass Action Plan (09084) $10 000
Pilbara Mesquite Management Committee Advancing effective management of invasive weeds in Pilbara (09028) $140 500
Tirralintji Aboriginal Community Weed control at Lake Gladstone (09087) $9 000
University of Western Australia Effects of nutrient enrichment and toxic Lyngbya blooms on benthic invertebrates and migratory shorebird communities of Roebuck Bay Ramsar site (09060)
$141 561
Yawoorroong Miriuwung Gajerrong Yirrgeb Noog Dawang Aboriginal Corporation
Miriuwung Gajerrong fire management (09088) $250 000
South coast regionRecipient Project title Grant
Fitzgerald Biosphere Group Buffering priority areas by controlling the spread of dieback - Western Fitzgerald Biosphere (09070) $110 000
Green Skills Geekabee Hill eco-link remnant vegetation (09064) $17 570
Kimberley Land Council Mitigation of biosecurity threats along the north east Kimberley coast (09074) $106 000
Oyster Harbour Catchment Group Management actions to address climate change and degradation of Oyster Harbour catchment (09077) $116 000
South Coast NRM Controlling priority invasive weed species in South Coast (09056) $246 000
Environmental weed control surrounding the Porongurups (09055) $49 500
Protection and recovery of high priority biodiversity assets in South Coast (09053) $140 000
Protection by prevention -protecting priority areas from dieback in eastern South Coast (09054) $127 218
Protection by prevention -protecting priority areas from dieback; Walpole wilderness and Mt Lindesay (09052) $104 218
South Coast Progress Association Weeding Group
Introduced wattle eradication South Coast (09043) $6 000
South west regionRecipient Project title Grant
Augusta-Margaret River Tourism Association
Lake and Jewel Cave Hydrology and recovery (09075) $150 000
Cape to Cape Catchments Group Protecting and restoring ecological connectivity within the Cape to Cape catchment (09079) $45 000
Hotham Catchment Landcare Coordination of feral pig control to reduce the impacts in Peel-Harvey and Leschenault Catchments (09090) $250 000
Katanning LCDC Fighting bridal creeper in the Upper Blackwood (09065) $84 600
Leschenault Catchment Council Maintaining the WA Blackberry containment line (09081) $229 676
Peel Harvey Catchment Council Mayfield main drain sub-catchment water quality improvement plan including foundational activities (09058) $53 669
Serpentine River Group/Lowlands Conservation Association
Protecting and restoring freshwater ecosystem health in the Serpentine River, an adaptive management approach (09082)
$18 700
Shire of Capel Fox control across the Capel, Dardanup and Busselton Shires (09048) $74 996
Shire of Collie Biodiversity assessment and planning, and commencing management of Shire of Collie natural reserves (09044) $50 000
Shire of Murray Fencing, weed and access control in priority Shire of Murray Reserves (09059) $16 500
Shire of Serpentine Jarrahdale Protection and enhancement of a priority 4 species and enhancement of wetlands in bush forever site 378, Serpentine (09089)
$14 000
Walpole-Nornalup National Parks Association
Protection of the Owingup Wetland System (09045) $165 000
Warren Catchment Council Control of Blackberry and Bridal Creeper in the Warren River catchment (09076) $150 000
Wheatbelt regionRecipient Project title Grant
Birds Australia, WA Carnaby's Black Cockatoo Recovery (09062) $250 000
Camm River Paleo-Valley Rehabilitation Committee
Camm River paleo-valley rehabilitation (09061) $150 000
Shire of Mt Marshall Mt Marshall Malleefowl Awareness (09041) $15 000
Shire of Narembeen Control of mammalian pest species to protect and enhance threatened Red Tailed Phascogale and allow re-establishment of other threatened fauna at Wadderin Sanctuary (09046)
$114 008
Western Australian Local Government Association
Developing strategic road reserve asset management plans to maximise biodiversity, land, water conservation outcomes by local government (09066)
$170 500
Wheatbelt NRM Establishment of Wheatbelt Regional Biosecurity Group (09069) $82 500
Red card for red fox and rabbit (09068) $110 000
Riparian improvement of priority Avon River Pools – Gwambygine (09067) $200 000
Water management planning for Avon Arc towns (09083) $71 200