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Caring for our Country 2012-13 Community Action Grants Successful Projects New South Wales Project Id Region Funding Recipient Community Group Project Title Project Description CAG10298641034 Northern Rivers GRANITE BORDERS LANDCARE COMMITTEE INCORPORATED Timbarra Landcare Group Controlling Outliers & Maintaining Containment Line on Timbarra River - Lantana This project will address a significant threat to the biodiversity and habitat values of the Timbarra River by controlling lantana. By addressing outlier infestations, control throughout the upstream extent and maintaining the containment line, the project will reduce the extent and spread of lantana. This project, through partnerships within the NRM network, will control and stop progress of lantana within best practice guidelines by assisting landholders with mapping, control and monitoring. Timbarra Landcare Group members will undertake follow up control activities to ensure continued ongoing maintainance of the project site. Approved budget GST exclusive $19,500.00 Approved budget GST Inclusive $21,450.0 0 CAG10319641039 HunterCentral Rivers THORNTON PUBLIC SCHOOL Thornton Public School Landcare Group Triassic Track Outdoor Learning Area in an Endangered Ecological Community CAG10335811041 Border RiversGwydir SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND LANDCARE LTD Harnham Landcare Group Closing the Gap: linking remnant vegetation to Dangars Lagoon upland wetland This project will restore 3.5 ha of Lower Hunter Spotted Gum Ironbark Forest (an Endangered Ecological Community); an important yet degraded stepping stone remnant on Thornton Public School land. The restoration project will create an accessible environmental and cultural learning resource for the wider Thornton community, and generate outcomes beyond the immediate site. The project will foster a sense of ownership among students to care for their natural environment by engaging them in work activities. This project will form an integral part of the Salisbury Waters system linking with Dangars Lagoon upland wetland. The main environmental issues are lack of connectivity between key remnant habitats, and loss of soil structure and bank stability through erosion of riparian areas caused by agricultural clearing over the past 120 years. This project will fence out stock over 4.45 km of riparian land; replant 13.75 ha of riparian areas with site-specific native species to re-connect isolated woodland patches across participating properties; improve landscape connectivity; and repair one km of eroding creek bank by engaging neighbouring landholders through the Harnham Landcare group. Project outcomes will be showcased through Southern New England Landcare Coordinating $9,350.00 $10,285.0 0 $19,850.00 $21,835.0 0 Committee events. CAG10345161046 HunterCentral Rivers MCGLASHAN & CRISP PTY LIMITED Mates Of The Manning Endangered Shorebird Program CAG10378891051 Hawkesbur y-Nepean THE AUSTRALIANA PIONEER VILLAGE The Australiana Pioneer Village APV Portion Lagoonal Chain of Ponds & Associated Riparian Zone Rehabilitation This project will minimise disturbance to shorebird nesting sites extending the current management of endangered shorebirds in the Manning River estuaries (Manning Entrance State Park). The project will increase pest management activities particularly fox control on both the surrounding private properties and public lands, improve and create suitable habitat for the endangered shorebirds, and further enhance public knowledge of the threats to the endangered shorebirds. The Friends of Australian Pioneer Village implement an educational program that includes the natural heritage values of the 27 acre riverfront former pioneer farmland. The lagoon on the property is a habitat for bird life and other marine species and is close to the important Wildlife Wetland of Bushells Lagoon. This project will be an important component of regular education programs for school groups, community groups and bus tour groups. $19,990.00 $21,989.0 0 $18,900.00 $18,900.0 0 CAG10410951055 Lachlan WEST WYALONG LOCAL ABORIGINAL LAND COUNCIL West Wyalong Local Aboriginal Land Council Short Aboriginal Fieldtrip And Recording Initiative(SAFARI) , CAG10458171070 Border RiversGwydir GWYMAC INCORPORATED Friends Of Northey Park Restoring the White Box Grassy Woodlands on Ross Hill Reserve, Inverell NSW This project will employ a project officer to conduct 15 workshops at sites where West Wyalong Local Aboriginal Land Council has undertaken environmental works, and pass on the knowledge gained to the wider community. Six of these workshops will be delivered to Aboriginal community members to assist them in understanding traditional Aboriginal natural resource management practices and cultural values inherent in the landscape. The officer will also develop teaching resources consisting of website materials, power point presentations and printed materials, and mentor Aboriginal community members in delivering workshops to the wider community. This project will address the threat to native grasslands and white boxyellow box grassy woodlands caused by invasive species. Critical threats to be addressed include blackberry, honey locust, tree of heaven, osage orange, privet, African boxthorn and sweet briar. The project will undertake extension activities through targeting urban and peri urban landholders as well as school students of nearby Ross Hill School. $18,180.00 $19,998.0 0 $19,800.00 $21,780.0 0 CAG10492011075 Southern Rivers KIAMA MUNICIPAL COUNCIL Small Farms Network Building biodiversity corridors in the Berry farming landscape CAG10550491082 Northern Rivers NORTHERN RIVERS LANDCARE INCORPORATED Northern Rivers Landcare Incorporated Linking Teven Road unnamed water course remnant to Barlows Creek remnant This biodiversity corridor project is located adjacent to Coomonderry Swamp which is the largest freshwater coastal wetland in the southern region of NSW and home to the threatened Green and Golden Bell Frog. This project located within the Berry Corridor provides a vital link from escarpment to sea and is recognised as a key vegetation corridor. Over the past five years the Small Farms Network has established over 5.27km of biodiversity corridors and help protect over 1.5km of Coomonderry Swamp via stock exclusion fencing. This project will establish a further 2.5km of biodiversity corridors, planting 2,000 tubestock and controlling blackberry over 40 ha of farming land. This project will benefit a site in the Big Scrub World Heritage Area and complete a connectivity and biodiversity link between the established remnants at Teven Road un-named water course and Barlows Creek remnant. Workshops will educate the public in camphor laurel, lantana and privet control/eradication, and encourage participants to get involvement in NRM groups. Northern Rivers Landcare Incorporated members, adjoining landowners and workshop attendees who will be invited to join the Landcare group will continue maintenance of the project. $18,100.00 $19,910.0 0 $12,900.00 $12,900.0 0 CAG10574841088 Central West ROTARY CLUB OF NARROMINE INC Rotary Club Of Narromine Inc Narromine Wetlands; Biodiversity, Habitat and Community. CAG10645531098 Western SYDNEY AQUARIUM CONSERVATION FUND Sydney Aquarium Conservation Fund Restoring 50km of habitat in the Barwon catchment of the Murray Darling basin This project aims to increase the biodiversity and habitat values of the Narromine Wetlands Reserve, as well as increasing the Narromine community's capacity and connection with the reserve and their local environment. Through a series of plantings, habitat restoration and weed control activities, the condition of the reserve as an environmental asset will be enhanced. Community ownership will be bolstered by engaging local schools and community members at education and working days in addition to the installation of interpretive signage. This project will remove the Woorawadian weir on the Barwon River in western New South Wales and restore approximately 50 km of freshwater habitat for native fish. The Native Fish Strategy (NFS) has highlighted the need for increased fish passage for improved health of native fish species which are in decline. Barrier removal fits NFS and Caring for Country by increasing the extent, condition, connectivity and resilience of native habitat. Woorawadian weir has been slated for removal by the State Water Corporation. It is an unregulated weir on the Barwon River that obstructs fish passage into the wider Murray Darling catchment. Support for weir removal is extremely limited and generally allocated to just a few projects annually, relative to more than 800 weirs needing removal. $19,800.00 $21,780.0 0 $19,000.00 $19,000.0 0 CAG10652541102 Northern Rivers MACLEAY LANDCARE NETWORK INCORPORATED Macleay Landcare Network Incorporated East Kempsey Rainforest and River Volunteer Project CAG10672311108 Lachlan HOVELLS CREEK LANDCARE GROUP INCORPORATED Hovells Creek Landcare Group Incorporated Biodiversity, remnant vegetation and habitat corridor enhancement on farmland CAG10678901113 Hawkesbur y-Nepean BLUE MOUNTAINS CITY COUNCIL Gully Traditional Owners/Garguree Swampcare Garguree Swampcare Project Stage 2 The Macleay Landcare Network group has supported activities at the river restoration site on the Macleay River in East Kempsey for the last four years. In that time there has been significant progress in reestablishing and restoring Subtropical Coastal Floodplain (Endangered Ecological Community) vegetation, in particular River and Lowland Rainforest (Critically Endangered) vegetation. This project will improve public access to the site by reducing weeds in the restoration zones and install seating. Volunteer/community events will also be conducted with professional staff. This project will create biodiversity corridors by protecting remnant vegetation and sensitive riverine environments in the Hovells creek region. Activities will include the establishment of cross property biodiversity plans and wildlife habitat corridors; reduction of silt and salt load in the Lachlan River system; improving the knowledge, skills and engagement of landholders; and Involving volunteer Landcarers. Garguree Swampcare is an Indigenous initiated swamp restoration group dedicated to restoring the Blue Mountains Swamp endangered ecological communities. This project's activities will include weed control, swamp buffer planting, creek line plantings, bush tucker plantings along a bush tucker walk, swamp and creek line restoration $18,690.00 $20,559.0 0 $19,800.00 $21,780.0 0 $19,860.00 $21,846.0 0 using soft engineering works and maintenance and capacity building and training workshops. CAG10682861116 Northern Rivers CLARENCE VALLEY COUNCIL Maclean Landcare Group Maclean Landcare Weed Control and Community Engagement Project CAG10689051128 Southern Rivers THE TRUSTEE FOR THE EDEN WHALE DISCOVERY CENTRE RESEARCH TRUST The Trustee For The Eden Whale Discovery Centre Research Trust Protecting Seabirds and Shorebirds on the Sapphire Coast of NSW This project involves weed control and community education to reduce the impact of invasive species to Maclean Lookout reserve. The 14 ha reserve is Crown land managed under trust by Clarence Valley Council. A vegetation management plan was prepared in 2008 and Maclean Landcare has undertaken weed control on site since this time. Due to the size of the reserve and the steep terrain weed contractors will be engaged to control weeds. The reserve is surrounded by 12 private properties and the project will engage these land managers to educate them on weed identification and control and what they can do to limit the spread of weeds. This project will engage seabird rescue co-ordinators from Australian Seabird Rescue (South Coast) to conduct a workshop for up to 40 community members on how to safely rescue injured seabirds and return them to the wild. A separate workshop will educate people about the Shorebird Recovery Program. The project will work in partnership with Australian Seabird Rescue, Far South Coast Birdwatchers and National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) to set up an informative and $19,500.00 $21,450.0 0 $16,310.00 $17,941.0 0 CAG10690591132 Murrumbid gee SPRINGVALE LANDCARE GROUP INCORPORATED Springvale Landcare Group Incorporated Springvale Landcare integrated NRM plan implementation stage 8 educational display in the Sapphire Coast Marine Discovery Centre showcasing the species of shorebirds and seabirds commonly found on the Sapphire Coast. The display will also incorporate information about the NPWS Shorebird Recovery Program and the endangered bird species it will protect. This project will take place across seven sites in the Springvale area and represents a further progression of the Springvale Landscape Plan. Issues being addressed include unrestricted stock access to remnant Endangered Ecological Communities (South Coast Grassy Woodland and Brogo Wet Vine), lack of connectivity across open farmland, and the quality versus quantity of remnant vegetation protected, particularly in terms of weed management. Training in bush regeneration will enhance engagement of the participants, the group and community in ongoing management of remnant vegetation. Each participant will be aware of their maintenance obligations and the group's executive will assist with implementation. The project will be promoted widely. $19,990.00 $21,989.0 0 CAG10694491138 Northern Rivers MELALEUCA PROPERTIES PTY LTD Melaleuca Properties Pty Ltd Forest Regeneration for Connectivity and Biodiversity in the Northern Rivers CAG10696491139 Northern Rivers ROTARY CLUB OF PORT MACQUARIE SUNRISE Rotary Club Of Port Macquarie Sunrise Tacking Point Lighthouse Headland Regeneration and Environmental Protection CAG10705161145 Northern Rivers BELLINGER LANDCARE INC Bellinger Landcare Inc Bellinger Landcare Natural Resource Management Workshop Series 2012/3 This project will protect and extend the endangered vegetation community of Melaleuca Swamp forest wetlands and control lantana, camphors and other Weeds of National Significance to improve habitat. The extended forest will provide native animal and koala habitat and extend/link existing forests and fauna populations. Vegetation barriers will be planted around waterways to control cane toads, and where required, fences will be installed to protect habitat while barriers are in development. This project will arrest erosion, construct pedestrian access, stabilise banks and regenerate the endemic plant species surrounding the Tacking Point Lighthouse and surrounding headland. The 1.5ha Crown Land site has a high Aboriginal cultural significance and is also highly significant from both a heritage and environmental perspective. The Themeda grassland Endangered Ecological Community will benefit greatly from formalisation of access points. The project will deliver four workshops on identified NRM issues and techniques of current interest to the local community. These are: 1. Understanding the potential of biochar to aid sequestration of carbon and improve agricultural production; 2. Raising awareness/training to minimise health risks to community working in $19,980.00 $19,980.0 0 $19,770.00 $19,770.0 0 $8,700.00 $9,570.00 CAG10707911147 Northern Rivers SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND LANDCARE LTD Southern New England Landcare Ltd Engaging landholders for threatened bird conservation in southern New England CAG10713431153 Northern Rivers TWEED LANDCARE INC Cabarita Beach Dunecare Protection and restoration of significant coastal habitat at Cabarita Beach, NSW bush especially as related to tick borne diseases such as Lymes disease; 3. Raising community skills in identifying native frog species as indicators of biodiversity; 4. Weed control techniques for managing native vegetation. The workshops will be delivered by specialists in each field. Habitat loss, fragmentation and modification of local and landscapescale biodiversity corridors has isolated populations of threatened and declining woodland birds on the southern New England tableland. This project will target small groups or ‘focus cells’ of farmers in key areas to protect and re-connect bushland for these birds and other fauna. Emphasis will be on bringing together existing and new landholder knowledge and technical resources to improve communication and knowledge sharing for protecting, reconnecting and managing habitat. Engagement will be through on-farm meetings, a field day, a website, and integration with other initiatives. The project involves bush regeneration and community engagement to protect and restore important coastal habitats at Cabarita Beach on the Tweed Coast of NSW. The site provides important habitat for the threatened Glossy Black Cockatoo, Common Blossom Bat, Grey-headed Flying Fox and contains Coastal Cypress Pine Endangered Ecological Community, $19,950.00 $21,945.0 0 $8,800.00 $9,680.00 CAG10714511154 Lachlan UPPER LACHLAN SHIRE COUNCIL Kiama Creek Landcare Group (Kclg) Community Education of Riparian Restoration through Willow removal in Crookwell regenerating littoral rainforest plants and the threatened pink nodding orchid. Invasive plant species, including Weeds of National Significance, threaten the ongoing viability of threatened flora and fauna habitat. High levels of human visitation also have the potential to degrade the site. The project will manage and reduce the impact of these threats, through bush regeneration and increasing community awareness and knowledge. This project will continue the restoration of Kiama Creek to increase biodiversity, improve riparian health and water quality, and provoide large-scale community education. Willows are a significant threat to many of the Upper Lachlan waterways with many landholders still believing willows to be native and/or environmentally beneficial. The central town of Crookwell has been chosen as a site to educate landholders of this major threat. Known for its willows, the aim is to have urban Crookwell proudly 'willow free' by 2015. In conjunction with the Upper Lachlan Shire Council and the Lachlan CMA, this project will showcase the benefits of willow removal and riparian restoration through signage, educational materials and a series of field days and demonstrations. $15,270.00 $16,797.0 0 CAG10715561157 Hawkesbur y-Nepean YOUTHCONNEC TIONS.COM.AU Youthconnections.Co m.Au Restoration of an Endangered Ecological Community: Hanging Swamp in Gosford LGA CAG10716401159 Lower Murray Darling BARKINDJI MARAURA ELDERS ENVIRONMENT TEAM LIMITED Barkindji Maraura Elders Environment Team Limited Filling the Gaps Desert Meets the Rivers TEK Teaching Project This project will restore the ecological health of a hanging swamp and surrounding plant communities, through eliminating environmental weeds that currently inhibit natural regeneration processes. Young people involved in a variety of educational courses and programs, as well as community groups will be involved in carrying out the works and in maintaining the site. The project will provide an ongoing educational resource for the local community in demonstrating restoration techniques for other hanging swamp vegetation communities on the Central Coast plateau. This project will facilitate the development of appropriate land management strategies that incorporate Traditional Ecological Knowledge. The project involves a week long workshop held on Kulcurna Station, facilitated by elders from Central Australia and Traditional Owners from the Lake Victoria region. Participants in the workshops will be the Barkindji Maraura Elders Environment Team, Indigenous trainees in conservation and land management, local landowners and land managers, scientists from the Murray Darling Freshwater Research Centre, local school students and staff, and conservation groups. Information will be recorded on bush foods, bush medicines, fire management, $19,600.00 $21,560.0 0 $19,750.00 $21,725.0 0 protecting and managing native plants and animals and connections between regions. Strategies for environmental management will also be developed. CAG10719521167 Border RiversGwydir GLENRAC INCORPORATED Rummerys Hill Landcare Group Community action to protect a regionally significant wildlife corridor NSW Yr 2 CAG10721631174 Namoi GUNNEDAH URBAN LANDCARE GROUP Gunnedah Urban Landcare Group Cushan's and Porcupine Reserve Biodiversity Project This project will develop 'Property management for biodiversity' modules from a fauna survey of Rummerys Hill. Survey results will be presented at a community meeting and placed on the local Landcare website. The management modules will provide best practice guidelines for invasive species management on 26 properties. These modules will be developed through a land managers' workshop targeting pest animals, woody weeds and grassy weeds that threaten local biodiversity. The property management modules will be placed on the local Landcare website for use by other landowners. The project will also include a tagalong tour for property managers to inspect the new practices that are being implemented on various properties. This project concentrates on the eradication of weeds at Cushan and Porcupine Reserves utilising volunteer workers and a quad bike mounted spray unit. The project is directed towards maintaining endangered natural habitat and the $19,400.00 $21,340.0 0 $19,490.00 $21,439.0 0 CAG10756881189 Hawkesbur y-Nepean BLACKTOWN AND DISTRICT ENVIRONMENT GROUP Blacktown And District Environment group Forum On Cumberland Plain Vegetation And Fauna CAG10757691193 Border RiversGwydir GRANITE BORDERS LANDCARE COMMITTEE INCORPORATED Tenterfield Town Landcare Indian Myna Control on the Northern Tablelands riparian zone from encroaching weeds, and will assist in the rehabilitation of the areas. Activities include the identification of native species and endangered vegetation, the removal and ongoing eradication of invasive species, and the planting of replacement species. This project will present a forum for the community to identify and understand EPBC and TSC Act listed flora and fauna species. The organisation will encourage the community to adopt these practices and to engage commonwealth and state government representatives on what is being done at government level. While there is general public sympathy for environmental protection there is limited knowledge as to what is the native vegetation and fauna of a region. This forum will promote community understanding, opportunities and provide direction to bring the public into a position of awareness of what government and others are doing and how the public can participate. The project will control Indian mynas in three urban communities, through education workshops and the provision of trap construction and implementation demonstrations. The project will collate and map data to identify target areas for primary control to observe future movements. This project will create a strategic network of volunteers across the Northern Tablelands. $18,300.00 $18,300.0 0 $16,300.00 $17,930.0 0 CAG10768451207 Lower Murray Darling SUNSET STRIP PROGRESS ASSOCIATION Sunset Strip Progress Association Menindee Lakes Caring For Dunes Demonstrate Site for Pastoralist and Villages CAG10769971213 Northern Rivers TUCKOMBIL LANDCARE INCORPORATED Tuckombil Landcare Incorporated Tuckombil Landcare Weed Eradication and Bush Regeneration Workshops This project will protect a 50 ha demonstration site to showcase how unprotected sand dunes and aquatic environs can maintain their natural reproductive abilities. This holistic approach will integrate restoration, revegetation, invasive species management, fire and risk management. In degraded areas, permaculture principles will build soil and water sustainability building earth walls for seed and water harvesting. Measures will reduce village stormwater pollution entering the riparian Lake Menindee Wetland. A multi-level vegetation canopy of 500 plants will reduce erosion, connect landscapes and provide a wildlife corridor. Two km of fencing will protect the site. Four workshops will engage 10 community groups and 60 graziers with on-ground activities. Tuckombil Landcare will conduct a series of workshops until June 2013 focusing on safe, effective measures to eradicate invasive woody weeds predominantly, camphor laurel, lantana and madeira vine which are adversely impacting native plant and animal species. The workshops will also demonstrate practical bush regeneration techniques. Members will encourage adjacent landholders to participate in the workshops to achieve a continuum of strategic weed management within the Tuckombil catchment area. Participation of junior Landcarers will $17,830.00 $19,613.0 0 $8,480.00 $8,480.00 also be promoted. The workshops will be conducted at several sites. Each site will be unique presenting a diversity of situations requiring techniques peculiar to the individual site. CAG10771481217 Northern Rivers CLARENCE VALLEY COUNCIL Yuraygir Landcare Group Inc. Beach, Dune, Woodland and Littoral Rainforest Regeneration. CAG10771581218 Murrumbid gee MICHELAGO AND DISTRICT LANDCARE GROUP INC Michelago And District Landcare Group Inc Restoring habitat for Glossy Black Cockatoos (Calyptorhynchus lathami) Yuraygir Landcare has been working on the foreshore for 15 years, removing weeds and planting native species. This project continues work through beach planting where sand has built up; removing bitou and revegetating with suitable native species; planting out bare areas on the dune face; and increasing the number of species and trees in woodland areas and Littoral Rainforest areas. National Parks and the local council have ongoing yearly weed spraying programs to control weeds and Yuraygir will monitor and replace failed plantings, carrying out isolated weed removal. This project will establish stands of drooping sheoak on the higher slopes of previously grazed land on six properties in the Michelago region to increase the density of habitat for the Glossy Black Cockatoo (GBC) The GBC require stands of drooping sheoak as a food source. Due to land clearing and grazing by stock and rabbits the drooping sheoak is now uncommon, and few stands of this species are now found on previously cleared and grazed land. To establish this $12,520.00 $13,772.0 0 $9,910.00 $9,910.00 species requires protection from grazing and the plant only establishes on drier hilly country 800 metres above sea level. CAG10771731219 Northern Rivers ENVITE INC Friends Of The Koala Inc. Primary Koala Habitat Restoration and Community Education at Tregeagle CAG10775131223 Northern Rivers COFFS HARBOUR REGIONAL LANDCARE INCORPORATED Repair To Country. Darrunda Wajaarr Darrunda Wajaarr, Dolmans Point Sawtell Reserve, Bush Regeneration and Planting This project will increase the knowledge and skills of Landcare and community members to maintain and extend restoration works beyond the end of the project. Friends of the Koala, Tregeagle Landcare Group and EnviTE Environment will work together to restore primary koala habitat, critical to the local survival of the koala. Bush regeneration works will control weeds, including lantana, which are degrading koala habitat and restricting regeneration of koala food trees. A demonstration planting of koala food trees will be established on cleared land. Field days will be held to identify native and weed species, control weeds to enhance habitat, and plant koala food trees. This project will establish native corridors for habitat and flora by eradicating all vine and woody weeds, in order to connect and link with works being carried out by other bush regenerators and volunteer groups in adjacent areas. It will reduce the impact of invasive weeds, plant local native species to create corridor habitats for fauna such as Koalas, and link up riparian $19,990.00 $21,989.0 0 $19,990.00 $21,989.0 0 CAG10775781229 Northern Rivers CLARENCE LANDCARE INC Angourie Community Coastcare - Formerly Known As Angourie Point Dunecare Raising community awareness and engagement in protecting Angourie's biodiversity CAG10776511236 Southern Rivers FAR SOUTH COAST LANDCARE ASSOCIATION Bermagui Dune Care Rehabilitation and restoration of the iconic Cuttagee Point, Bermagui. vegetation. Recognition will be given to Traditional Ecological Knowledge due to the site's cultural significance for Aboriginal people. Community groups and volunteers will develop new skills and a field day will be hosted at the completion of the project. This project will protect the unique biodiversity values of Angourie Hamlet and adjoining Angourie Reserve and Yuraygir National Park, by building upon weed control work carried out by Angourie Community Coastcare over the past 21 years. It will conserve biodiversity of the natural vegetation, and protect and enhance local indigenous wildlife and populations by educating and skilling the community for active participation. This project will rejuvenate a site at Cuttagee Point on the Far South Coast NSW. The site is popular with sightseers, sea mammal watchers, picnickers, recreational fishers and walkers. Originally cleared and farmed, the site has regenerated well since being reserved but vehicular traffic along a poorly formed track causes ongoing vegetation damage, with significant weed problems (kikuyu, blackberry, NZ mirror bush). The rehabilitation of the site in accordance with a comprehensive site plan will comprise control of vehicle access, weed control and planting of local coastal species. The Bermagui Dune Care group will $19,990.00 $21,989.0 0 $7,750.00 $8,525.00 maintain the project works into the future. CAG10778231247 Northern Rivers BRUNSWICK VALLEY LANDCARE INCORPORATED Byron Bird Buddies Wild About Birds A Schools Education Program CAG10778821252 Hawkesbur y-Nepean BLUE MOUNTAINS CITY COUNCIL Leura Public Environment Committee/Leura Public Swampcare Group Leura Public Swampcare Restoration and Education Project The project will introduce primary school children to sustainable practices which take into account the biodiversity of an area in planning for any use. The far north coast of NSW is experiencing record growth and demand for development of coastal land. The program engages local retired bird observers and utilises their expertise to develop observational and monitoring skills in the target age group. The eight part program introduces students and teachers to local bird species, bird needs and migration. In 2011 Byron Bird Buddies developed and trialled draft resources and tools for students and teachers which achieved the outcomes of the NSW primary school educational curriculum framework. This project aims to enhance a 20 ha sector of the Blue Mountains Swamp and Endangered Ecological Communities containing the nationally endangered Giant Dragonfly in the headwaters of Wentworth Creek above the Grose River Wilderness. Contractors will assist Leura Public Swampcare's efforts in rehabilitating this swamp by $16,450.00 $18,095.0 0 $12,000.00 $13,200.0 0 building on and maintaining onground works. Project activities also include working to implement school swamp education, an interpretive walk, a sculpture garden, and planting one plant per student. CAG10779501255 Northern Rivers ENVITE INC Envite Inc Coffs Harbour and Clarence Valley Native Seedbank Network CAG10781031270 HunterCentral Rivers MANNING LANDCARE COORDINATORS MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE Manning Landcare Co-Ordinators Management Committee Measuring Soil Biology on Farm, Demonstrating Results to the Broader Community This project will allow a range of local native seed to be collected and distributed amongst community groups, community nurseries, schools and Landcare groups. The native seeds will be collected, processed and distributed by professional seed collectors. A propagation manual will be developed and four workshops in seed collection and propagation will be delivered. Seeds will be catalogued and stored appropriately and dispatched free of charge to the community groups. This project will raise awareness and educate landowners in the role and importance of soil biology in a farming system. The project will set up eight whole farm plans, measure the soil biology, soil nutrients and water holding capacity. Eight trial sites will be set up, monitored, measured and managed over the period of the project. Results from these will be distributed at meetings. The group will organise and collate information to outline the trials with landholders at six meetings. Two workshops/field days will be $19,990.00 $21,989.0 0 $18,180.00 $19,998.0 0 held by presenters with recognised technical expertise in the field to inform the community of biological practices and whole farm planning. Farmers involved in delivering project outcomes will assist other farmers to improve their knowledge. CAG10781971278 Lachlan JERRAWA CREEK LANDCARE GROUP INCORPORATED Jerrawa Creek Landcare Group Incorporated Son of Tussock Tamers: Fewer Weeds/More Biodiversity in the Upper Lachlan CAG10782721283 Central West DUNEDOO AREA COMMUNITY GROUP INCORPATED Dunedoo Area Community Group Incorpated Filling in the gaps, corridors to connect remnant woodland This project will motivate and equip land managers to better control significant local environmental weeds including serrated tussock as well as undertaking wider natural resource management practices. This will be achieved by continuing an education and moral suasion campaign featuring advertising, property and roadside signage, 'local champions', field days and seminars. The project will offer weed/NRM workshops to help people develop weed management plans. It will establishing a weed control demonstration site for use during the project and beyond. Co-operative action between local Landcare, Council, Catchment Management Authority and others will provide the best possible chance of success. This project extends a dead-end corridor to link two remnant patches with a 60m wide corridor. The vegetation is largely grassy box woodland (endangered ecological community) and will allow small animals and birds to move between the two existing stands of vegetation. This project will increase the amount $19,450.00 $21,395.0 0 $11,350.00 $12,485.0 0 CAG10782981287 Southern Rivers FAR SOUTH COAST LANDCARE ASSOCIATION Far South Coast Landcare Association Building on the great work ensuring the future effectiveness of Landcare works CAG10783301290 Southern Rivers EUROBODALLA SHIRE COUNCIL Lilli Pilli / Malua Bay Landcare Rehabilitation of Central Eurobodalla Coastal sites of grassy box woodland and also act as a wind break for the animals and birds. The landholders/Landcare members will be engaged to assist with planting of the trees and a public field day will promote the project to the public. This project will evaluate and document eight years of best practice NRM techniques in the Far South Coast. Over the last eight years the volunteer-based Far South Coast Landcare Association (FSCLA) has delivered over 100 individual farm projects. In order to determine the effectiveness of past action and to ensure future works are well targeted, priority projects need to be documented and a strategic NRM plan developed for the Far South Coast. An evaluation methodology has already been developed and trailed by the FSCLA, which will be rolled out, coupled with training for landholders so that they can continue to monitor projects. Any gaps in projects will be identified and support provided to fill those gaps. The biodiversity of remnant vegetation on central Eurobodalla coastal sites between Malua Bay and Lilli Pilli is being threatened by weed invasion. Weed control works will be undertaken at Malua Bay, Lilli Pilli, Surf Beach, and Denhams Beach. The project will also provide Bushcare training concurrent to the weed control activities and community support will be gained for $19,900.00 $21,890.0 0 $19,890.00 $21,879.0 0 removal of Weeds of National Significance, garden escapes and other environmental weeds. CAG10785121304 Northern Rivers SOILCARE INCORPORATED Soilcare Incorporated Advancing biological farming; creating sustainable, productive, resilient farms CAG10785341307 Southern Rivers BINGIE RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED Bingie Residents Association Incorporated Bingie Dreaming Track Stage 3 Interpretation Signs Education and increasing awareness of sustainable farming practices through delivery of a course in holistic management and biological farming workshops will improve all aspects of ecosystem health and expose participants to a whole farm approach to land planning. Through this project a course will be provided to farmers which identifies a framework of setting management goals based on sustainable economic, environmental and social benefits. Farmers will learn how to assess ecosystem health and develop strategies to manage landscapes consistent with a holistic goal which considers the biological, physical, financial and social context in which they are required to manage land. This project will improve local and tourist knowledge of Kellys Lake, a sensitive intermittently open and closed lake, and traditional plant species located behind the dunes and along the coastal lake at Bingie through creation of interpretive signage. The project involves a third stage of the Bingi Dreaming Track which has marked coastal walking trails over 13 km between Tuross Head and Congo under two prior $19,900.00 $21,890.0 0 $16,910.00 $18,601.0 0 CAG10786331316 Central West CENTRAL WEST LIVESTOCK HEALTH AND PEST AUTHORITY Goonoo Fox Control Program Goonoo Fox Control Program, a fox control project to protect Malleefowls CAG10787201324 Hawkesbur y-Nepean NORTH SYDNEY DEMONSTRATIO N SCHOOL P&C ASSOCIATION North Sydney Demonstration School P&C Association Berrys Bay Blue Clean Water for our Harbour Envirofund projects. The project will install interpretive signage along the track, including a map to improve tourist visitor exposure to the Dreaming Track options, and interpretation of traditional plant species along a 600 metre length of easily accessible track from the point to Kellys Lake. The walk is centred at Bingie Point car park, where interpretive signs will also be placed. This project will minimise fox predation on Malleefowl to maintain its presence in the area centering on the Goonoo Conservation area and surrounding private land north east of Dubbo NSW. The program has been run for the last 20 years, and involves up to 200 local farmers and three NSW government agencies coordinating fox control activities across 200,000 ha to protect Malleefowl from fox predation. Monitoring has shown that the program has been successful in keeping the fox population continuously around 80-85% lower than non baiting areas. This project will provide fox baits to private landholders. This project will manage storm water running through the school grounds. A series of community workshops will design, build and assess a rain garden (biofiltration system), which will improve infiltration and remove pollutants from the storm water before it leaves the school and enters the harbour at Berrys Bay. $10,000.00 $11,000.0 0 $19,990.00 $21,989.0 0 CAG10787511330 HunterCentral Rivers THE ENTRANCE NORTH PROGRESS ASSOCIATION The Entrance North Progress Association Managing The Entrance North Coastal Strip CAG10788071332 Hawkesbur y-Nepean COOMADITCHIE UNITED ABORIGINAL CORPORATION Coomaditchie United Aboriginal Corporation Coomaditchie Bush Track Re vegetation and Restoration Project Working collaboratively with Council, three workshops will engage both the school and local community. A professional artist will work with students to design a mural depicting the movement of storm water through the school grounds, water treatment through the rain garden and down to the harbour. The rain garden will help to address severe erosion and localised flooding issues, reduce pollution entering the harbour and provide new habitat. The mural will educate students about the storm water management. This project will conduct a series of forums and field trips providing the opportunity for those involved in natural resource management (NRM) on the Central Coast to consider future Coastal NRM issues. The forums will include workshops to improve knowledge and field trips to sites within the Central Coast that illustrate work being undertaking, which meets the Caring for our Country outcomes of Biodiversity and Coastal Environments. The forums will also provide information in relation to the Wyong Shire Coastal Zone Management Plan. Coomaditchie lagoon and its adjacent sand dunes are valuable natural and cultural features of the Wollongong area and are under considerable pressure from recreational use, weed invasion and fires. The area is home to the endangered green and gold bell frog $19,500.00 $19,500.0 0 $17,600.00 $19,360.0 0 CAG10789531341 HunterCentral Rivers WYCARE INCORPORATED Friends Of Pioneer Dairy Wetlands Lower Tuggerah Creek Weed Control CAG10790121343 Northern Rivers LENNOX HEAD LANDCARE Lennox Head Landcare Lennox Point Vegetation Restoration and the eastern long neck turtles. Indigenous Job Connections has recently acquired Bilwon Farm as a training facility for Community Development Employment Project (CDEP) participants. The farm adjoins the Barron River, and the riparian zone is weed infested and degraded. The project will restore the Coomaditchie bush track through activities including weed removal and revegetation. This project will assist volunteers in the regeneration of Pioneer Dairy Wetlands including a ha of native vegetation and treatment of Weeds of National Significance including blackberry, lantana and bitou bush along the lower Tuggerah Creek corridor. The project will involve seven community groups. Future maintenance will be carried out by the Friends of Pioneer Dairy Wetlands. This project will engage members of Lennox Head Landcare (LHL) to remove weeds and revegetate with littoral rainforest species similar to those found in an adjacent State Environmental Planning Policy no. 26 site. The project will be promoted by involving the local community in partnership with LHL in planting and educational days. LHL and National Surfing Reserve committee members will provide ongoing maintenance. $19,700.00 $21,670.0 0 $9,010.00 $9,010.00 CAG10790691346 Murrumbid gee BUSH HERITAGE AUSTRALIA Bush Heritage Australia Weed control, supported by volunteer engagement, at Scottsdale Reserve, NSW CAG10792871358 Northern Rivers RICHMOND LANDCARE INCORPORATED Richmond Landcare Incorporated Conservation, biodiversity and community awareness using native social bees. This project will conduct weed control which is an essential part of the protection of both grassy box woodlands and natural temperate grasslands, two nationally threatened ecological communities that occur on Scottsdale Reserve. Target weeds include Serrated Tussock, St John's wort, Sweet Briar and African Love Grass. Community volunteers will contribute by weed spraying, grassland forb seed production, trees, shrub and forb propagation and planting as well as monitoring. Due to the significant size of this task, funds from this grant will also support the engagement of a local contractor to assist in tussock control and the purchase of herbicides as part of the overall effort to protect and restore Scottsdale's ecosystems. This project will raise awareness of native bees through education via a pilot project on the North Coast of NSW. Greater awareness of native bees will help conservation efforts and promote the sustainable use of bees in agriculture and biodiversity. Eleven pilot schools will be involved in the project; experts will deliver technical advice through workshops to the groups and field days will be held to up skill teachers on the care of native bee hives at their schools. Teachers will incorporate their learning into classrooms and practical teaching for a set period of time. $19,990.00 $21,989.0 0 $16,650.00 $18,315.0 0 CAG10792881359 Southern Rivers UPPER SNOWY LANDCARE COMMITTEE INC Jindabyne East Residents Committee Remaking Rushes Creek CAG10794081371 Northern Rivers SUB-TROPICAL DAIRY PROGRAMME LIMITED Subtropical Dairy Far North Coast NSW Regional Group Sustainability benchmarking and analysis for the northern NSW dairy industry CAG10794811378 Southern Rivers TOWAMBA VALLEY LANDCARE GROUP INC Towamba Valley Landcare Group Inc Weed hotspots need management plans to augment ourTtowamba Landcare plan . The remnant vegetation of Rushes Creek, which includes Black Sally, Snow Gum and Leptospermum species, have been significantly affected by clearing, grazing impacts and, more recently, the invasion of willow species and minor incursions of blackberries. The residents group is committed to the control of Weeds of National Significance along the creek line and will prepare the site to facilitate revegetation works. The creek line is visually prominent to tourist routes to the ski fields and this project will be an opportunity for visitors to the area to participate in revegetation activities. This project will select 12 leading farms to take part in a sustainability benchmarking group for 12 months, meeting eight times to discuss selected sustainability topics . This project will identify the best management practices in given areas and then share ideas and experiences with a wider group. Results will be presented at an industry dinner in February 2013. This project will conduct working bees to manage weed hotspots and develop a three year weed management plan within the Towamba Valley. Through the project, the Towamba Valley Landcare Group will provide working bees to assist landholders manage weed hotspots in the Bega Shire region. $12,830.00 $14,113.0 0 $19,050.00 $20,955.0 0 $18,000.00 $18,000.0 0 CAG10795081382 HunterCentral Rivers GREAT LAKES COUNCIL Seal Rocks Protection Society Reducing the threat of WoNS and Asparagus weeds in the Seal Rocks area, NSW. CAG10795751393 Western WESTERN CATCHMENT MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY Western Catchment Aboriginal Reference Advisory Group Through our Eyes Volume 2 Baarkindji Belonging (4 films) CAG10796091397 Border RiversGwydir GLENRAC INCORPORATED Glenrac Incorporated Mapping revegetation plantings in the Glen Innes district Seal Rocks is a small coastal village surrounded by the Ramsar listed Myall Lakes National Park. This project will protect the Ramsar site by reducing the density of weeds on Boat Beach. The project will improve biodiversity values and address erosion at the site; increase the skill level, capacity and membership of the community group; and engage local residents in environmental learning and sustainable gardening practices. This project will highlight Aboriginal sustainable land management practices and cultural values in the Western Catchment of NSW through the production of short documentaries which raise awareness and provide information about Aboriginal perspectives on NRM. The films will feature Aboriginal Elders or knowledgeholders describing the land management practices and social, spiritual and cultural knowledge that have enabled their people to care for the country for tens of thousands of years. GLENRAC will create new maps of revegetation plantings conducted on private and public lands over the past twenty years of Landcare activities. Landholders will be trained to use GPS equipment to map their own planting areas as well as stands of remanent vegetation they would like to create linkages to in the future. Data will be compiled by $18,000.00 $19,800.0 0 $19,990.00 $21,989.0 0 $19,500.00 $21,450.0 0 GLENRAC staff and will be used for prioritizing future revegetation projects to ensure maximum biodiversity benefits are achieved. CAG10796401401 Northern Rivers NORTH COAST REGIONAL LANDCARE NETWORK INCORPORATED North Coast Regional Landcare Network Incorporated What Sustainable Agriculture Means to Me This project will develop five case studies of role model sustainable agriculture practitioners from the northern rivers region to present to the farming community through a Sustainable Agricultural road show. The role models and a high profile expert will be guest speakers at the event. The project will promote opportunities for farmers to gain knowledge and develop peersupport groups at the events. Targeted issues for the road show will include: land under cropping, horticulture and grazing; soil and land management practices to reduce soil loss, manage soil pH, and increase soil organic matter; pest plant and animal management; animal husbandry ; farm adaptability and climate change ; knowledge and skills of farmers in natural resource management ; and carbon in the farming landscape. $18,150.00 $19,965.0 0 CAG10797011407 Southern Rivers YOWRIE VALLEY LANDCARE INC. Yowrie Valley Landcare Inc. Educating more farmers through on-ground demonstrations in sustainable farming CAG10797331412 Central West ORANGE BATHURST DISTRICT LANDCARE MNGMNT COMMITTEE INC Orange Bathurst District Landcare Mngmnt Committee Inc Seed production areas for targeted Box Gum Woodland understorey plants This project will continue and extend previous on-ground works by the growing Yowrie Valley Landcare Group, and promote such activities in the wider community through education. The project will improve the overall health of the catchment area through: 1. increasing biodiversity - revegetation, fencing off remnant native vegetation areas; 2. fencing off sensitive water courses and gullies to reduce erosion and siltation, to improve water quality; 3. putting in place sustainable farm and land management practices improve grazing strategies to reduce soil erosion, promote soil carbon and water retention, and soil biodiversity; and 4. providing training aimed at increasing the uptake of sustainable farm practices in the community. This project will kick-start the Central Tablelands Box Gum Community Seedbank .The Central Tablelands Landcare Management Committee will choose seven species to establish in a seed production area with the intention of growing plants to maturity to harvest good quality seed from. This will improve the availability of local seed for these key box gum woodland understory species for use in future projects within our Landcare district. $19,990.00 $21,989.0 0 $19,500.00 $21,450.0 0 CAG10798081422 Lachlan CENTRAL WEST FARMING SYSTEMS INC. Central West Farming Systems Inc. Rural Women & Youth: empowerment for the future of Sustainable Agriculture CAG10798421426 Lachlan CENTRAL WEST LACHLAN LANDCARE INCORPORATED Central West Lachlan Landcare Incorporated Central West Lachlan Landcare Community Awareness Raising Project This project will up skill and raise the profile of women in sustainable agriculture. A one day seminar will be held in Condobolin aimed at highlighting the social dimension of sustainability and the key linkage of women in the social-environment area. Specific topics will cover: development of whole farm plan including livestock management; soil conservation; carbon; environmentally sustainable farming systems; Indigenous engagement within agriculture; water use efficiency; inspiring kids through Kids Teaching Kids River model (an NRM initiative); RIRDC Women of the Year program; and Rural Women's Network awareness and support. This project continues Central West Farming System's successful three year Mentoring Women in Agriculture extension activities. This project will provide core displays and engagement material to utilise during community awareness raising activities. The project will purchase two model environmental landscapes, namely a catchment model and a wetland model which are critical in developing school education awareness raising activities and a fundamental part of general awareness raising to the broader community. Equipment including a display kit comprising of marquee, banners, promotional bags and flags will be purchased to help the group to deliver professional $19,800.00 $21,780.0 0 $10,490.00 $11,539.0 0 training to members and the broader community. CAG10798661430 Border RiversGwydir GLENRAC INCORPORATED Glen East Landcare Pasture to Pocket training for young farmers around Glen Innes, Nth NSW CAG10798771434 HunterCentral Rivers CENTRAL COAST MARINE DISCOVERY CENTRE INC. Central Coast Marine Discovery Centre Inc. REDMAP Pilot with Marine Discovery Divers This project will enable 20 young farmers to attend the Resource Consulting Services, Pasture to Pocket course. This course runs over 2.5 days and will be run locally in Glen Innes to make it accessible and relevant for local farmers. The training course focuses on the interconnectedness between soil, plants and animals and the surrounding practises which generate positive environmental outcomes for landholders and the catchment as a whole. This project will target young landholders, under 45 years, and seeks to engage young farmers to increase skills and knowledge, create new networks between farmers and to increase participation of young people in Landcare activities in the Glen Innes district. This project will engage the community about climate change in the marine environment through the Range Extension Database and Mapping Project (REDMAP) which has been successful in Tasmania and is to be launched in NSW in 2012. REDMAP invites community members to spot, log and map $16,300.00 $17,930.0 0 $17,200.00 $18,920.0 0 CAG10799261442 Southern Rivers EUROBODALLA SHIRE COUNCIL Eurobodalla Landcare Management Committee What does your garden grow increasing wildlife habitat by community engagement CAG10800241454 Lachlan LACHLAN CATCHMENT MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY Western Plains Regional Development Incorporated Reveg the Sedge marine species rarely seen in their local area. REDMAP data provides real-time tracking of changes to species distributions, providing valuable information about important species and will aid in managing a future marine environment sustainably. This pilot project will promote the program to local dive networks, recruit and train divers to participate in REDMAP, particularly in species identification and photography of marine species which allows expert scientists to confirm sightings. The project will actively engage people in the suburban community to participate in garden appraisals to show how changes to their backyards can be more wildlife friendly. Each resident will be informed about which garden plants are environmental weeds, how to remove them and what actions can be taken to provide wildlife with more feeding and nesting opportunities. Each participant will be given a 'wildlife friendly' information pack which includes five free native plants for their garden. This project addresses replanting of indigenous riparian vegetation along the southern banks of the Lachlan River and actively encourages participation of Indigenous community in seed collection, plant propagation and ongoing site maintenance. Revegetation of sedge grass will provide a local supply of $19,700.00 $21,670.0 0 $12,750.00 $14,025.0 0 materials for use in an established traditional Indigenous basket weaving program. CAG10800271455 Northern Rivers CLARENCE LANDCARE INC Clarence Landcare Inc Sustainable Land Management for Horse Properties in Northern NSW CAG10800521459 Lachlan WEDDIN LANDCARE STEERING COMMITTEE INCORPORATED Weddin Landcare Steering Committee Incorporated Corridors for Multiple Natural Resource Management Solutions at "Aberdeen" This project will run four, one day "Sustainable Horse Property Management" seminars in the NSW North coast area and will focus on: pasture and grazing management, avoiding land degradation, keeping waterways clean, and the benefits of native vegetation on the property. Horse properties are often overgrazed with soil carbon, nutrients and biological activity depleted. Horse property owners are rarely targeted for NRM education and training even though in the North Coast Livestock Health and Pest Authority area there is an estimated 9,500 horses (excluding properties under 10 ha). Landholders engaged in this training will receive ongoing access to NRM information and support from the Landcare networks. This project will establish wildlife corridors in an area that has been completely deforested, leading to extensive wind and water erosion. Tree plantings (2.5 km) will be established - some 900 trees, linking to areas of remnant vegetation adjoining the property. Local landholders and schoolchildren will be involved in the monitoring of the success of the project. The project $19,980.00 $21,978.0 0 $19,310.00 $21,241.0 0 will also produce a case study to be used by the local Landcare network to educate landholders in the area as to the value of trees and corridors. CAG10800541461 Northern Rivers SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND LANDCARE COORDINATING COMMITTEE INC University Of New England Landcare (UNEL) Campus Creek Clean Out: Stage Two (CCCO2) CAG10800681465 Western BARRIER AREA RANGE CARE GROUP Barrier Area Range Care Group Taking the prickle out of the bush in the Barrier Area Rangelands. This project will restore biodiversity in Dumaresq Creek on the University of New England campus by removing exotic weeds and revegetating the riparian zone. Dumaresq Creek is suffering from poor management which has led to declining biodiversity, loss of riparian vegetation, weed invasion, and fragmentation of native vegetation. This project will engage Landcare volunteer services to manage, restore and enhance biodiversity in the riparian zone. The project will reduce weed invasion, re-establish and protect existing native vegetation to increase habitat areas and increase connectivity and water quality in a series of on-ground works involving community working bees. Members of the Barrier Area Rangecare Group will work together to contain mesquite, a Weed of National Significance, on five properties in the Barrier area of western NSW. The project will reduce the impact on biodiversity within a relatively healthy native scrubland grazing system which will further reduce the 80,000 ha infestation areas to identified core $18,750.00 $20,625.0 0 $18,180.00 $19,998.0 0 containment zones. CAG10800821468 Central West WATERSHED LANDCARE GROUP INCORPORATED Watershed Landcare Group Incorporated Sustainable Agriculture: farmer training and community education CAG10801061475 HunterCentral Rivers WETLANDCARE AUSTRALIA PTY LTD Wetlandcare Australia Pty Ltd Pambalong Nature Reserve Water Hyacinth Source Control This project will provide farmer training in the latest practices for sustainable agriculture and farmer/community education in sustainable agricultural techniques. The importance of biodiversity and vegetation/ground cover management in sustainable farming will be the key issue addressed; focussing on topics such as grazing management, land use capability, landscape water-use efficiency, plant ID, and the importance of soil carbon and health. Farmers and the community will be engaged through a range of proven methods. This project will eliminate a Water Hyacinth seed source from a small but strategically critical creek dam 500 m upstream from the 34 ha Pambalong Nature Reserve. Water Hyacinth is degrading biodiversity values in Pambalong and Hexham swamps. Pambalong Nature Reserve is home to 22 significant bird species, 10 species of migratory shorebirds protected by international treaties, 5 threatened species and 3 State listed Endangered Ecological Communities. The catchment includes Hexham Swamp and Ramsar-listed Shortland Wetlands. Control efforts by National Parks and $18,300.00 $20,130.0 0 $19,720.00 $21,692.0 0 Wildlife Service are being compromised by continued reinfestation from the project site. Wetland Care Australia, National Parks and Wildlife Service and the landholder will undertake weed control in the dam and downstream at Pambalong Nature Reserve. CAG10801661480 HunterCentral Rivers SHORTLAND WETLANDS CENTRE LTD Shortland Wetlands Centre Ltd HWCA Alligator Weed Control and Capacity Building Program CAG10801901486 Southern Rivers SHOALHAVEN CITY COUNCIL Vincentia Bushcare Group Vincentia Urban Corridor Restoration Project CAG10802091488 Northern Rivers NORTHSIDE PROGRESS ASSOCIATION INC Northside Progress Association Inc Hastings River NORTH SHORE community BIODIVERSITY restoration project This project will control, contain and suppress Alligator Weed with a view to eventually eradicate the WoNS from this site. In the process, the project will increase capacity to get results through supervision, training and resource allocation critical to achieving success. This project will restore important remnant vegetation and native animal habitat throughout the Violet Clarke Reserve. This project will: remove exotic weeds; restore local native plant species; ensure habitat suitability for endangered and threatened species; build capacity; and raise community awareness. This project will restore the coastal/estuary corridor adjoining the village of North Shore. This landscape has significant biodiversity including Commonwealth listed Endangered Ecological Communities such as Littoral Rainforest, estuarine riparian zone and Coastal scrubland. The community has now identified the need for renewed training and mentoring of volunteers, so that they can complement the council's Bush Regeneration Team. Weeds of $12,950.00 $14,245.0 0 $15,050.00 $16,555.0 0 $5,000.00 $5,000.00 National Significance such as bitou bush, lantana and asparagus will be targeted through workshops and working bees. Newsletter and press releases will promote the project and the biodiversity and ecological significance of the area. CAG10802181490 Northern Rivers MULLUMBIMBY COMMUNITY GARDEN INCORPORATED Mullumbimby Community Garden Incorporated Healthy Soil - the Key to Healthy Life CAG10802561495 HunterCentral Rivers COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENT NETWORK INC Community Environment Network Inc Kincumber Creek Catchment Audit and community engagement This project will host a field day and five bi-monthly workshops focusing on organic soil fertility enhancement and management in collaboration with Biological Farmers of Australia and Mullumbimby Community Garden Incorporated. The project will incorporate local experts in the Northern Rivers to share their knowledge and skills with forums, interactive demonstrations and practical hands-on workshops at Mullumbimby Community Garden with local farmers, producers, landholders, householders, agriculture students and the general public. The project will create eight zones with interpretive signs for ongoing educational outcomes in sustainable practices and soil health management. This project will address ongoing poor water quality issues in Kincumber Creek by undertaking a catchment audit and identifying reaches within the catchment that should be targeted for improvement. Engaging the local community and schools in water quality monitoring using a waterwatch kit, the project will hold a 'catchment crawl' involving $16,990.00 $18,689.0 0 $19,920.00 $21,912.0 0 CAG10802881502 Northern Rivers HASTINGS LANDCARE INCORPORATED National Parks Association - Mid North Coast Branch (Npa-Mnc) Watson Taylor / Dunbogan HABITAT CORRIDOR RESTORATION follow-up and extension CAG10803771519 Northern Rivers BALLINA COASTCARE INCORPORATED Ballina Coastcare Incorporated Lantana and other WoNS control in Littoral Rainforest, Angels Beach East Ballina tree planting activities at targeted sites. A landholder survey will also be conducted to ascertain understanding and perceptions of creek health. The data will be used to produce a report card on the health of the creek using the expertise of the University of Newcastle. This project is a continuation of ongoing restoration works for the Watson Taylor/Dunbogan habitat corridor zone and follows-up on the lake edge works into Dirty Corner (Cathy's Knob) and the hind-dune zone of Dunbogan Beach to build habitat resilience. Community volunteers and professional bush regenerators will undertake restoration activities over 15 km of hind dune and 12 km (143 ha) of lake shore habitat. This project will remove Lantana camera and other Weeds of National Significance from critically endangered High Conservation Value Ecological Community (Littoral Rainforest) containing threatened locally rare vegetation, and habitat of endangered Grey Headed Flying Fox and other species. Approximately 10 ha will be treated, with an estimated 500 trees planted to restore habitat and corridor integrity. Community volunteers will work in tandem with contractors and be responsible for ongoing management, plus the development of the Coastcare Website for community engagement. $19,990.00 $21,989.0 0 $12,500.00 $13,750.0 0 CAG10803981523 Murrumbid gee PALERANG COUNCIL Palerang Local Action Network For Sustainability Inc. (PLANS) Improving the extent and quality of wildlife corridors: The Greenways Network. CAG10804051525 HunterCentral Rivers PORT STEPHENS COUNCIL Lemon Tree Passage Parks And Reserves 355(C) Committee The Bush Regeneration of the Nyrang Reserve Foreshore Wildlife Corridor This project will improve the biodiversity value of the Greenways Network in the Wamboin-Bywong area. The Greenways consist of a network of corridors and reserves maintained primarily for recreational use by the local community. The Greenways also conserve significant tracts of remnant vegetation. The biodiversity value is of particular significance in cleared agricultural areas where Greenways represent the only remaining native vegetation. This project will use on-ground work including vegetation planting, weeding and education to directly improve the habitat and biodiversity value of the Greenways and neighbouring properties. Through these activities, the local community will be engaged in managing and expanding the network. The foreshore corridor has been degraded by weeds such as lantana, bitou bush, blackberry, camphor laurel and asparagus fern. This project will engage professional bush regenerators to assist volunteers in weed removal, to ensure skill sharing and education in removal techniques and plant identification occurs. Work days will be scheduled with advice from local wildlife groups to ensure the impact on habitat is minimised. Native plantings of endemic species including Koala feed will be undertaken, to enhance the understorey and increase the number of plant species, $5,720.00 $6,292.00 $14,400.00 $15,840.0 0 strengthening the area's value. CAG10804441534 Hawkesbur y-Nepean GREENING AUSTRALIA (NSW) LTD Hawkesbury Young Landcare Classroom to Corridor- Mobile Nurseries in Western Sydney Schools CAG10804621539 Murrumbid gee FARMLINK RESEARCH LIMITED Farmlink Research Limited Learning from leaders: using technology to increase sustainable farming adoption This project will engage with Hawkesbury Young Landcare and work with young people in urban areas to teach skills in conservation, and raise awareness of the threats to the Cumberland Plain Woodland in an urban context. ‘Classroom to Corridor’ teaches students practical skills that empower them to take action and ownership of their local environments. The ‘Mobile Nursery’ takes a native plant nursery to schools and makes it easy for schools to schedule restoration into classes. Follow up visits to create native gardens in schools with students create pockets of biodiversity and a permanent outdoor classroom resource. This project will enhance the ability of leading farmers to successfully adapt to the conditions through the adoption of more sustainable farming systems, including zero/minimum tillage, stubble retention and controlled traffic farming. This project will promote these farming techniques using information technology to increase adoption of sustainable farming practices amongst FarmLink members and the wider community. $18,000.00 $19,800.0 0 $19,800.00 $21,780.0 0 CAG10804721542 Southern Rivers NATURE COAST MARINE GROUP Nature Coast Marine Group Surveying marine biodiversity in the Batemans bioregion CAG10805101551 Murray HOLBROOK LANDCARE GROUP Holbrook Landcare Group Farm Women Creating a Sustainable Future The project will engage volunteer divers to monitor changes in threatened species and marine biodiversity and to track invasive species and marine debris. Information will be gathered on two iconic and threatened species, the Grey Nurse Shark and the Black Cod. The project will gather reliable data in accordance with replicable methodologies and the information will be made available to the Batemans Marine Park and the Reef Life Survey database for marine conservation initiatives. The activity will be accompanied by media and awareness raising activities. This project will engage female farmers in effective sustainable agriculture and NRM decision making. Female farmers will participate in field work, training, workshops, discussion groups, ecommunication and media. The project will utilise the latent potential of female land managers to improve sustainable agriculture and NRM land and farm business management decision making. This will be achieved by up skilling and empowering female farmers to participate in mainstream sustainable agriculture. $14,640.00 $14,640.0 0 $19,990.00 $21,989.0 0 CAG10805501567 Southern Rivers SHOALHAVEN CITY COUNCIL Callala Bushcare Group Callala Wetland/Salt Marsh Restoration (Boardwalk Construction) CAG10805581570 Northern Rivers TWEED LANDCARE INC Tweed Landcare Inc Natural resource management planning for Tweed Coast care groups Callala Creek Bushland Reserve (160 ha) is located between the villages of Callala Bay and Callala Beach. The reserve contains two flora species that are listed as vulnerable and five vegetation types listed as Endangered Ecological Communities under NSW legislation. Major threats are invasion by exotic weeds and damage to the saltmarsh by trail bikes. The project will construct a low key raised boardwalk/duck boarding across the wettest parts of the access track to improve volunteer access for restoration work and conduct environmental education programs, particularly with local school students. The project will develop NRM plans for six Tweed Coast care groups. These care groups work in high conservation coastal habitats along 37km of the Tweed Coast on land managed by Tweed Shire Council. The project will address issues including: identifying and managing threats to coastal biodiversity such as invasive plants and animals; high levels of coastal development and visitation; illegal activities; and lack of community knowledge and skills. The plans will ensure a consistent management approach in care group work areas and provide best practice bush regeneration methods to guide groups. The Tweed Shire Council will provide a significant in-kind contribution to the project. $9,680.00 $10,648.0 0 $15,750.00 $17,325.0 0 CAG10805991587 Hawkesbur y-Nepean MURU MITTIGAR LIMITED Muru Mittigar Limited Darug Land and River Country Plan CAG10806071589 Sydney Metro RYDE HUNTERS HILL FLORA AND FAUNA PRESERVATION SOCIETY INCORPORATED Ryde Hunters Hill Flora And Fauna Preservation Society Incorporated Restoration and Protection of Threatened Species Habitat along Lane Cove River. CAG10807041621 Lachlan BOOROWA COMMUNITY LANDCARE GROUP INC Boorowa Community Landcare Group Inc Boorowa Rural Landholder Information Pack This project will enable Muru Mittigar Limited to develop a progression plan for the strategic development of the Darug Aboriginal Ranger Program. The project will allow for further progression of key relationships amongst groups in the Cumberland Plain area and produce a strategy that is able to target resources and strategic issues. This project will address dangers towards threatened species, remnant Ashfield Shale communities, and cultural heritage items contained in bushland bounded by Delhi Road, Riverside Drive, Lane Cove National Park, Plassey Road and Carters Creek riparian area. Urban expansion is impacting on open woodland forest, causing weed issues associated with edge effects and storm water runoff from surrounding urban areas. Weeds will be removed and the bushland restored through biodiverse plantings of mixed species to protect wetlands and associated vegetation buffers along the Lane Cove Tourist Park boundary. This project will develop and promote a publication that will improve knowledge and skills, increase awareness of issues, provide assistance and encourage active engagement in community based solutions such as Landcare. The publication developed through this project will complement the 'Welcome to Boorowa pack' issued $19,000.00 $20,900.0 0 $17,300.00 $19,030.0 0 $18,050.00 $19,855.0 0 to new residents and will assist in the provision of a single point of access to the broad range of information required by landholders in the region. CAG10807101622 Northern Rivers COFFS HARBOUR REGIONAL LANDCARE INCORPORATED Karangi Landcare Inc Karangi Public School Rehabilitation and Revegetation Project 2012 CAG10807151625 Lachlan MID LACHLAN LANDCARE INCORPORATED Mid Lachlan Landcare Incorporated Habitat enhancement and connectivity through individual paddock trees This project will remove all camphor laurel trees adjacent to the Karangi Creek bank at Karangi Public School, to prevent the reinfestation of adjacent areas cleared of camphor laurel and revegetated with native species in previous projects. The reclaimed area from this project will also be revegetated with native species, improving the biodiversity and habitat of the Karangi Creek. Planting, maintenance and enhancement of the revegetated area will be performed by the school children and teachers of Karangi Public School, providing many natural resource education opportunities. This project will build a database that includes habitat enhancement in the Cowra/Canowindra districts through protection and improvement of remnant vegetation, planting of new patches of vegetation to provide connectivity, and strategic placement of isolated paddock trees. The community will be engaged through media releases and Expressions of Interest sent to landholders on the Mid Lachlan Landcare's database to help address these issues. $5,500.00 $6,050.00 $19,800.00 $21,780.0 0 CAG10807561641 Northern Rivers NATURE CONSERVATION TRUST OF NEW SOUTH WALES Nature Conservation Trust Of New South Wales Nature Conservation Trust Caretakers Biodiversity Field Day CAG10808451680 Sydney Metro FAIRFIELD CITY COUNCIL Cabramatta Creek Flying Fox Committee Rail to Reserve Stage 2 The Nature Conservation Trust (NCT) supports a network of protected private reserves which conserve threatened and endangered species and ecological communities across NSW. Within the Northern Rivers region, a hotspot for threatened species, there are 27 NCT Trust Agreements with private landholders (caretakers). The Caretakers Field Day will provide biodiversity education for caretakers and the opportunity for networking that will strengthen supportive relationships between caretakers. This project will maintain and improve the capacity of caretakers to manage their properties for biodiversity conservation. This project will preserve and improve the condition of the Cabramatta Creek Flying Fox colony leading to a sustainable and resilient habitat for the threatened species. The vegetation within the reserve is classed as an Endangered Ecological Community (Cumberland Plain Woodland) and will be conserved by the engagement of qualified bush regenerators. This project will also result in the improvement of the intertidal reaches of Cabramatta Creek, Georges River and Botany Bay. The project will encourage community awareness and participation with bushcare days and community promotional activities. $8,550.00 $9,405.00 $18,000.00 $19,800.0 0 CAG10808701687 Sydney Metro BIDJIGAL (D1010489) RESERVE TRUST Bidjigal (D1010489) Reserve Trust Powerful Owl Habitat Restoration project stage 2 CAG10809441694 Southern Rivers DEPARTMENT OF TRADE & INVESTMENT REGIONAL INFRASTRUCTU RE AND SERVICES Kangaroo Valley Sustainable Land Management Group Cross property planning for Sustainable Land Management in Kangaroo Valley This project will address the issues of invasive plants and their impacts on the habitat of the threatened species Powerful Owl (Ninox strenua), which forages, roosts and occasionally breeds in the Reserve. Vine weeds in the canopy of the shale sandstone transition forests impede foraging and woody weeds in the creek lines, and replace roosting habitat of this and other species. Further recruitment and training of bushcare volunteers from the extensive neighbourhoods surrounding the reserve will contribute to the maintenance of the weed control works. This project will demonstrate the benefits of a cross property planning approach to manage noxious weeds and environmental outcomes. The project team will develop 10 cross property management plans with local dairy and beef farmers to develop a range of improved sustainable, productive and biodiverse land management practices for landholders living in the key water catchment area of Kangaroo Valley. The project will enable landholders to work together to promote greater community involvement. The project team will also deliver 10 landholder workshops, establish two field demonstrations, and organise two sustainable land management information days for the local community in partnership with key $19,850.00 $19,850.0 0 $18,180.00 $19,998.0 0 supporting agencies. CAG10815061700 Murrumbid gee UPPER SHOALHAVEN LANDCARE COUNCIL INCORPORATED Windellama Landcare Group Nadgogomar Serengetty erosion control CAG10869581707 Northern Rivers NGURRALA ABORIGINAL CORPORATION Ngurrala Aboriginal Corporation Aboriginal Action for Coastal habitats on the Nambucca Estuary Islands This project will control an erosion gully forming between a paddock on Serengetty and Nadgogomar creek, reducing the silting of the creek which flows into the Shoalhaven River. This project will also prevent the permanent loss of land which is intended for future grazing. The project will involve members of the Windellama Landcare Group, and the finished work will be available as a demonstration site. This project will protect 12 ha of coastal ecosystems of Banksia forest, Mangrove and also the Endangered Ecological Community consisting of Swamp Oak forest, Salt Marsh, and developing Littoral rain forest thickets. The targeted islands are of great importance to the Nambucca Valley Indigenous residents and are also a visually important landscape feature to the local community and visitors. The island is owned by the NSW Department of Lands and managed by the Nambucca shire who are supportive of the Ngurrala to undertake this habitat restoration project. The project will reduce weed $9,250.00 $10,175.0 0 $17,000.00 $18,700.0 0 CAG10875201712 Lachlan CONDOBOLIN AND DISTRICT LANDCARE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE Condobolin And District Landcare Management Committee Weed and Pest management stage 2 CAG9837221016 Murrumbid gee NARI NARI TRIBAL COUNCIL Nari Nari Tribal Council Toogimbie Firestick Project impacts on the Sandy Islands habitats and inform and involve the community to protect coastal ecosystems. All above ground environmental weeds will be eliminated, the results monitored and the methodology reviewed to inform any subsequent restoration of other islands in estuary. The project will be promoted through an educational pamphlet and a field day explaining on ground outcomes. Local Landcare have identified the African Boxthorn as a major priority in environmental weed and pest control along our sensitive riverine waterways. It is a problem because it severely restricts the growth of native vegetation, effects water quality reduces the resilience of native fauna and provides harbour for the feral fox, cat and wild pig. This project will treat 1200 ha of African Boxthorn as a second stage of a larger project. Coordinating on this issue has led to a cohesive motivated Landcare group benefiting the people farms and native biodiversity. This project will incorporate traditional practises into the ongoing management of a contemporary Aboriginal owned environmental area. The project will trial small areas of mosaic or patch burning, observe and record the response by native flora and fauna and noxious weeds, and record these findings with a view to incorporating the most $19,990.00 $21,989.0 0 $17,300.00 $19,030.0 0 effective methods into ongoing management of the lands. CAG9947841023 Hawkesbur y-Nepean BARTON PARK GIANT TREES ARBORETUM INCORPORATED Barton Park Giant Trees Arboretum Incorporated Rare and Endangered Australian Plants & Wollemi Groves CAG9976231025 Sydney Metro FRIENDS OF LANE COVE NATIONAL PARK Friends Of Lane Cove National Park Restoration and Protection of EECs on Kittys and Buffalo Creek, LCNP. This project will deliver remedial earthworks and revegetation works. This work will include water reticulation contour drainage erosion control, noxious weed eradication, feral animal control, planting and walking path preparation. Trees are individually fenced at the Arboretum as there are many large kangaroos on site as well as rabbits, approximately 700m of fencing is required. The area of the two groves is around 2.6 ha in the overall site of 16.4 ha. Members and the public will do all the planting and fencing. Support students at Katoomba HS have already begun planting the seed and will continue planting along with Cooerwull Primary School and other schools. Students will conduct weed identification and monitoring for 18 months. Depleted and unused farmland will be rejuvenated to create two new major collections. This project will focus on increasing the resilience of wetlands and their associated buffer zones along Buffalo and Kitty's Creek, and revegetation and salt marsh reclamation in areas filled during prior dredging operations at Sugarlo. The community will be involved through volunteer work days and $16,580.00 $16,580.0 0 $18,150.00 $19,965.0 0 education with the aim of establishing a long term volunteer group. Total for NSW projects $1,776,120 .00 $1,930,75 0.00 Approved budget GST exclusive $14,200.00 Approved budget GST Inclusive $15,620.0 0 Australian Capital Territory Project Id Region Funding Recipient Community Group Project Title Project Description CAG10779731257 ACT GINNINDERRA CATCHMENT GROUP Ginninderra Catchment Group Biodiversity Awareness Brochures for the ACT and Region This project will raise environmental awareness within the community through the production of two different biodiversity brochures. Through raising awareness of the natural environment, people are encouraged to be involved in its protection and management. In addition to the Biodiversity Awareness Brochures project being supported by the community, the project is supported by relevant stakeholders including Friends of Grasslands and the ACT Herptological Association. This project will enable member groups to better educate visitors on what exists in their surrounding environment. CAG10823381703 ACT CANBERRA INDIAN MYNA ACTION GROUP INC. Canberra Indian Myna Action Group Inc. Indian Myna Control Protecting Native Biodiversity Project This project will be delivered by two streams of activities: 1. publishing, promoting and distributing quality educational materials to a wide range of community organisations, schools, businesses, and local and territory government shopfronts; and 2. through a humane backyard trapping program. The project will enable the Canberra Indian Myna Action Group to expand the existing public awareness and trapping program, where there is significant unmet demand for traps (the group has over 180 requests for traps on its books). The group provides traps and education materials to community groups and councils across NSW, ViC and Qld. Total for ACT projects $17,250.00 $17,250.0 0 $31,450.00 $32,870.0 0 Approved budget GST exclusive $18,000.00 Approved budget GST Inclusive $19,800.0 0 Northern Territory Project Id Region Funding Recipient Community Group Project Title Project Description CAG10685321119 Northern Territory VICTORIA RIVER DISTRICT CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION INC Victoria River District Conservation Association Inc Prickly acacia (WONS) eradication Camfield catchment of Victoria river This project will prevent loss of pastoral productivity in the upper Victoria River Catchment by mitigating the formation of prickly acacia monocultures. The project will undertake a comprehensive survey of Camfield Station in order to effectively manage prickly acacia infestations and raise community awareness of environmental impacts. CAG10719731168 Northern Territory DARWIN REGIONAL INDIGENOUS ADVANCEMENT & CDEP INC Darwin Regional Indigenous Advancement & Cdep Inc Developing Sustainable Practices for the Farming of Native Plants (Outer Darwin) CAG10786731319 Northern Territory THE ENVIRONMENT CENTRE NT INC The Environment Centre Nt Inc Publish a field guide & app: 'Wildlife & Protected Areas of Australia's Top End' This project will develop sustainable practices for the farming of native plants by Indigenous peoples. The project will work with a number of community groups from the Darwin region, to support the sustainable cultivation of native plant species for food, bush medicines, revegetation and other community uses. This will involve engaging Indigenous groups in workshops, field days, training, and establishing demonstration trials of a range of native plant species to assess optimal growing conditions. This project will produce a comprehensive field guide and online application of wildlife and protected areas in Australia’s Top End. Threats from invasive species and mitigation measures will be described for each taxa group, for example mammals. Threats to selected wildlife will be briefly described, such as small mammal decline linked to cat predation. Relevant federal programs/listings will be included such as Weeds of National Significance, threatened species, migratory species, Threatened Ecological Communities (e.g. Arnhem Plateau heath) and threat abatement plans (e.g., cane toads). The extensive network of naturalists, ecologists and $18,000.00 $19,800.0 0 $18,100.00 $19,910.0 0 taxonomists will provide further detail through facilitated workshops. CAG10794141373 Northern Territory MILINGIMBI & OUTSTATIONS PROGRESS RESOURCE ASSN INC Crocodile Islands Rangers Murrungga Island - working towards a weed-free refuge in the Crocodile Islands This project will be the first stage of achieving weed control on Murrunga Island. Murrungga Island has enormous potential for biodiversity conservation due to its offshore location and currently recorded absence of vertebrate pests. A weed survey on Murrungga in March 2012 highlighted the possibility of eradicating all weeds declared under the NT Weeds Management Act 2001, which could potentially be achieved over 3-5 years. The Crocodile Islands Rangers will engage and coordinate the community, including the Junior Rangers, to remove weeds and prevent future weed introductions. Treated sites will also be monitored using I-Tracker data. Community involvement will maximise the success of both this project and the long-term weed management of this island. $19,850.00 $21,835.0 0 CAG10798671431 Northern Territory JAWOYN ASSOCIATION ABORIGINAL CORPORATION Jawoyn Association Aboriginal Corporation Recording Jawoyn Dreaming Sites - weed mapping & control CAG10805161553 Northern Territory WARDDEKEN LAND MANAGEMENT LIMITED Warddeken Land Management Limited Demonstrating impacts of buffalo on wetlands of the Arnhem Plateau This project will reduce the impact of weed infestation in the Northern Territory. The project will visit six remote and significant Jawoyn sites, including Dreaming locations and rock art sites, in conjunction with traditional owners and elders with cultural and Traditional Ecological Knowledge. This knowledge will be recorded to inform future management practices and maintain cultural knowledge. The native habitat and vegetation at these sites will be managed to reduce the impact of weeds. Three of these sites have known Hyptis infestations and the other three sites will be surveyed for Hyptis and other weed species. At the sites where Hyptis is found, the infestations will be treated by the Jawoyn rangers using existing equipment. This project will demonstrate the severe impact buffalo have on springs, wetland grasslands and streams. By creating several small buffalo exclusion areas in heavily grazed and degraded sites the project will clearly and visually demonstrate buffalo impacts and the vegetation regeneration possible if buffalo are removed. In the Warddeken Indigenous Protected Area feral water buffalo are the single biggest threat to the ecological and cultural integrity of the Headwater wetlands of the Arnhem plateau. These wetlands are the headwaters to several major regional $19,440.00 $21,384.0 0 $19,200.00 $21,120.0 0 rivers including the world heritage and Ramsar listed wetlands of Kakadu National park. CAG9898241019 Northern Territory DHIMURRU ABORIGINAL CORPORATION Dhimurru Aboriginal Corporation Continued eradication of Woody Weeds on Dhambaliya Bremer Island This project will stop the spread of the invasive woody weed coffee bush (Leucaena leucocephala) on Bremer Island. There are five known sites that are impacting on the cultural and biodiversity values of the island. These dense thickets of Leucaena are smothering native vegetation and choking drainage systems. The coffee bush is impacting on the cultural integrity of this significant Yolngu site. The project will engage and involve Indigenous rangers, the cultural and environmental caretakers of Dhambaliya, to identify and control coffee bush as well improving knowledge and skills in the management of weeds. Total for NT projects $14,100.00 $15,510.0 0 $126,690.0 0 $139,359. 00 Project Description Approved budget GST exclusive Queensland Project Id Region Funding Recipient Community Group Project Title Approved budget GST Inclusive CAG10305891037 Northern Gulf NORTHERN GULF RESOURCE MANAGEMENT GROUP LTD Northern Gulf Indigenous Savannah Group Ecological knowledge of Traditional Land,Connection to Land,Knowledge with Land. CAG10442531064 Wet Tropics YUNGABURRA LANDCARE GROUP INC Yungaburra Landcare Group Inc Stage 1, Peterson Creek Tree Kangaroo Habitat Link to Yungaburra State Forest This project will digitally record the Traditional Ecological Knowledge of the seasonal changes of bush tucker and the biodiversity of a bush tucker food cycle before this information is lost for future generations. Elders on country will mentor and share ecological traditional knowledge with cultural recording officers (CRO) and landholders. The recorded knowledge will be stored on databases managed by the CROs. Bush tucker story cycle maps will be produced for educational purposes in mentoring youth of the Northern Gulf. This project will eliminate weeds and pasture grasses prior to 1330 rainforest trees being planted. For the past 14 years, Yungaburra Landcare Group, with the cooperation of local landowners and shire councils, has rehabilitated a three km section of Peterson Creek which has become a habitat for Lumholtz’s tree kangaroos. Stage one of the project will revegetate 2500 square meters of an unused road easement, to link this habitat with the Yungaburra State Forest via an existing under-pass on the Gillies Highway. Historically the easement has been used for cattle grazing and the underpass for cattle access. Group volunteers will carry out the majority of on-ground works, maintenance and monitoring. $18,000.00 $19,800.0 0 $6,070.00 $6,070.00 CAG10532081081 Fitzroy HEALTHY SOILS INCORPORATED Healthy Soils Incorporated Exploring Sustainable Farm Management Systems in the Capricornia Region CAG10685911122 Condamine MILLMERRAN LANDCARE GROUP INC Millmerran Landcare Group Inc Naturally Resourceful Empowering Rural Women CAG10716591162 South East Queenslan d NOOSA INTEGRATED CATCHMENT ASSOCIATION INC Noosa Integrated Catchment Association Inc Building Community Engagement in Noosa River Seagrass Monitoring This project will work with local farmers, agribusiness and Central Queensland University to develop and promote options to improve the health of crops and pastures, without the excessive use of fertilisers. The project will gather innovative technologies and deliver cuttingedge soil and plant nutrition educational activities to local farmers. At least three major activities will be conducted on compost, soil management and plant nutrition. The project will host 'Naturally Resourceful', a series of four workshops aimed directly at rural women. The course will address issues such as vegetation management, weed and pest control, and soil conservation and follow up with monthly get togethers to discuss and view what has been implemented on their own properties. A previous workshop attendee implemented great NRM techniques including nominating land primarily for wildlife. One thousand trees were also planted as part of the workshop. This project will encourage other participants to carry out similar changes. This project will build partnerships, engage and train University of Sunshine Coast undergraduates in community NRM activities in the Noosa catchment. The project will provide on-ground training and experience in Noosa River Seagrass $18,180.00 $19,998.0 0 $12,750.00 $14,025.0 0 $10,410.00 $11,451.0 0 Monitoring to undergraduate volunteers through their ECo club (outside of usual curriculum) as well as local community volunteers. CAG10717371163 South East Queenslan d NOOSA INTEGRATED CATCHMENT ASSOCIATION INC Sunshine Beach Bushland Care Group Continuation Rehabilitation of Seaview Creek Riparian & High Dunal Embankments. CAG10758761196 Condamine CONDAMINE CATCHMENT MANAGEMENT ASSN INC Condamine Catchment Management Assn Inc Improving Sustainable Farming Practices in the Western in the Condamine Region CAG10759551197 Border Rivers MaranoaBalonne INGLEWOOD LANDCARE GROUP INC Brush Creek Subcatchment Group Riparian enhancement for Brush Creek Ingelwood This project aims to re-establish biodiversity and stabilise the remaining one ha of weed choked creek and riparian areas in reserves, and the high dunal embankments at risk of erosion due to recent weather conditions. Volunteers will hand weed and revegetate the project site with endemic species to maintain the area. This project will demonstrate practices for resurrecting pastures in the western Condamine Region. Expert advice on sustainable farming practices will develop landholders’ capacity by increasing their knowledge and skills. Changed land and pasture management practices will achieve soil loss reduction and increased fertility and carbon content. Reducing soil erosion on pastures will also lead to less sediment and nutrient flow into the Condamine River and Basin. This project will control significant erosion and weed problems along Brush Creek through riparian fencing, controlled stock access and increased pasture cover. The project will utilise strategic weed control methods to limit further immediate and downstream infestations, and act as a catalyst for the engagement $19,970.00 $21,967.0 0 $19,450.00 $21,395.0 0 $19,990.00 $21,989.0 0 of downstream landholders to take on complementary weed control activities. CAG10759721199 Border Rivers MaranoaBalonne INGLEWOOD LANDCARE GROUP INC Macintyre Brook Sub-Catchment Planning Group Improving Soil and Water Conditions Through Contemporary Land Practices CAG10762521203 Cape York SOUTH CAPE YORK CATCHMENTS INC. South Cape York Catchments Inc. Stuckeys Creek Regeneration/Wil dlife Corridor Black Mountain to Annan River. This project will engage landholders in the Inglewood area of Southern Queensland to improve water quality and soil conditions in the Macintyre Brook, by improving landholder's knowledge of and approach to farm grazing management practices. This area has numerous severe erosion sites and poor groundcover, due to grazing pressure caused by an historic lack of understanding of best grazing practices and invasive species takeover. This has caused minimal protection for soils during wind and rainfall events resulting in erosion. The project will promote change toward rotational grazing systems, to reduce grazing pressure and control invasive plant species. This project will construct four km of fences and firebreaks on both sides of Stuckeys Creek to the junction of the Annan River to protect riparian vegetation along the river. Stuckey’s Creek is a spring fed creek flowing from Black Mountain National Park in the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area, through grazing land into the Annan River. The riparian vegetation along Stuckey's Creek has been significantly impacted by frequent late dry season fires. Stray and feral cattle have caused erosion and $19,990.00 $21,989.0 0 $19,990.00 $21,989.0 0 CAG10763701206 South East Queenslan d MOGGIL CREEK CATCHMENT MANAGEMENT GROUP INC Moggil Creek Catchment Management Group Inc Smith's Scrub Nature Refuge Preservation Project CAG10768481208 Condamine SOUTH MYALL CATCHMENT LANDCARE GROUP INC South Myall Catchment Landcare Group Inc Creating healthy soils & increasing soil carbon introduced invasive weed species. Excluding cattle and managing fire will allow natural regeneration processes to resume and provide essential habitat for three species of conservational significance including the Bennetts Tree Kangaroo, Northern Quoll and Godmans Rock Wallaby. This project aims to protect the western margin of Smith Scrub from encroaching vines through an initial clean-up and ongoing maintenance by contractors supported by a new voluntary group, 'Friends of Smith Scrub'. This group will continue maintaining the site indefinitely through regular working bees. The project will provide community education through a vine management workshop and perform botanical surveys in neighbouring properties. This will diversify the species list to be propagated in the Moggill Creek Catchment Group community nursery. This project will engage the services of Dr. Maarten Stapper - a farming systems agronomist who's main focus is helping farmers improve the profitability of their operations by harnessing the power of natural healthy soil processes - to promote natural healthy soil processes and reduce external inputs. The project will encourage landholders to improve paddock and soil fertility management by applying natural fertilizers with the necessary $17,370.00 $17,370.0 0 $19,650.00 $21,615.0 0 CAG10775491224 Cape York MAPOON ABORIGINAL COUNCIL Mapoon Aboriginal Council Fire + Biodiversity monitoring of Mapoon Dogit Lands CAG10776051235 Wet Tropics WANYURRMAJAY ABORIGINAL CORPORATION Wanyurr-Majay Aboriginal Corporation Babinda Boulders Natural Resource Management and Cultural Plan nutrients which will increase soil carbon. Activities will be promoted and the community engaged though Landcare Newsletters and flyers to the catchment. An organic weed control workshop will be held with Adam Willson looking at the relationship between nutritional conditions of the soil and the germination and proliferation of weeds. The workshop will also examine how herbicide usage can be reduced by improving soil nutrition and health. This project will establish a series of plots to monitor the biodiversity outcomes of a fire management plan in conjunction with CSIRO and other partners. The community has developed a plan and carried out the first year of operational burning to control monsoon vine thicket patches and stands of Callitris intratropica in the Wenlock and Ducie Rivers, geese hunting plains and Melaleuca wetlands. This project will monitor the ongoing biodiversity outcomes from the fire management strategies. This project will develop a natural resource management and cultural plan with traditional owners for management of natural and cultural areas of the iconic Babinda Boulders, which traverses the Wooroonooran National Park World Heritage Area. The Plan will manage threats from Class one and two weed infestations including siam weed, guinea grass, Singapore daisy $19,500.00 $21,450.0 0 $19,990.00 $21,989.0 0 CAG10781631273 South East Queenslan d B4C-BULIMBA CREEK CATCHMENT CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE B4c-Bulimba Creek Catchment CoOrdinating Committee Upper Bulimba Creek Biodiversity Enhancement Project and wild raspberry bramble. Land degradation is serious in the vicinity of Boulders due to land clearance for farming and tourism activities. Aboriginal and community engagement will be achieved through information sessions/workshops. Individual farmers will be engaged through one-on-one discussions. Traditional owners will conduct the project in conjunction with Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service, Wet Tropics Management Authority and Cairns Regional Council, with future implementation agreed under the Plan through existing Indigenous Land Use Agreements. This project will maximize the Bushland Preservation Levy acquisitions by controlling invasive species, enhancing biodiversity of Upper Bulimba Creek and providing opportunities to engage local community in NRM. Issues include degraded riparian zone resilience such as limited native canopy and shrub layer, presence of exotic vine, shrub and tree species, reduced native plant diversity, bank erosion and lack of corridor connectivity. $19,990.00 $21,989.0 0 CAG10785951312 Burdekin CONGRESS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION UNIT LIMITED Congress Community Development And Education Unit Limited Re-publication of Mangroves Alive: an illustrated book in an interactive context CAG10786161313 Wet Tropics MITCHELL RIVER WATERSHED MANAGEMENT GROUP INC Mitchell River Watershed Management Group Inc Preparing a Strategic Action Plan for Mitchell River Watershed 2012-2015 This project will re-publish the delightful small book, Mangroves Alive, which was originally developed as a multi-arts project at Parramatta Park (Cairns) Primary School and has a strong interactive format. The book is illustrated with line drawings and contains flip-up pages with children asking questions and getting answers. The book will also have several blank pages at the end for students to add their own mangrove discoveries. Teachers notes will be developed in collaboration with the Reef Guardians Schools Programs Manager and the book will be promoted as a resource to those schools, to engender a growing awareness of the value of mangroves. This project will deliver workshops to develop a 3 year action plan for 100 stakeholders. Topics for workshop discussion will include weeds, feral animals, biodiversity, grazing, erosion, fire management, abandoned mine rehabilitation, irrigated agriculture, water quality and quantity, fisheries, and cultural heritage. Workshops will also be hosted on grazing properties with their neighbouring properties to develop integrated implementation plans. The Mitchell River Watershed stakeholders have met for two days to update the previous action plan developed in 2000. Station owners have also nominated to lead $15,000.00 $16,500.0 0 $16,280.00 $17,908.0 0 integrated plans with their neighbouring properties for implementation, and five smaller workshops will be held with these groups. CAG10788631338 South East Queenslan d OXLEY CREEK CATCHMENT ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED Wolston And Centenary Catchments Storm Water Drain to Critical Aquatic Habitat Restoration of an Urban Waterway CAG10790811347 Wet Tropics TRINITY INLET CATCHMENT MANAGEMENT ASSOC. INC. Cairns Urban Landcare Thomatis Creek erosion control and wildlife corridor connectivity Section 01 This project will rehabilitate a section of urban storm water drain that flows for 1.2 km before entering the Brisbane River, which in turn flows to the critical aquatic habitat of Moreton Bay. The catchment, located in inner Brisbane, has been highly urbanised and contains a mix of residential and commercial land. As well as physically restoring the drain to a natural creek system, this project will engage and educate the community about the importance of water quality, biodiversity and general waterway health. This project will build on work carried out in 2007 following rock repair work conducted by the River Improvement Trust Section. Trees have been established close to this repair work over the past four years. A 40m wide corridor (3500 trees) is planned on the now disused cane land to link with established trees planted downstream in 2009 and to prevent further erosion of the creek bank. Field days will be held to revegetate using the long-stem planting technique. Individuals who have continued to work on this site $17,760.00 $19,536.0 0 $18,180.00 $18,180.0 0 since 2007 will maintain the site. CAG10791961350 South West Queenslan d SOUTH WEST NRM LTD SWNRM Ltd And The Three Rivers Invasive Weed Management Group Invasive Weed Control Educational Seminars CAG10792921360 South East Queenslan d ROSALIE NORTH LANDCARE GROUP INC Rosalie North Landcare Group Inc Promoting management practices to improve soil health in Cooyar catchment. Recent flooding events have seen an increase in invasive weeds such as mesquite, parthenium, parkensonia, coral cactus, Bathurst burr and noogurra burr into previously clean areas. This project will deliver four community educational seminars in the correct and appropriate use and legislative requirements of chemical application for weed management. It will deliver a weed control seminar that is prescriptive and assist with spray and Occupational Health and Safety equipment to participants, that are coupled with monitoring and reporting of works undertaken. This will allow for mapping of new outlier weed infestations, focus further investment into hotspot areas, and engagement with relevant stakeholders in addressing weed management in south west QLD. The project will increase awareness and uptake of sustainable farming practices by local landholders to address soil health decline and minimise erosion across the upper Cooyar Creek catchment. It will specifically address historic soil degradation processes like soil $18,300.00 $20,130.0 0 $19,800.00 $21,780.0 0 CAG10794471375 Burnett Mary MARY RIVER CATCHMENT COORDINATION ASSOC INC Mary River Catchment Coordination Assoc Inc Mary River Restoration Stories: Lessons from 20 years of Rivercare CAG10794771377 Burnett Mary NORTH EAST DOWNS LANDCARE GROUP INC North East Downs Landcare Group Inc Designing sustainable farm landscapes in the North East Darling Downs region acidification and declining soil carbon levels as well as compaction and nutrient leaching during significant flooding in 2011. Knowledge and skills gained by landholders will result in improved management practices which will maintain and enhance soil health and land condition and enable longterm sustainable agricultural production. This project will invite around 600 landholders who have undertaken riparian restoration actions over the last 20 years to share their stories and ideas about improving practices in a series of forums. The project will assess rehabilitation strategies, brainstorm ideas to overcome barriers to riparian restoration, and identify ways to make restoration activities more effective. The community's capacity to improve habitat will be enhanced by these forums and the lessons learned will be shared widely through a “Mary River Restoration Stories: Lessons from 20 years of Rivercare” booklet. This project aims to protect and sustainably manage farming land in a changing environment. Farmers will be engaged to map their properties using baseline mapping, imagery and on-ground technical observation to identify problem erosion and soil degradation areas. When mapping is completed, landholders will be able to begin onground works to prevent the erosion $19,350.00 $21,285.0 0 $18,750.00 $20,625.0 0 and soil degradation problems occurring again. CAG10795501388 South East Queenslan d NOOSA INTEGRATED CATCHMENT ASSOCIATION INC North Peregian Community Nature Conservation Group Protection of aquatic ecosystems & rehabilitation of dune vegetation in Peregian CAG10795681391 South East Queenslan d NOOSA INTEGRATED CATCHMENT ASSOCIATION INC Community Nature Conservation North Tewantin, Cranks Creek And Dame Patti Park Community Engagement and Environmental Awareness of Local Bushland Areas This project will educate the local community about coastal dune protection and the importance of coastal endemic vegetation. Palustrine and ephemeral freshwater wetlands are vital to the coastal vegetation and fauna, including frogs, snakes, lizards, birds and marsupials. The North Peregian Community Nature Conservation Group will create a project management plan with local council and employ bush regenerators to treat declared weed species and remove weeds from the project site. Volunteer group members will plant native endemic species to reduce the recurrence of weeds and to increase the buffer zone of the dunes and aquatic habitats. This project will promote awareness of significant bushland and aquatic habitats to local residents, increasing volunteer attendance at regular working bees. Works to be carried out include the removal of weeds that are threatening pockets of urban bushland, native plant replacement and educating the public to reduce the risk of environmental weed reoccurrence, and revegetating natural areas to increase habitat and $17,920.00 $19,712.0 0 $16,340.00 $17,974.0 0 support/buffer ephemeral wetlands and riparian zones. CAG10797851419 Desert Channels MOUNT ISA FISH STOCKING GROUP INC Mount Isa Fish Stocking Group Inc Moondarra Crossing Fishway Project CAG10797911420 Wet Tropics JABALBINA YALANJI ABORIGINAL CORPORATION RNTBC Jabalbina Yalanji Aboriginal Corporation Rntbc Cooya Beach Cultural, Environmental and Recreational Reserve plan implementation This project will open passages to fish migration on the Leichhardt River and provide ongoing monitoring of fish population movements and breeding patterns within the Leichhardt Catchment and upper tributaries. Through population monitoring, the project will focus on providing a passage to fish during low to moderate flows through the provision of a fish passage through the existing culvert. This in turn will assist adult Sooty Grunters in reaching the gravel beds in the upstream tributaries vital successful natural breeding. This project will mitigate threats to the Cooya Beach Reserve’s natural and cultural values from weeds and unmanaged visitors. The project will employ local Traditional Owners to implement a management plan which includes: weed control; rubbish removal; creation of signage; and fencing repairs to manage visitors. $18,000.00 $18,000.0 0 $18,000.00 $19,800.0 0 CAG10798261424 Fitzroy CAPRICORN CONSERVATION COUNCIL INC Keppel Islands Conservation Community Inc. A community effort: cleaning up the beaches of Great Keppel Island CAG10798991437 Wet Tropics MULGRAVE LANDCARE AND CATCHMENT GROUP INC Mulgrave Landcare And Catchment Group Inc Protection of an ecological and educational resource Greenpatch, Gordonvale. This project will conduct two field days to clean up marine debris on 7.5 km of beaches on Great Keppel Island, followed by a long-term awareness-raising strategy by supplying cotton backpacks for visitors to take on walks. Great Keppel Island is a continental island in the southern region of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. Floods, extreme tides and swell in 2011/2012 have resulted in deposits of marine debris on the island. Ingested plastics from debris affect marine life in the region. The cotton backpacks will be distributed through tourism facilities on the island and include safety advice, the Capricorn Conservation Council and Keppel Islands Conservation Community Inc. logos and facts about the effects of marine debris on marine life. This project will restrict 4WD access to five ha of a high public use section of river floodplain that has a history of Landcare restoration work including bank-repair, weed control and tree-planting with local rural, urban, school and Indigenous communities. This area forms the main site for hands-on education of children and adults on ecological, climate and agricultural themes. To maintain the integrity of the site, vehicular access will be restricted by replacing the current bollards with heavy rock as is now a common practice. The project will allow the area to be practically maintained and $12,170.00 $13,387.0 0 $9,480.00 $10,428.0 0 prevent further loss to high community and environmental values. CAG10799421444 Wet Tropics TREE KANGAROO AND MAMMAL GROUP INC Tree Kangaroo And Mammal Group Inc Removing Impacts and Improving Habitat Values on the Atherton Tablelands, N.Qld CAG10800571462 Burnett Mary SOUTH EAST BURNETT LANDCARE GROUP South East Burnett Landcare Group Premium Practice in Burnett Land Management Series Three This project will protect and enhance a spring fed creek by use of exclusion fencing, weed eradication and planting trees to quicken the process of natural regeneration and improve habitat values such as water quality, and aquatic and riparian habitat. Forest areas will be linked, erosion repair will assist the health of Peterson Creek and monitoring will indicate the increased use of the sites by native fauna and the recruitment of native flora. Action on the two target weeds will reduce extent. All sites adjoin substantial existing native vegetation, including a national park. The South East Burnett Landcare Group will hold educational workshops and provide training opportunities for primary producers in the Central, South and North Burnett of south east QLD. The group builds knowledge, networks and increases the uptake of sustainable land management practices amongst the farming community. The project will address several issues/topics commonly sought after by primary producers in $19,950.00 $21,945.0 0 $19,700.00 $19,700.0 0 the region including the identification of native plant and grass species promoting on-farm biodiversity, and providing access to high quality training courses outside of our region. CAG10800601464 Fitzroy CENTRAL HIGHLANDS REGIONAL RESOURCE USE PLANNING COOPERATIVE Central Highlands Regional Resource Use Planning CoOperative Addressing Community Needs for Natural Resource Management Information CAG10800871470 Burnett Mary COOLOOLA COASTCARE ASSOCIATION INC. Cooloola Coastcare Association Inc. Great Sandy UNESCO BiosphereCooloola Cove Wetlands & Waterways Awareness This project will engage the Central Highlands Regional Resource Use Planning Cooperative to deliver three events. 1) Urban - an art based workshop that increases the community's appreciation and knowledge of the importance of wetlands for water quality and biodiversity. 2) Peri-urban - a workshop that will provide land managers with practical information of grazing animals on small holdings whilst maintaining soil health, ground cover and avoiding invasive weeds. 3) Rural - a field day focusing on sustainable grazing practices that maximises soil health in combination with grazing productivity. This project will gather and share information about local Wallum wetlands with residents and land managers to guide future investment in wetland rehabilitation. The collaboration between Cooloola Coastcare, the Cooloola Cove resident group and Gympie Regional Council to trial pilot sites for wetland rehabilitation, identified a need to raise awareness about local wetlands and integrate with existing $19,850.00 $21,835.0 0 $19,900.00 $21,890.0 0 fire plans. This project will continue the collaborative partnership and extend it to include Burnett Mary Regional Group and Biosphere representatives. CAG10801721484 Burdekin REEF CHECK FOUNDATION LIMITED Reef Check Foundation Limited Building a bigger Reef Check network for volunteer training & reef monitoring CAG10802131489 South East Queenslan d NOOSA INTEGRATED CATCHMENT ASSOCIATION INC Weyba Community Nature Conservation Weyba Community Nature Conservation This project will engage and train volunteers to collect reef health data using the standardised Reef Check and for on ground actions to fill gaps in government reef monitoring. Australian reefs are facing growing threats from both local and global human activities, yet documenting reef impacts across broad geographical areas makes reef monitoring expensive and challenging. The development and implementation of two new Reef Check leader training programs will increase temporal and spatial reef health data collection, community capacity to actively participate in reef monitoring, professional development opportunities and local engagement in reef management. This project will promote awareness of significant bushland and aquatic habitats to local residents. It will remove and treat weeds in an area threatening pockets of riparian urban bushland. Work will be undertaken to reduce the risk of weed recurrence through research, education and native plant regeneration. Natural areas that support and buffer ephemeral wetlands, creeks, Weyba $19,900.00 $21,890.0 0 $15,480.00 $17,028.0 0 CAG10803051505 South East Queenslan d BUNYA BUNYA COUNTRY ABORIGINAL CORPORATION Bunya Bunya Country Aboriginal Corporation Planning & Caring for Maroochy River's Endangered Water Mouse & Wetland Habitat CAG10803441513 South East Queenslan d MAROOCHY WATERWATCH INC Maroochy Waterwatch Inc Engagement and On Ground Action to Improve Water Quality on the Sunshine Coast Lake and riparian zones will be revegetated. Monitoring of nest boxes and flora and fauna climate change preliminary research will be conducted. The project will increase community engagement and participation through working bees for the Weyba Environment Education and tree planting days. This project will conduct on-ground works including weed control along a one km stretch of the Maroochy River, and monitor and map water mouse mounds. The endangered water mouse (Xeromys myoides) is currently being monitored along the Maroochy River by staff and volunteers from Queensland Parks and Wildlife Services. The types of threats to the water mouse and its mangrove habitat, and associated melaleuca and casuarina species, are being established. Two workshops will be held together with production of a Project DVD for use in Community Awareness and Ecological Knowledge Recording. The project will also produce recorded heritage of six generations of Traditional Owners in the project area and surrounding catchments and a five year Sea and Country Plan. This project will address significant water quality issues within a coastal hotspot, Moreton Bay, through weed management, erosion control, stock exclusion, bank stabilization and habitat restoration. Over the years, $19,940.00 $21,934.0 0 $19,990.00 $21,989.0 0 CAG10803711518 Burdekin NQ DRY TROPICS LTD Woodstock Landcare Group Eradication and maintenance of WONS in Ross and Haughton Catchments CAG10803891520 Wet Tropics HOLLOWAYS BEACH RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION Holloways Beach Residents Association Cairns Northern Beaches Coastal Communities Collaboration Project Maroochy Waterwatch has lead the community in understanding the problems and is actively supporting action to improve the environment. This project builds on the extensive awareness raising and responds to community needs. This project will engage with 10 properties to focus on strategic management of Weeds of National Significance and other invasive weeds including Rubbervine, Lantana and Chinee Apple, along Ross River, Lansdowne Creek, Majors Creek, Double Barrel Creek and Four Mile Creek. This will reduce the impact of these species on native vegetation, improve stream bank erosion, water quality, and decrease spread. The project will implement successful chemical and mechanical methods, and will be used as a demonstration of best practice for other land managers in the area. This project will engage with three coastal community groups in the Cairns northern beaches. It will contract technical advice and support from Terrain NRM to assist with further capacity building in these community groups. Through integrating the knowledge and effort of the community, the project will deliver restoration in degraded coastal habitat by addressing erosion issues and regenerating natural areas. This will build resilience against current and future $19,600.00 $21,560.0 0 $19,000.00 $19,000.0 0 threats by enhancing habitat condition, building landscape connectivity and engaging a wide sector of the community in conservation actions, raising awareness about the importance of healthy coastal environments. CAG10804251530 Burnett Mary FRASER ISLAND DEFENDERS ORGANIZATION LIMITED Fraser Island Defenders Organization Limited Fraser Island Community Weed Replacement Program CAG10804421533 Border Rivers MaranoaBalonne TARA AND DISTRICT LANDCARE GROUP INC. Tara And District Landcare Group Inc. Building capacity and resilience for graingrowers in a changing climate Township areas have been identified as a major source of weed infestation and spread on Fraser Island. This project will reduce the threat of non-indigenous plant species on the natural environment of Fraser Island by providing: seed collection and propagation of onisland sourced native species for use in home gardens and revegetation sites; development of an indigenous plant species selection guide for the Island's residents and private landholders; weed control and removal from public and private land areas within Eurong; and the re-establishment of native vegetation in areas degraded by weed invasion. This project will educate farmers on the impacts of compaction, runoff, erosion, water logging and yield loss and the management options to minimise these. The project will link farmers with agronomists and consultants to develop machinery plans tailored to individual budgets and situations, for adopting new machinery and GPS options, and for property design to manage $19,950.00 $19,950.0 0 $19,200.00 $21,120.0 0 compaction, water logging and runoff. Training will comprise structured workshops and farm visits. CAG10804981547 Wet Tropics NORTHERN SKILLS ALLIANCE INCORPORATED Gimuy Walubarra Yidinji (Tarditional Owners Of Cairns) Gimuy Abriculture Nursery and garden CAG10805051550 South West Queenslan d SOUTH WEST NRM LTD Ward River Waterhole Users Group Rehabilitating the Ward River Waterhole This project will identify, collect and propagate the bush resources relevant to local Aboriginal culture and find ways to plant these species back on country. Field days will involve bringing the Gimuy family group onto the land to learn about culture, plants and bush resources. Activities include collecting seed and cuttings, learning Yidin language and tending to plants. The collections will be brought back to the demonstration backyard nursery and bush food garden, and seeds and cuttings will be prepared and propagated. Strong partnerships with other local community groups, nonprofit organisations, schools and the Department of Environment and Resource Management will be developed to find ways to re-plant relevant species. The Charleville Ward River Waterhole Users Group will work in partnership with South West NRM Ltd, Charleville Recreational Fishing and Restocking Group, Charleville Urban Landcare Group and community volunteers to rehabilitate the Ward River waterhole. This area is very popular with local community, tourists and travellers and is important to the recreational and $19,990.00 $21,989.0 0 $19,990.00 $21,989.0 0 CAG10805911584 Wet Tropics FNQ NRM LTD Douglas Shire Sustainability Group Production/Distrib ution of a Sustainability Landholder Kit for the Daintree Area CAG10806391598 Northern Gulf CAIRNS REGIONAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT & EMPLOYMENT ABORIGINAL & TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER CORP Cairns Regional Community Development & Employment Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Corp Rehabilitation of Barron River riparian zone at Bilwon Farm economic health of the region. This project will control erosion of river banks along the Ward River waterhole; revegetate the riparian area up to 100m from the water edge; control pedestrian and vehicular traffic to prevent erosion in the riparian area; re-snag native fish habitat and remove noxious pest fish species (carp and goldfish). This project will develop a Natural Resource Manager landholder kit for residents living between Cape Tribulation to the Daintree River, with the intention of expanding to other areas in the Mossman/Daintree area. The kit will provide useful knowledge in the roles and responsibilities of landholders to support the protection of the World Heritage Areas of both the Daintree and adjoining Great Barrier Reef. Important components will be biodiversity and the threat and management of invasive weeds and pests. Coastal management and the threat of uncontrolled beach access will also be considered. The key message will be that residents are the buffer between the two World Heritage Areas. Indigenous Job Connections has recently acquired Bilwon Farm as a training facility for Community Development Employment Project (CDEP) participants. The farm adjoins the Barron River, and the riparian zone is weed infested and degraded. This project will restore the natural vegetation of a section of $14,600.00 $16,060.0 0 $18,820.00 $20,702.0 0 the bank of the Barren River, control weeds and provide ongoing training opportunities for Indigenous CDEP participants in riparian restoration which will be used when they return to their communities. Participants will continue ongoing maintenance at the site beyond the end of the project. CAG10806581603 Border Rivers MaranoaBalonne MITCHELL & DISTRICT LANDCARE ASSOC INCP Dunkeld SubCatchment Group Education & Information Dunkeld NRM Planning for Sustainable Land Management CAG10806631605 Border Rivers MaranoaBalonne MITCHELL & DISTRICT LANDCARE ASSOC INCP Mitchell & District Landcare Assoc Incp Weed (WONS) Workshops and Information for Mitchell District Community. This project will provide targeted information and skills to adopt more sustainable land management practices, to develop action plans based on the technical advice received. The Dunkeld area is 169,899 ha of mixed grazing production and producers have been working together for many years to identify and address their land management issues, including soil and water erosion, degraded pastures, riparian and stream bank degradation, and weed spread. The Dunkeld group is situated along the Maranoa River south of Mitchell. It is important that the managers in this area are able to continually review and improve their management practices to improve the health of the Basin and the sites of significance downstream. This project will control Parthenium in the lower Mitchell catchment. There is the potential for a massive outbreak which will have an economic and biological impact from Mitchell downstream along the lower Maranoa River. The project will include a bulk mail-out of 700 weed $19,550.00 $21,505.0 0 $19,950.00 $21,945.0 0 ID booklets; workshops to educate and inform people; setup a database for collating reported outbreaks; and assistance with weed control works. CAG10806691608 Border Rivers MaranoaBalonne MITCHELL & DISTRICT LANDCARE ASSOC INCP Basalt Creek Group Farmers Fighting Feral Animals in Basalt Creek CAG10807191628 Fitzroy CAPRICORN COAST LANDCARE GROUP INCORPORATED Capricorn Coast Landcare Group Incorporated Capricorn Coast Landcare Plant Propagation and Grafting Workshop This project will engage Basalt Creek members and Mitchell Landcare in a coordinated shooting, trapping and baiting program over the next year. With the abundance of ground-cover, feral animal numbers have reached plague proportions in the Basalt Creek area. Visual and night vision camera observations of populations will be used to generate a data base, which will also include best control measures. The data collected through this project will contribute to a coordinated ongoing feral animal management control program. This project will engage Capricorn Coast Landcare Group to hold a two day plant propagation and grafting workshop for landholders and community members from the lower Fitzroy River Coastal Catchment. The Capricorn Coast is undergoing rapid development and there is potential loss of connectivity of vegetation and habitat needed to maintain biodiversity. The project will increase the capacity for community members to propagate and plant native species for biodiversity conservation. $19,900.00 $21,890.0 0 $8,000.00 $8,800.00 CAG10807391633 Burnett Mary LAKE BAROON CATCHMENT CARE GROUP INC Lake Baroon Catchment Care Group Inc Restoring Bridge Creek - A Partnership of the Commonwealth, State and Community CAG10807491636 Burnett Mary BARUNG LANDCARE ASSN INC Barung Landcare Assn Inc Engaging Community Stage 2 - Landholder capacity building for biodiversity This project will fence and revegetate 380 m of a tributary of Bridge Creek establishing a vegetation corridor between remnant rainforest vegetation and a constructed wetland on the outskirts of urban Maleny. The project will address poor water quality in Lake Baroon (the Sunshine Coast's most important water supply) from grazing, erosion, sedimentation, urban development, habitat fragmentation, biodiversity decline and weed spread. The project will be implemented over two adjoining properties with area mapped as essential habitat for threatened species by the Department of Environment and Resource Management. Local groups will assist with the preparation, planting and maintenance of the project. This project will increase landholders' capacity to understand and acknowledge the attributes of their land through six community activities (five workshops and a community tree plant plus future maintenance). The project addresses the priority areas of community skills, knowledge and engagement and sustainable farm practices. It continues on from a project run three years ago which, due to the great response from landholders and continued demand for a similar form of public engagement, will be run $19,950.00 $21,945.0 0 $19,900.00 $21,890.0 0 again on a different but complimentary site. CAG10807551640 South East Queenslan d OXLEY CREEK CATCHMENT ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED Oxley Creek Catchment Association Incorporated Kids,Companies & Creeks Biodiversity Enhancement and Community Engagement CAG10807601643 Border Rivers MaranoaBalonne MITCHELL & DISTRICT LANDCARE ASSOC INCP Maranoa River SubCatchment Group Maranoa River Parthenium Containment and Control Access Restoration Project The project will engage local schools, businesses and community to enhance the biodiversity of a riparian corridor along Oxley Creek. The project will include removal of invasive weeds, revegetation through community, industry and school plantings, as well as bank stabilisation to reduce sediment loading and improve water quality to Ramsar listed Moreton Bay. Participants will be engaged through an awareness program of field days and workshops. In addition, Watson Road Primary School will conduct bimonthly water monitoring and will be involved in restoration activities and local industry will fund ongoing maintenance. This project aims to assist landholders to contain and control new outbreaks of Parthenium in the Maranoa River sub-catchment area following recent flooding. The project will address the identified need for a new containment line with better access to newly infested areas, and for workshops with technical staff to coordinate a new containment area. $17,340.00 $19,074.0 0 $19,900.00 $21,890.0 0 CAG10807651644 South East Queenslan d KIRRA KITE FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION INC. Kirra Kite Festival Association Inc. Looking after Kirra beach - Kirra Kite festival beachcare activity program CAG10807801652 Desert Channels BULLOO SHIRE COUNCIL Durham Downs Land Care Group Green Ringers: Improving Environmental Awareness of Youth in Agriculture This project will engage people in natural resource management at an event that has little (on the surface) to do with the environment. Kirra Kite Festival attracts more than 10,000 people. The project will increase awareness about coastal systems and aquatic habitats, including the importance of biodiversity along a severely impacted dune system while boosting the number of people actively and regularly involved in hands-on coastal improvement work. Coastal awareness raising will be integrated into the festival program using priorities and tactics identified in partnership existing groups working in this space. This project will increase environmental awareness among young people in agriculture industry in the south-west Queensland Channel Country region. In a remote region dominated by companymanaged cattle stations, the community group has recognised that the transient and inexperienced nature of the young workforce has implications on the conduct of sustainable farming practices. 'Green Ringers' will address issues of weed and pest management, sustainable grazing and natural resource management in this region through environmental education and encouraging young people's interest and passion for caring for our country. The project will raise community of environmental issues $12,930.00 $12,930.0 0 $7,950.00 $8,745.00 and attitudes. CAG10807851654 Fitzroy KEPPEL SANDS COMMUNITY ADVANCEMENT LEAGUE INC. Keppel Sands Community Advancement League Inc. A Healthy Ecosystem for the Keppel Sands Foreshore CAG10808151667 Wet Tropics JOHNSTONE RIVER CATCHMENT MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION INC Johnstone River Catchment Management Association Inc Recognising and Promoting Good Management Outcomes in the Johnstone Catchment The Keppel Sands Community Advancement League Inc (KSCAL) will reduce the critical threats to the biodiversity of the Keppel Sands coastal strip and enhance the condition, connectivity and the resilience of habitats and the landscape. KSCAL and other groups will return the dune to a natural state and create a culture of continuous improvement. Controlling the weeds and promoting natural regeneration is a practical step for conserving our native plants, animals, birds, insects and other species. This project will publicise and promote good management outcomes using press, radio and electronic media tools to influence farmers and land managers to examine and adopt these practices and to inform, and reassure our catchment communities about the management of their surrounding environment. The information will be presented on a website and through a structured publicity program which the Johnston River Catchment $13,500.00 $13,500.0 0 $17,640.00 $19,404.0 0 Management Association plans to maintain and update. CAG10808321671 Border Rivers MaranoaBalonne QUEENSLAND MURRAYDARLING COMMITTEE INC. Eukey Landholders Rabbit Research And Control Group Building on Successes, Maintaining the Balance, Protecting Biodiversity CAG10808411677 South East Queenslan d SAVE OUR WATERWAYS NOW INC. Save Our Waterways Now Inc. The Creek in our Backyard - a practical guide to landholders (revised & updated) This project will foster information sharing and capacity building within the Eukey community in the face of increased threats on biodiversity from rabbits. The project will promote greater understanding of the situation through a biodiversity survey, field days and production of extension material, aimed at the wider community. This project will help create community capacity and cohesion by linking individuals taking positive environmental action with each other, schools and community groups, government agencies and other stakeholders. ‘The Creek in our Backyard - a practical guide for landholders’ is a self-help and selfeducation guide of best-practice natural restoration and regeneration for habitat biodiversity in South East Queensland. The guide developed through this project will expand on previous editions to include natural resource management (NRM) across all of in South East Queensland and addresses the need for greater community literacy in NRM by imparting knowledge, skills and environmental vision in an easy-toread, simple-to-understand format. $18,920.00 $20,812.0 0 $15,500.00 $17,050.0 0 CAG10808931689 Wet Tropics AUSTRALIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION Australian Tropical Research Foundation Continuing rehabilitation Cape tribulation region CAG10809181691 Condamine BRIGALOW JIMBOUR FLOODPLAINS GROUP INC Brigalow Jimbour Floodplains Group Inc BJFG Community Communication Daintree lowlands were extensively cleared for cattle farming in the 1970s with the introduction of exotic grasses. Settlement introduced Asian and meso American exotic species, especially grasses (brachiaria and guinea grass) as well as nitrogenising legumes that have proliferated. This project is the continuation of a highly successful program that has been operating for over ten years. Through weed control works the foundation is aiming to eliminate these exotic species and encourage the reestablishment of natural rainforest. Planting material is raised from from local seed and seedling stock to ensure the provenance of plants. This project will fund the production of four newsletters, a web site and social media development for Brigalow Jimbour Floodplain Group over the period 1 July 2012 to 30 June 2013. Newsletters will be produced to coincide with Christmas, Easter and the June and September school holidays. The content will present relevant issues facing the community at that time and provide details of upcoming natural resource management events, field days, on ground works, and opportunities for educational or personal development to improve capacity and resilience and sustainability of the rural community. $19,950.00 $21,945.0 0 $7,000.00 $7,700.00 CAG10809331693 Border Rivers MaranoaBalonne MITCHELL & DISTRICT LANDCARE ASSOC INCP Johnson's Creek Sub-Catchment Group Johnson's Creek Pasture Management and Improvement of Grazing Land CAG10887991718 Wet Tropics DULABED TABLELAND ABORIGINAL CORPORATION Dulabed Tableland Aboriginal Corporation Dulabed Environmental Awareness and Action Project. This project aims to realign paddock fencing with regard to soil and vegetation type, allowing for controlled grazing and enhanced pasture composition by increasing preferential, palatable and perennial grasses and forbs. This project will develop case studies to be shared with landholders in the Mitchell district. This project will build on existing projects to control the spread of golden wattle through the employment of a contractor to remove existing populations, focussing on the railway reserve which is providing a corridor for the spread. Total for QLD projects $19,900.00 $21,890.0 0 $18,100.00 $19,910.0 0 $1,098,370 .00 $1,193,73 7.00 Approved budget GST exclusive $19,990.00 Approved budget GST Inclusive $21,989.0 0 South Australia Project Id Region Funding Recipient Community Group Project Title Project Description CAG10446311065 Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges KERSBROOK LANDCARE GROUP INC. Kersbrook Landcare Group Inc. Protecting the riparian biodiversity corridors along the South Para River This project will protect remnant vegetation through the removal of WoNS and environmental weeds, encouraging native plant regeneration. The project will consolidate and expand on past work undertaken directly upstream. This project will encourage the local community to attend working bees to contribute to the bush care on the site. CAG10480161073 Kangaroo Island AGRICULTURE KANGAROO ISLAND INCORPORATED Agriculture Kangaroo Island Incorporated Making technology work a better website for farmers on Kangaroo Island CAG10650021101 Eyre Peninsula CUMMINS WANILLA BASIN STREAMCARE GROUP Cummins Wanilla Basin Streamcare Group Cummins Wanilla Basin Integrated Catchment Management Scheme This project will further develop the Kangaroo Island Agriculture website to enable better utilisation. The group and Kangaroo will be able to use programs, such as “Mail Chimp” to survey members on various issues, create online forms, discussion boards, load more locally relevant information and link it to other relevant websites. The project will also enable the use of social media applications such as 'facebook and Twitter’ for greater information dissemination. This project will enhance and build upon the last twelve years of onground work to address the management of salinity, water logging, biodiversity conservation and stream bank erosion in the Cummins Wanilla Basin, in a whole of catchment integrated approach. The project will incorporate biodiversity management and engineering outcomes to further enhance the large stream system throughout the Basin. This project will continue to foster partnerships between land managers and the Cummins Wanilla Basin Streamcare community group. $8,730.00 $9,603.00 $18,000.00 $19,800.0 0 CAG10657991104 Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges ANGAS RIVER CATCHMENT GROUP INC Angas River Catchment Group Inc Community Bringing Back Biodiversity Hotspots in the Macclesfield area CAG10684431118 South Australian Arid Lands UMOONA COMMUNITY Umoona Community Umoona Buffell Grass, Cactus and Gully Erosion Control Project The Bushland Reserves in the Macclesfield region are significant biodiversity hotspots and require further threat abatement work to remove targeted weeds including gorse, broom, blackberry, rose briar, hawthorn, bridal creeper, pine trees and watsonia. In the past the reserves have had valuable on-going volunteer work by the Macclesfield Bushcare group with financial and technical support from the Goolwa to Wellington Local Action Planning Association and the Mount Barker Council to remove weed infestations and maintain the follow up regrowth on a regular basis. Six reserves have been selected to have threat abatement works carried out within this project to reduce existing weed infestation and get these significant reserves back to a more manageable state. This project will use the Ecosystem Management Understanding principles and Traditional Owner priorities and knowledge in Caring for Country. The project will poison buffel grass and cactus from the Umoona area and provide land stabilisation to the creek banks that run through the community, using geotextile matting. Activities will restore natural landscape function and enhance biodiversity conservation values of land surrounding the Umoona catchment and community. $18,100.00 $19,910.0 0 $7,430.00 $8,173.00 CAG10686181124 Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges WILLUNGA HILLS FACE LANDCARE GROUP INCORPORATED Willunga Hills Face Landcare Group Incorporated Reinstating a locally threatened vegetation association to increase biodiversity CAG10723831179 South East MILLICENT HIGH SCHOOL Murlong M'rradine Coastcare Group Murlong M'rradine Coastcare cultural awareness and land rehabilitation project. This project will reinstate 10 ha of Indigenous vegetation on cleared farming land, which is currently listed as locally threatened. The revegetation will consist of a mix of seedlings and direct seeding. This project will increase the area of a locally threatened vegetation and buffer remnant vegetation, thus increasing local biodiversity across the site and neighbouring properties. The project will address the current threats affecting the declining bird populations in the Mount Lofty Ranges. The Landcare group will assist in planting the vegetation, undertake post-planting weed control and remove the guarding used for planting the vegetation. This project will engage volunteers from Millicent High School in assisting propagation and revegetation projects, and facilitating Aboriginal cultural engagement within Aboriginal cultural interest sites. Sites include The Meeting Place Garden, Teeluk, Kungari Conservation Park and Canunda National Park. Volunteers will be supported by the School Support Officer from Millicent High School and will work in groups of four to six on a fortnightly rotation. This project involves cultural awareness and endemic land rehabilitation by assisting traditional land revegetation projects. $15,500.00 $17,050.0 0 $18,170.00 $19,987.0 0 CAG10724441180 Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges NATIVE GRASS RESOURCES GROUP INC Native Grass Resources Group Inc Advances in Viticultural Soil Management Phase 2 A 1999 Natural Heritage Trust grant enabled the Native Grass Resources Group (NGRG) to demonstrate Windmill grass' excellent compatibility with vineyard husbandry and its capacity to maintain better soil structure. Although initially competing with vines for soil moisture, Windmill grass has recently become linked to a significant improvement in vine health and vitality. $16,500.00 $18,150.0 0 $19,300.00 $19,300.0 0 Through this project the NGRG will make this beneficial cultural practice readily available to growers by developing an establishment template that will greatly enhance the germination and establishment of Windmill grass in vine midrows. CAG10760391201 Kangaroo Island ECHIDNA CARE INC Echidna Care Inc Restoring the Links: Bioindicators and Healthy Habitats The essential element of this template will be a change from conventional under-vine watering to sub-surface midrow irrigation to nurture a companion plant for the benefit of the vines. This project addresses the relevance of landscape revegetation for the health of the environment and resilience of key native wildlife. Using the threatened Rosenberg’s goanna as an example bioindicator of healthy ecosystems this project will 1) engage the community in monitoring, restoring and preserving native habitats, especially in coastal areas; 2) raise public awareness about the significance of CAG10773291220 Northern and Yorke FRIENDS OF PARKS INCORPORATED Friends Of Althorpe Islands Conservation Park Protection of Shearwater and Penguin Nesting Sites from Boxthorn Reinfestation. CAG10780261261 Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges FRIENDS OF ENCOUNTER SEABIRDS Friends Of Encounter Seabirds Community conservation of little penguins in Gulf Saint Vincent, South Australia plant/animal interactions in resilient ecosystems; and 3) provide practical tools and relevant materials for the greater community to participate in citizen science and receive feedback from their involvement. This will reinforce ownership and ongoing commitment for strengthening and maintaining community achievements. This project aims to eradicate African boxthorn, a declared and noxious weed, from Althorpe Island Conservation Park. Volunteers will use a 'cut and swab' technique - a well recognised method for controlling African boxthorn. Additional activities include monitoring and management of other pest incursions, including Tree Mallow (Lavatera arborea); monitoring and protecting poa fax (rare status in SA, NPW Act 1972); setting up a Little Penguin monitoring system in cooperation with South Australian Research and Development Institute; and monitoring and facilitating continued breeding of the white bellied sea eagle (endangered status in SA, NPW Act 1972). This project will prevent further declines to Little Penguin numbers at several colonies in Gulf Saint Vincent area by: continuing to monitor penguin colony numbers; controlling land predators; removing weeds; installing nest boxes in penguin habitats; and engaging and $9,070.00 $9,977.00 $19,800.00 $19,800.0 0 educating the local community. CAG10780511262 South Australian Murray Darling Basin MID MURRAY LOCAL ACTION PLANNING COMMITTEE INCORPORATED Mid Murray Local Action Planning Committee Incorporated Water Reserves ignite community action CAG10781781275 South Australian Murray Darling Basin MURRAY MALLEE LOCAL ACTION PLANNING ASSOCIATION INC Murray Mallee Local Action Planning Association Inc Demonstration of best practice management of a sustainable Broombush plantation The Sedan/Cambrai districts Landcare Group implemented rehabilitation projects at Lake Moodie and Schwertfeger's Swamp twenty years ago when they refenced the reserve to protect from stock. The government recognised the local value of these two lakes with their eucalyptus largiflorens woodlands and designated them as 'water reserves'. This project will build on works already undertaken by engaging the community with fauna and plant surveys and use this information to update the information pamphlets and interpretive signs for the reserves to increase community awareness of these unique locations. This project will provide a demonstration of best practice methods for high quality, sustainable production of broombush. It will demonstrate the use of management and harvesting methods for high quality, and high yielding broombush plantations in the SA Murray Mallee. A field day will be held to build the capacity of local landholders to effectively management and harvest high quality sustainable broombush for a competitive market. $5,580.00 $6,138.00 $14,360.00 $15,796.0 0 CAG10782801284 Eyre Peninsula PORT NEILL PROGRESS ASSOCIATION INC Port Neill Progress Association Inc Interpreting the Coast: raising environmental awareness through education CAG10783681295 Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges FRIENDS OF PARKS INCORPORATED Friends Of Kenneth Stirling Group Kenneth Stirling Group - Habitat Restoration Implementation Action Plan Stage 2 This project will raise community awareness about the coastal ecosystem through the design, printing and installation of permanent interpretive signage to manage invasive threats within Port Neill's coastal zone. The Port Neill Progress Association along with Eyre Peninsula NRM Board support will plan and compile the content for inclusion on these signs. A community launch will be held after signage is installed. the progress association will maintain the area where signage is located. This project will develop and carry out an action plan to target weeds in Burdett's Scrub. After many successful years working on the other reserves within Kenneth Stirling Group through the Friends of Kenneth Stirling Group regions, work has recently commenced within Burdett's Scrub. Located near the top of the catchment, this project will contribute and extend the valuable work which the sixth Creek Catchment Group and private landowners are currently conducting in the catchment. Working together the various organisations will be able to improve the health, quality and habitat of the catchment. Stage two will extend the program by continuing to target the weeds in the creek line, with a long term goal of replacing native vegetation within the creek. The action plan will provide the group with longer term goals. $6,090.00 $6,090.00 $9,000.00 $9,900.00 CAG10787371328 Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges ANGASTON AGRICULTURAL BUREAU Angaston Agricultural Bureau Grazing system demonstration for improved NRM outcomes in Barossa Ranges CAG10787451329 South Australian Murray Darling Basin FRIENDS OF PARKS INCORPORATED Cleland Wildlife Park Volunteers Increasing native habitat through the establishment of a native nursery This project will demonstrate grazing management systems to improve producers’ natural resource management skills and aspirations. Demonstrations will highlight how this can be achieved by using readily portable and mobile electric fencing to increase grazing density by dividing each grazing paddock in the current small rotation in half to increase the pasture ‘rest period’. This will promote greater ground cover, more organic matter production (through greater pasture production), and plant species diversity in the pasture. This project will provide equipment and training to enable the Cleland Wildlife Volunteers group to establish and maintain a small nursery on site, allowing them to collect their own seed and propagate seedlings of local provenance. The volunteer group will use these seedlings for revegetation projects within the park and as a resource to increase community engagement within the wider community, including over 200 school groups who visit annually. Cleland Wildlife Park Volunteers are committed to improving the parks biodiversity by removing weeds and exotic species within the 30 ha boundaries and revegetating areas with local native indigenous species. $18,180.00 $19,998.0 0 $5,680.00 $6,248.00 CAG10790671345 Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges STAR OF THE SEA CATHOLIC PARISH PRIMARY SCHOOL HENLEY BEACH Star Of The Sea Catholic Parish Primary School Henley Beach Improving Gulf St Vincent through monitoring and awareness CAG10795151384 South Australian Murray Darling Basin TREES FOR LIFE INC Trees For Life Inc Building Biodiversity on Farnill~sustainabl e land use through community action This project will inspire local community members (including students and adults) to improve stormwater quality using assessments and experiencing monitoring techniques developed by marine biologists. Each group will do a coastal discovery walk tailored for their age group, assisted by a Marine Biologist, seeing first-hand how stormwater affects the Gulf St Vincent, a coastal hotspot. Each group will be inspired to do stormwater litter clean-ups, freshwater and marine water monitoring in their own catchment. This project will develop a five year management plan for the Farnill property that sits on the eastern slopes of the Mt Lofty Ranges, a national biodiversity hotspot containing the largest remnants of woodland vegetation communities in SA. It is a vital refuge for native bird and fauna species including echidna. This site of over 24 ha has a 100 year Forest Property Agreement. The owners have made a five year legal commitment to utilise the site to demonstrate best practice techniques with a primary focus on maximizing biodiversity outcomes in revegetation of farmland. $17,050.00 $18,755.0 0 $19,050.00 $20,955.0 0 CAG10797711415 Eyre Peninsula LOWER EYRE PEST MANAGEMENT GROUP INC Lower Eyre Pest Management Group Inc Controlling feral Aleppo pine seedlings on Lower Eyre Peninsula CAG10798741433 Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges UPPER RIVER TORRENS LANDCARE GROUP INC Upper River Torrens Landcare Group Inc Seed production for Grassy Groundcover Restoration in the Upper Torrens This project will provide vital control to ensure Aleppo pine seedlings do not become re-established at 22 sites, ensuring the long-term health and resilience of 44 ha of native vegetation. The Lower Eyre Pest Management Group (LEPMG) has undertaken feral Aleppo pine (Pinus halepensis) control on Lower Eyre Peninsula road reserves for 15 years. LEPMG members, volunteers, school children and contractors will carry out the pine seedling control works and three community awareness activities will be undertaken through this project. This project will provide a seed bank which is necessary for native grassland restoration opportunities within the region. At present, grassy woodlands are vulnerable and under threat due to current agricultural practices. With access to native grass seed and understory plants at low and/or minimal (non-commercial) costs direct seeding or tubestock plantings in open woodlands will enhance biodiversity and increase habitat for other local indigenous species. Landholders will contribute by becoming a grower or by providing a restoration opportunity. $19,660.00 $21,626.0 0 $19,990.00 $21,989.0 0 CAG10799331443 Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges FLEURIEU BEEF GROUP INCORPORATED Fleurieu Beef Group Incorporated 'Dung beetles: a friend to farmers and the environment' CAG10802971503 Eyre Peninsula PORT LINCOLN ABORIGINAL COMMUNITY COUNCIL Port Lincoln Aboriginal Community Council Coffin Bay Parks plant revegetation project. This project will produce an expanded booklet (40 pages) on the use and benefits of introduced dung beetles in sustainable farming systems and ecosystem maintenance in Australia. Understanding of dung beetles in southern Australia has advanced substantially since the Fleurieu Beef Group produced the 2003 booklet. After two print runs (3000 copies) it is no longer available but is still in demand. The project will produce a new edition for free distribution in southern Australia (through field days and NRM offices for example). New topics will include beetle-toxic drenches, current and potential distributions, new species for Australia, purchasing beetles, and additional pages of local information for particular regions. This project will bring the Port Lincoln Aboriginal Community Council (PLACC) labour hire workers to work with the Friends of Coffin Bay Parks group and NRM Aboriginal staff to re-establish endemic plant species in barren and degraded areas of Coffin Bay parks. Advice indicates that rabbit and snail control are essential activities in a successful revegetation program. The PLACC staff will work with volunteers from the Friends group to identify suitable plants, collect and process seed, and carry out hand direct seeding. The PLACC staff will work with NRM Aboriginal staff to $19,990.00 $21,989.0 0 $18,180.00 $19,998.0 0 carry out the rabbit and snail control program. It is anticipated that there will be a significant skills transfer to participants within this project. CAG10804771544 South Australian Murray Darling Basin MANNUM TO WELLINGTON LOCAL ACTION PLANNING COMMITTEE Mannum To Wellington Local Action Planning Committee Reducing the spread and impact of Willows in the Lower Murray CAG10805121552 Northern and Yorke YP ALKALINE SOILS GROUP INCORPORATED Yp Alkaline Soils Group Incorporated Communication of Best Practice and Sustainable Farming on Yorke Peninsula, SA. This project will enhance the community's knowledge in willow removal in the local catchment. The project will use community workshops, flyer distribution and interpretive signage to educate the local community in the benefits of weed removal to improve water quality in the local catchment. This project will improve farmer awareness and adoption of sustainable farm practices by actively providing information through a well structured communications strategy that focuses on best practice and sustainable farm management practices. The Yorke Peninsula Alkaline Soils Group is a central service point between farmers of the Yorke Peninsula and a broad range of support agencies, including NRM Bodies, Agricultural Bureaus, industry researchers and other farming system groups. The project will enable the preparation and implementation of a structured communications strategy to assist in the enhancement and continuation of current communication services. $19,950.00 $21,945.0 0 $19,900.00 $21,890.0 0 CAG10805321559 Kangaroo Island KANGAROO ISLAND NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT BOARD Kangaroo Island Shorebirds Group Kangaroo Island Community Shorebirds Project CAG10805571569 Eyre Peninsula LOWER EASTERN EYRE PENINSULA LANDCARE MANAGEMENT GROUP INC. Lower Eastern Eyre Peninsula Landcare Management Group Inc. Controlling Eyre Peninsula's only White Weeping Broom infestation CAG10805711576 Kangaroo Island KANGAROO ISLAND NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT BOARD Kangaroo Island Friends Of The Sea Community stewardship of Kangaroo Island's marine life This project will continue to collect and provide data to the Birds Australia Shorebirds 2020 project. A Birds Australia representative will conduct workshops and field trips, training team leaders and volunteers on how to count, monitor and identify shorebirds. The project will develop a manual for Kangaroo Island Shorebird identification and educate the public through newsletter and article distribution, helping to reduce processes that threaten shorebirds including Ramsar listed species. This project will control 15 ha of white weeping broom at Lipson, SA. This weed is one of 28 species listed as an alert weed. Lipson is the only location on the Eyre Peninsula where white weeping broom occurs so it is vital to control the spread of this weed. The Eastern Lower Eyre Peninsula Landcare Management Committee will map the current infestation and control isolated and outlying plants first, and then move into the core area. Revegetation at key sites will be conducted by the local community with a media article highlighting the achievements. This project will support Friends of the Sea divers to establish 12 long term Reef Life Survey sites for monitoring marine health on Kangaroo Island. Divers will be trained to identify native marine fish and invertebrate species, with particular focus on rare or iconic indicator species, and to carry out $10,990.00 $12,089.0 0 $9,100.00 $10,010.0 0 $17,000.00 $18,700.0 0 CAG10806531601 South Australian Murray Darling Basin MALLEE SUSTAINABLE FARMING INC Mallee Sustainable Farming Inc Applying new technologies in sustainable farming practices CAG10806701609 Kangaroo Island KANGAROO ISLAND NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT BOARD Eco-Action Kangaroo Island Protecting nests of the endangered Glossy Blackcockatoo on Kangaroo Island, SA underwater surveys. Reference sites will encompass North Coast reefs that provide key habitat for inkling blue groper, leafy sea dragon, harlequin fish and black cowry, species of conservation significance. The project will help to address the lack of information on local marine biodiversity and raise community awareness of marine ecosystems. The project will build knowledge of sustainable farming practices in the next generation of Mallee farmers so they can better manage the agricultural business in a low carbon economy. Young farmers (18-40 yrs) in the Mallee regions have expressed a need for information on using farming applications on mobile phones, precision agriculture technology, and carbon farming practices. Information sessions will be held at Karoonda and Ouyen to maintain economically viable and environmentally sustainable farming practices into the future. The project will manage threats (nest predators and competitors) to the Glossy Black Cockatoos and restore feeding habitat on Kangaroo Island, SA. The Glossy Black Cockatoo has disappeared from the South Australian mainland and is currently restricted to Kangaroo Island where the population is estimated at about 360 birds. This project will protect nests and establish a Friends group to assist in nest monitoring and two ha of $19,400.00 $21,340.0 0 $19,700.00 $21,670.0 0 revegetation. Field days and community and school presentations will also be conducted to raise awareness of and engagement in the recovery program. CAG10807171627 Kangaroo Island PENNESHAW SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY LANDCARE GROUP INC Penneshaw School And Community Landcare Group Inc Pink Bay, Dudley Peninsular Weed Eradication CAG10807311629 Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges FRIENDS OF PARKS INCORPORATED Friends Of Belair National Park Restoration of Manna Gum Woodland and Bushcare in Belair NP This project will address continual maintenance of declared weed species incorporating community field trips to encourage sustainable custodianship on Kangaroo Island. Monitoring will be ongoing monitoring and will include photo points and diary keeping to show progress. An extensive weeding program will be undertaken along with revegetation works as required. Articles about the project will be published in 'The Islander' and East End News. This project will target Manna Gum Woodland and bushcare sites of the Friends of Belair National Park, which conserves many rated species such as the Bassian Thrush, Crested Shrike-tit, the Southern Brown Bandicoot, Pterostylis cucullata, Leptospermum lanigerum perched swamp species, and Mountain Galaxias. Many areas in Belair National Park are infested with weeds, habitat and diversity is declining, and native plant germination is restricted. Safe storage for weed chemical treatment is required to continue to have the current access to the store. This $5,650.00 $5,650.00 $16,500.00 $18,150.0 0 project will increase capacity to treat weeds and the overall area and will ensure safety and the ablilty to undertake future follow up work. CAG10808231669 Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges GIRL GUIDES SOUTH AUSTRALIA INC Girl Guides South Australia Inc Bringing back biodiversity at Douglas Scrub CAG10808431679 South Australia Murray Darling Basin SOUTHERN FISHERMEN'S ASSOCIATION INC. Southern Fishermen's Association Inc. Ecological Risk Assessment Fishery interactions with birds within the Coorong The project will implement strategic control of 14 environmental weeds (including two WoNS and four SA Proclaimed species), re-establish native flora along degraded waterways, and augment small populations of rare flora (such as pale flax-lily, golden spray, and swamp twig-rush) to improve their future viability. Interpretive material on the biodiversity will be updated. Project actions are compatible with regional recovery and threat abatement plans and will be communicated to guides, students and the visiting public. This project will improve the understanding of the Lakes and Coorong Fishery's interactions with a range of key bird species utilising the Coorong lagoon. Information will be identified and shared within a range of research and management agencies on birds and their food and habitat needs within the Coorong region. The project will identify any interactions that will need a mitigation strategy to avoid adverse impacts on key bird species. $12,950.00 $14,245.0 0 $18,000.00 $19,800.0 0 CAG10808501682 Eyre Peninsula ARNO BAY PROGRESS ASSOCIATION INC Arno Bay Estuary Group Building skills, knowledge in rehabilitation of the Arno Bay estuary ecosystem CAG10809581696 South Australian Arid Lands NIPAPANHA COMMUNITY INCORPORATED Nipapanha Community Incorporated Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) to restore our land. This project will engage the Arno Bay Estuary Group (ABEG) to work with the local community to control Weeds of National Significance and other invasive coastal weeds across two ha. Native plants (500) will be planted to rehabilitate degraded areas and assist with stabilising fragile sand dunes. A marine debris survey program will be established by Eyre Peninsula Natural Resource Management Board to monitor quantities and identify sources of debris impacting on the estuary system. Interpretive signage will be produced and installed by volunteers, increasing awareness of the estuaries ecological significance. The ABEG will trial recycled plastic walkway materials to prolong the life of the boardwalk facility, which sensitively manages public access through this coastal estuary. The ABEG will maintaining project works. This project will collect, collate and record Traditional Ecological Knowledge shared by Adnyamathanha elders for the benefit of their people and land. This information will be used by Rangers to guide revegetation work on priority land. The project will also restore biodiversity, improve ecology, and increase wildlife habitats by reducing feral animals. $17,720.00 $19,492.0 0 $19,250.00 $21,175.0 0 CAG10821501702 South Australian Murray Darling Basin TUNGKILLO LANDCARE GROUP INCORPORATED Tungkillo Landcare Group Incorporated Enriching Brophy's Scrub and Talbot's Reserve. This project will protect approximately 20 ha of native scrub from the major threats of pest plants and animals, and off-road vehicles. An ongoing program will maintain the most vulnerable plant species and these will become propagation sources for future revegetation. The project will be guided and informed from a workshop accredited by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources and conducted by Barron Environmental. The project adds to earlier work (1975 and 1995) to provide a bush rehabilitation model for other Landcare groups and local landholders. Total for SA projects $18,980.00 $20,878.0 0 $568,490.0 0 $620,255. 00 Approved budget GST exclusive $18,000.00 Approved budget GST Inclusive $19,800.0 0 Tasmania Project Id Region Funding Recipient Community Group Project Title Project Description CAG10778511249 South ENVIRONMENT TASMANIA INCORPORATED Ocean Planet Tasmania Tasmanian Minimal Impact Boating Strategy Web Site This project will update the Tasmanian Minimal Impact Boating Strategy for use on the web, including new advice to boat users on how to lower carbon emissions. The content of the Strategy will be revised for use on the web and to an interactive web site will be developed for boat users to give new life to the Strategy while adding new content in relation to the lowering of carbon CAG10781961277 North TAMAR REGION NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT STRATEGY REFERENCE GROUP INC Tamar Region Natural Resource Management Strategy Reference Group Inc Celebrating Tamar Region Sustainable Farming - Local Success to Motivate Change CAG10801681482 South SUSTAINABLE LIVING TASMANIA INC South Hobart Sustainable Community Group Inc Adopt-AWaterway South Hobart Rivulet emissions (which would be the main change from the original Strategy). The Strategy was developed after extensive stakeholder engagement with the boating community and a public education campaign. The Strategy was the first developed in Tasmania and one of the first in the world and is still the only state based strategy in Australia. This project will develop a register of sustainable farming practice trials being conducted in the Tamar Region (both formal research and farmer initiated tests) and will provide a resource for farmers to utilise as a locally relevant knowledge base in their farm operational planning. The project will formally celebrate local successes and will serve as a motivational tool for behavioural change towards fostering uptake of sustainable farming practices. This project will provide a medium to engage the community in preserving and enhancing the ecological values of the Rivulet and its environs. Cooperative work with Southern Water, Hobart City Council, Government, land owners, the community and South Hobart Primary School will improve the level of understanding of catchment management, waterways and developing an ongoing education programme. The project will gather and assess information on the Rivulet and its immediate environs, $19,800.00 $21,780.0 0 $16,910.00 $18,601.0 0 CAG10804001524 North West KING ISLAND NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT GROUP INC. King Island Natural Resource Management Group Inc. Protecting ‘Coastal Complex on King Island’ and ‘Boggy Creek Geoheritage Site’ focussing on weed management, and the biological and chemical properties of water. Public awareness of the values of the Rivulet will be promoted, including how individuals can further improve the resource through enhancing biodiversity and managing water resources. This project will protect ‘Coastal Complex on King Island’, a rare and endangered ecological community, and ‘Boggy Creek Geoheritage Site’, otherwise known as ‘tufa terraces’, from disturbance by excluding stock. Cattle currently have access to these delicate formations, which are nationally significant and listed in the Tasmanian Geoheritage Database. Removal of the coastal weed sea spurge will protect these sensitive assets from weed invasion. Sea spurge will be replaced with appropriate native plants where needed. Dune vegetation will also be enhanced to improve connectivity and stop erosion and weed spread. Community people and groups will be involved in field days, planting, weed pulling and weed follow up into the future. $12,400.00 $13,640.0 0 CAG10804261531 South SOUTHERN BEACHES LANDCARE COASTCARE Southern Beaches Landcare Coastcare Tasmanian SE Islands Restoration and Stewardship Program - Sloping Island CAG10806311596 South FRIENDS OF THE ROYAL TASMANIANBOT ANICAL GARDENS INC Friends Of The Royal Tasmanianbotanical Gardens Inc Bridge to Hobart City: Linking Place and People Through Coastal Restoration This project will establish a coordinated management program for the Weed of National Significance, serrated tussock/Spanish heath, a weed which has infested the island through years of agricultural use. The project will build on initial weed control completed in 2009 by establishing a 'Southeast Islands Restoration Group' working to ensure: ongoing community participation in enhancing the condition, connectivity and resilience of the island habitat; increased community awareness and participation in protecting and rehabilitating Sloping Island as critical habitat for the threatened White Bellied Sea Eagle, Long Nosed Potoroo, Eastern Barred Bandicoot, Swift Parrot, Green and Gold Frog, and Short Tailed Shearwater. This project will engage volunteers from the Hobart area to participate in the restoration of Pavilion Point's remnant vegetation through seed collection, propagation and planting of local provenance native plants. Primary treatment of dense infestations of blackberry will be undertaken by contractors, and volunteers will assist with the removal of Weeds of National Significance (boneseed and blackberry) and other weeds. The project will develop an Action Plan, undertake training workshops and $19,970.00 $19,970.0 0 $18,180.00 $18,180.0 0 encourage the formation of a Coastcare group in partnership with Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens, Hobart City Council and Southern Coastcare Association of Tasmania, ensuring the ongoing maintenance of the site. CAG10807371632 South TASMANIAN LAND CONSERVANCY INC. Tasmanian Land Conservancy Inc. Ongoing protection of high priority woodlands and wetlands at Long Point Reserve This project will see the continuation of a long-term program at Long Point Reserve to control critical threats to high priority woodlands and grasslands including gorse invasion (a Weed of National Significance), and rehabilitation of coastal woodland degraded by the pressures of grazing and frequent burning. The project will restore of approximately 50 ha of high priority native vegetation, and increase community awareness and engagement in coastal biodiversity conservation. Total for TAS projects $19,800.00 $21,780.0 0 $125,060.0 0 $133,751. 00 Project Description Approved budget GST exclusive Victoria Project Id Region Funding Recipient Community Group Project Title Approved budget GST Inclusive CAG10235701031 West Gippsland COMMUNITY COLLEGE GIPPSLAND LTD Community College Gippsland Ltd McMillan Creek Restoration CAG10404091054 Wimmera LEXTON LANDCARE GROUP INC Lexton Landcare Group Inc Making links Community College Gippsland is situated on 28 acres of land, five km south of Warragul. The college was established for the delivery of agriculture and agriculture related courses. The McMillan Creek runs through the property, flowing into Hazel Creek and ultimately the Latrobe River. This project will implement a plan to restore the McMillan Creek and adjoining land by controlling weeds, indigenous species planting and establishing amenities such as tracks, fences and nesting boxes to make the area suitable for wetlands studies in college classes. This project adds on to a previous project to link areas of exisiting remnants. The focus is on riparian and recharge areas (hill tops / slopes) as corridors for project work. The work will fence, spray to remove exotic weeds, undertake any applicable soil conservation, weed or rabbit control works, then direct seed sites with locally indigenous species (trees, shrubs and ground covers). The project will further enhance existing linkages between the key areas of public forest in the area (Ben Major FR, Ben More BR, Lexton NCR and Carralulup State Forest) across private land. $12,500.00 $13,750.0 0 $19,990.00 $21,989.0 0 CAG10415581058 Corangamit e UPPER BARWON LANDCARE NETWORK Upper Barwon Landcare Network Landcare reGENeration CAG10686161123 Port Phillip and Western Port CARDINIA ENVIRONMENT COALITION INC Westernport Catchment Landcare Network Biodiversity on Farms: What is really living on your property? This project addresses the lack of involvement by younger generations and the subsequent lack of succession and stagnation of ideas and activities in Landcare. Young people need to be encouraged to design the future of Landcare, take ownership and develop direction. By utilizing new media and communication technologies this project will speak to a wider more diverse Landcare community. Activities will include social /cultural events, designing a new interactive website, a Smartphone App and using cutting edge social media. This project will provide the community with the opportunity to learn about what is living on their properties, empower them to share with others, and to give people a hands-on opportunity to see the benefits that conserving native vegetation and creating biolinks has for native fauna. With the participation of local communities, land managers, Landcare groups and agency partners, this project will build on current and past biolinks projects by raising awareness and understanding of biodiversity on farms through ‘hands on’ monitoring and field days. $16,500.00 $18,150.0 0 $19,990.00 $21,989.0 0 CAG10690971133 North Central PENTLAND HILLS LANDCARE GROUP INC Pentland Hills Landcare Group Inc 1st Upper Werribee Landcare Network Expo - will include 11 Landcare groups CAG10711551151 West Gippsland VFF FARM TREE AND LANDCARE ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED Boolarra South Landcare Group Revegetation,habi tat and Biodiversity improvement,mon itoring of flora and fauna. This project will bring together for the first time 11 neighbouring Landcare groups to promote awareness amongst landowners in sustainable agriculture practices. The project will also recruit 25 new members and sign-up 15 enquiries for on-ground works. The on-ground issues to be addressed include connecting remnant vegetation into biolinks across landholders’ properties, coordinated rabbit control and reducing overgrazing which is causing soil erosion. This project will create habitat and enhance biodiversity by introducing appropriate native vegetation and monitoring flora and fauna using cameras in the state forest. The project will improve bio-link corridors by controlling weeds, restoring native plants and improving soil biology through a series of continuing field days and working bees, involving Landcare and other community groups and students. An educational pamphlet will be produced and plants and habitat that were destroyed in 2009 bush fires will be restored. The group will continue improvements and monitoring after the project's completion, continuing to involve other groups. $16,180.00 $17,798.0 0 $14,200.00 $15,620.0 0 CAG10715501156 East Gippsland FAR EAST VICTORIA LANDCARE INC Far East Victoria Landcare Inc Managing Horses on Small Properties & Small Acreage Whole Farm Planning CAG10755851188 North Central CAMPASPE RIVER & LAND MANAGEMENT GROUP FRIENDS OF THE CAMPASPE RIVER Campaspe River & Land Management Group Friends Of The Campaspe River Rehabilitation Stabalisation & Revegetation Flood Damaged Riverine Environment CAG10769551212 Corangamit e SURF COAST AND INLAND PLAINS NETWORK Surf Coast And Inland Plains Network Bush to Beach Biolink within Thompson Creek Catchment- Stage 2 This project will target horse owners as they have established social networks throughout the region and form a large percentage of the small properties in the region. Two seminars, for up to 100 people each, will emphasise sustainable grazing and environmental management on horse properties. This will be followed with five targeted workshops (maximum 15 properties) on Small Acreage Whole Farm Planning. This project will clean up and revegetate the Kyneton River following flood damage. Donations of plants and help from local contractors and volunteers will allow the necessary restoration required to return this environment to a pristine condition. Willows and large woody weed infestations will be removed along with blackberry and other exotic weed colonies and the area planted by the community and other volunteer groups. The project will create linkages from the bush to beach by rehabilitating three highly degraded sections of Thompson Creek. The creek stretches 20km, beginning in the upper reaches of Gherang, receiving overflows of Lake Modewarre and then into the Bass Strait at Breamlea. Thompson Creek is home to the Yarra Pigmy Perch (nationally listed as vulnerable species) population. Thompson Creek also $19,990.00 $21,989.0 0 $19,500.00 $19,500.0 0 $19,950.00 $21,945.0 0 lies within the natural temperate grasslands of the Victorian Volcanic Plains, classified as critically endangered under the EPBC Act. CAG10777011239 East Gippsland DARGO LANDCARE GROUP Dargo Landcare Group Not too hot to handle. Chilean Needle Grass This community driven project will contain, manage and reduce the impact of Chilean needle grass on the environmental and primary production assets of the Dargo region. An integrated weed management approach of identification, equipment hygiene and control will be deployed to educate local landowners through workshops and technical presentations. To contain and prevent further spread of this invasive species, management and control techniques will be designed to target local roadside infestations and private boundary areas as a priority. Various treatment options will be trialed in the field to explore and determine the optimum control techniques throughout the Chilean needle grass lifecycle in the region's climate and soils. $18,180.00 $19,998.0 0 CAG10780541263 Port Phillip and Western Port LIONS CLUB OF GEELONG BREAKFAST INCORPORATED Lions Club Of Geelong Breakfast Incorporated Western Beach Foreshore Revegetation and Coastal Erosion Reduction Project CAG10780991268 Corangamit e HABITAT RESTORATION FUND Habitat Restoration Fund Extension of Weed Control Zone - Eagles Nest - Point Nepean National Park This project will reduce soil erosion along the Western Beach Foreshore, where in parts it is contained by wire fencing due to safety concerns of the cliffs breaking away onto the Bob McGovan Path. Soil erosion reduction in the region will aid in the conservation and protection of the marine and coastal environment, rehabilitation of the native flora, increased safety for the use of the Bob McGovan Path, and increase the aesthetics of the foreshore. The Lions Club of Geelong Breakfast will reduce erosion by implementing extensive ground cover revegetation and wooden retaining devices where necessary. The group will be responsible for the revegetation and future site maintenance. Weeds of State and National significance have invaded rare Ecological Vegetation Classes (EVCs) such as Coastal Headland Scrub and Coastal Alkaline Scrub, and are pressing west towards other rare EVCs (Coastal Tussock Grasslands) that Parks Victoria is currently trying to maintain. These weeds are destroying biodiversity in this area. This project will engage professional contractors, volunteers and other members of the community to remove all weeds old enough to produce seed. Volunteers will then follow-up this work the following year. The project will enable Parks Victoria to have a significantly better chance at being $18,050.00 $18,050.0 0 $19,750.00 $21,725.0 0 able to hold these weeds at bay and out of the adjacent high-quality areas. CAG10781391272 Goulburn Broken FISHCARE VICTORIA INC Fishcare Victoria Inc Training Fishcare Victoria's volunteers CAG10783371293 Wimmera PROJECT PLATYPUS ASSOCIATION INC Project Platypus Association Inc Agrifest 2013 This project will conduct a training workshop for all Victorian Fishcare volunteers to provide current best practice methods and information for delivery of community education relating to responsible recreational fishing. The training workshop will include riparian habitat management and restoration site visits; threatened fish species management; aquatic ecology; fish stocking; fish life cycles; fish mortality; best practice fishing methods; and communication and presentation techniques. The project will assist volunteers in community education to promote sustainable fishing and fisheries management to recreational anglers. This project will increase farmer knowledge by conducting Agrifest. This is a large scale agricultural field day designed to support farm businesses in remaining sustainable into the future. Agrifest will showcase the latest in sustainable agriculture, motivating and supporting landholders in the upper Wimmera Catchment to shift towards sustainable agricultural practices. $18,360.00 $20,196.0 0 $18,200.00 $20,020.0 0 CAG10783771296 Western GOLDEN POINT LANDCARE GROUP Golden Point Landcare Group Forest Creek Action Plan turning community vision into rehabilitation actions CAG10783951297 Port Phillip and Western Port NEPEAN CONSERVATION GROUP INC Nepean Conservation Group Inc Indigenous planting,removal of environmental weeds & community awareness project This project is based on the Forest Creek Action Plan and will bring together seven community groups working separately along the creek in a united attempt to enhance natural regeneration of vegetation (including creek line Grassy Woodland endangered in this Bioregion). The project will create habitat connectivity between large areas of native vegetation through weed control and revegetation; raise community awareness and appreciation of the value of and benefits from good natural resource management in a peri-urban area through the production of a brochure, community planting events and follow-up community walks; and will complement the newly badged Goldfields Walking Track from Ballarat to Bendigo. Many areas of the Mornington Peninsula have been, or are in the process of being over grown with weeds including noxious weeds. Other areas are suffering from erosion including sand dunes. This project will identify and remove weeds from parks and reserves, revegetating areas with indigenous plants and trees. The project will be undertaken and maintained by volunteers and friends groups on the Mornington Peninsula. The project will include the preparation and production of literature and the further development of a website to raise community awareness of the $19,900.00 $19,900.0 0 $19,300.00 $19,300.0 0 need to protect the natural habitat distinctive to the southern Mornington Peninsula. CAG10784111299 Wimmera VICTORIAN NOTILL FARMERS ASSOCIATION Victorian No-Till Farmers Association Enhancing Farmer Skills & Knowledge of the No-Till Farming System CAG10784191300 Corangamit e DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES Friends Of The Marine Discovery Centre Marine and Freshwater Discovery Centre Community Engagement Program This project will utilise various methods of communication and extension to enhance farmers knowledge and skills of the no-till farming system. Events will be targeted at grain growers across Victoria's dry land cropping regions, both at an introductory level in areas of low adoption and an advanced level in areas that are looking to enhance their system. The events will be in the form of a no-till farmers conference, workshops and onground demonstrations. This project will prevent further dune erosion along the coastline, rehabilitate and revegetate these areas, preserving a critical habitat and fostering important behaviour change by beach users. The program brings together primary and secondary school students, community and industry groups, the Wathaurong Aboriginal Co-operative and land managers. $19,900.00 $21,890.0 0 $17,500.00 $19,250.0 0 CAG10784871302 Port Phillip and Western Port MORNINGTON PENINSULA YOUTH ENTEPPRISESIN CORPORATED Mornington Peninsula Youth Entepprisesincorpora ted Stage 2 "Tidal" Mangrove Propagation program CAG10788171334 Corangamit e EAST MOORABOOL LANDCARE GROUP INC East Moorabool Landcare Group Inc Increasing habitat connections in the Moorabool river catchment This project will revegetate and increase mangrove seedling propagation capacity by 50 per cent. Mornington Peninsula Youth Enterprises has a history of propagation of native and Indigenous plants as a result of assistance programs to disadvantaged youth on the Mornington Peninsula. For a number of years, mangrove propagation has occurred in a very basic system for re-vegetation in Westernport Bay. The innovative "tidal' system is a significant improvement in terms of germination and seedling survival. This project will reduce habitat fragmentation in the upper Moorabool River catchment through provision of corridors and intermediate habitat patches. It will build on previous work by the group to revegetate the Moorabool River through increasing habitat connectivity in the landscape, and providing habitat corridors between disjunct patches of forest along the East and West arms of the river. The long term goal is to provide habitat linkages in an east-west direction to compliment the north-south connections provided by the East Moorabool Landcare Group's river revegetation project, thus allowing greater capacity for movement of species around the landscape. Landcare volunteers will be involved in planning and carrying out onground works on member’s $18,180.00 $19,998.0 0 $18,640.00 $20,504.0 0 properties. CAG10792461355 Glenelg Hopkins WARRNAMBOOL COASTCARE LANDCARE GROUP INC Warrnambool Coastcare Landcare Group Inc Thunder Point Coastal Reserve Restoration CAG10793981370 Port Phillip and Western Port MORNINGTON ENVIRONMENT ASSOICATION INCORPORATED Mornington Environment Assoication Incorporated Red Bluff Mornington, Headland Scrub Restoration This project will protect and enhance the natural values of the Thunder Point Coastal Reserve and the Merri Marine Sanctuary by addressing the threat of invasive species (foxes and environmental weeds), restoring indigenous vegetation, and engaging the community in conservation science. The reserve adjoins the sanctuary and incorporates Middle Island. The island is home to several seabird species, including a rare urban Little Penguin colony. Due to its proximity to the mainland, the island’s seabirds have been decimated by fox predation in recent years. This project will remove the woody weeds and restore the headland scrub as the natural southern border of several of Mornington Environment Association and Friend Groups' current restoration projects, involving existing volunteers, schools, contractors and local residents who have long complained of the lack of attention to this headland. Red Bluff is the geologically significant Baxter $9,100.00 $10,010.0 0 $17,680.00 $17,680.0 0 CAG10795101383 North East WANDILIGONG PRESERVATION SOCIETY INCORPORATED Wandiligong Preservation Society Incorporated Opening up new corridors of biodiversity for sustainable management CAG10796081396 Port Phillip and Western Port CARDINIA CATCHMENT LANDCARE INC Cardinia Catchment Landcare Inc Community Conservation Of Platypus Practical Ways Sandstone headland between Mills Beach and Shire Hall Beach in Mornington. It supports a mix of indigenous scrub and woodland (including Moonah, eucalypts and coastal understorey) as well as woody weeds (polygala, mirror bush, boneseed and creepers). It is crossed with numerous sandy tracks heavily used by walking groups, schools and tourists. Trials into appropriate species for revegetation of the area will also be undertaken. This project will restore the Diggings at Crown Reserve where large tracts are inaccessible and unsafe for volunteers to maintain. The project will utilise heavy machinery to level rocky subsidence and fill in large holes, enabling clearing and restoration of areas which have become overgrown with noxious and invasive species. This project will engage and educate the community in how the health of the Cardinia Creek is critical for the survival of the Platypus and other significant biodiversity assets by providing practical examples and continuing to co-ordinate a community awareness program specifically aimed at the conservation of Platypus. Activities will be implemented to assist the community to take action as well as assistance in ongoing monitoring and management. The project will target a section of the creek located within a busy, growing business $18,400.00 $20,240.0 0 $19,950.00 $19,950.0 0 district visited by hundreds of people every day. By the end of the project a wide diverse background of people will be empowered to align their everyday activities to enhance the habitat for the Platypus. CAG10796541402 Mallee VFF FARM TREE AND LANDCARE ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED Murrayville Landcare Group Murrayville and Districts Fox and Rabbit Baiting Program 2013 This project will control rabbit and fox populations through baiting programs. Favourable conditions over the past two years have seen rabbit and fox numbers build to colossal proportions. Murrayville Landcare will implement a subsidised baiting program in support of the successful rabbit ripping the group has been undertaking over the last decade. The group is located between the Murray Sunset National Park and Big Desert NationalPark which is an important bio-link for the Mallee region. Large pest populations are affecting local biodiversity through foraging and building warrens, and are known to be present in the priority woodland areas. Implementing an integrated pest management plan is paramount to optimising activities and value for money, and this project will be a valuable support to primary control methods. $18,000.00 $19,800.0 0 CAG10796681403 Murray VFF FARM TREE AND LANDCARE ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED Chiltern Landcare Group Community Education & Action: Pest Plants & Animals in Chiltern Mt Pilot Biolink CAG10796881405 North East VFF FARM TREE AND LANDCARE ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED North East Ecological Farmers Better Farming: Improving sustainable management practices in NE Victoria This project aims to increase awareness of the impact of pest plants and animals on biodiversity and agricultural values in the Chiltern Mt Pilot Biolink area. The project will involve a series of community workshops focussing on control of Weeds of National Significance and rabbits. Outcomes will involve production of a Community Pest Plants and Animals Action Plan and will support initial action programs on each of the pests, focussing on public lands and partnered with adjoining private landholders. Progress on all activities will be monitored with results broadly distributed to the community to encourage and initiate ongoing action. The breaking of the drought illustrated how soils with higher carbon levels and good ground cover had reduced water / wind erosion and recovered faster. This project will permanently document this knowledge using exemplary farmers as case studies with supporting detail. Many landholders and farmers in the region are looking for a systems approach to sustainable land management. This project, which builds on the success of the book 'Soil Health: The Journey', will provide practical examples of improved management decision making to increase soil carbon levels and reduce soil acidity and erosion. $19,990.00 $21,989.0 0 $19,380.00 $21,318.0 0 CAG10796971406 North East VFF FARM TREE AND LANDCARE ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED Cudgewa Creek Landcare Group Protecting and enhancing remnant red gum communities in the Cudgewa Creek Valley CAG10797821418 Port Phillip and Western Port SOUTHERN PRECISION AGRICULTURE ASSOCIATION (SPAA) INCORPORATED Southern Precision Agriculture Association (Spaa) Incorporated Methods to manage variability in winegrape production using precision agr tools CAG10798091423 Goulburn Broken UPPER GOULBURN LANDCARE NETWORK Strath Creek Landcare Group Improving the biodiversity value of farm dams. This project will engage landholders to fence, exclude stock and establish local understorey to improve the Cudgewa Creek environment. Where access is difficult, tracks will be installed. Activities to inform and engage the community about reversing decline of the red gums, an important feature in the local landscape, will be held. Landholders will manage their sites (weed control and fencing) and external buffers with group support. This project aims to increase the sustainability and profitability of viticulturalists in two wine growing regions of Victoria (Yarra Valley and Grampians) by increasing adoption of Precision Viticulture (PV) technologies. Current understanding of the application of PV, use of equipment and interpretation of GIS outputs is minimal. Hands-on training will be conducted to demonstrate correct methods for equipment set up, data collection, the concept of zonal management, and use of GIS. Subsequently, informed management through PV will enable targeted application of farm inputs, to reduce unnecessary application of chemicals, nutrients, water and overall risk. The project will develop five dams as demonstration sites, creating shallow edges and developing dam-side vegetation as wildlife habitat. It will serve to educate landholders in these practices and about the value $19,950.00 $21,945.0 0 $19,500.00 $21,450.0 0 $18,000.00 $19,800.0 0 of dams for wildlife and biodiversity. CAG10800301456 Mallee WOOMELANG/L ASCELLES LANDCARE GROUP Woomelang/Lascelle s Landcare Group Woomelang Lascelles Rabbit Action CAG10802371493 North East VFF FARM TREE AND LANDCARE ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED Upper Ovens Valley Landcare Group Improving River Health and Water Quality Stage 6 CAG10803521514 Wimmera RAINBOW AND DISTRICT LANDCARE GROUP Rainbow And District Landcare Group Rainbow and District Rabbit Action This project will implement a subsidised rabbit baiting and ripping program across the Woomelang Lascelles Landcare Group area targeting private landholders. Due to favourable conditions over the past two years, rabbit populations have exploded throughout the region. By sheer weight of numbers, these pests are having a major impact on the local flora and fauna by foraging for food and building warrens in vulnerable areas. The iconic Upper Ovens River and its riparian zone has been degraded by widespread infestations of willow, seeding pussy willow, crack willow and blackberry. This project contributes to a six year multi-staged community-based project to clear weeds and revegetate with indigenous species. The project is being led by the local Landcare group, with steering advice from public land management agencies and specialists. This will support the joining of previous project areas creating over 20kms of repaired riparian land. This project will control rabbit populations by implementing a subsidised rabbit baiting and ripping program in the Lake Hindmarsh region. To minimise impact the $19,500.00 $19,500.0 0 $19,990.00 $21,989.0 0 $19,500.00 $19,500.0 0 CAG10803561515 Corangamit e VFF FARM TREE AND LANDCARE ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED Geelong Landcare Network Restoration of Native Hut Creek east side of Inverleigh Flora & Fauna Reserve CAG10804101526 North Central VFF FARM TREE AND LANDCARE ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED Ullina Landcare Group Ullina Moolort Landscape Protection and Revegetation Rainbow and District Landcare Group will use best management practices particularly around areas of high environmental significance such as Lake Hindmarsh. This project will restore and rehabilitate Native Hut Creek, adjacent to the Inverleigh Flora Fauna Reserve, by supporting landholders with the removal of pest plant and animals. The G2 Landcare network will provide assistance to landholders occupying the middle reaches to control gorse, boxthorn and rabbits, before undertaking restoration work along six km of waterway. The project will remove heavy gorse and boxthorn infestations harbouring rabbits, allowing native grasslands to recover and improve productivity on adjoining farm lands. The project will be implemented through a management plan and agreed commitments between landholder and Landcare. This project will fence out and protect local waterways through stock exclusion and revegetation. The project will raise local awareness of water quality and the importance of waterway protection; link and expand on existing wildlife corridors to increase the populations of native flora and fauna; and display the importance of birdlife within agricultural systems such as organic cropping. Local schools will be invited to attend planting days, while $19,990.00 $21,989.0 0 $19,300.00 $21,230.0 0 information days will be made open to the general public. Future maintenance of these works will be undertaken by landholders. CAG10804451535 Corangamit e VFF FARM TREE AND LANDCARE ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED Lismore Land Protection Group Improving farmers understanding of soil constraints to increase farm resilience CAG10804481536 Mallee HOPETOUN LANDCARE GROUP INCORPORATED Hopetoun Landcare Group Incorporated Hopetoun Rabbit Action This project will adapt to climate change, protect soil resources and increase farm resilience. Members have prioritised the need to improve their understanding of soils and land management. Field surveys across four representative farms will characterise local soil types, identify barriers to root penetration and access to soil moisture. This information will be presented at local workshops with nearby landholders, with discussion of practices and land usage to reduce soil acidification, salinity, soil compaction and structure decline, loss of soil carbon, erosion and nutrients entering waterways and Ramsar lakes. Workshop attendees will be surveyed for attitudinal change and encouraged to trial a change in management practice. This project will address threats to flora, fauna and agriculture around the Hopetoun area resulting from the increase in rabbit numbers over the past two years. The project will minimise the impact by implementing a subsidised rabbit baiting and ripping program for land holders within the priority area. $17,800.00 $19,580.0 0 $19,500.00 $19,500.0 0 CAG10805011548 Corangamit e VFF FARM TREE AND LANDCARE ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED Otway Agroforestry Network Landholder Mentoring and Education Service for Linking Environment and Farms CAG10805041549 Mallee BEULAH LANDCARE GROUP Beulah Landcare Group Beulah Rabbit Action CAG10806081590 Corangamit e SOUTHERN OTWAY LANDCARE NETWORK Southern Otway Landcare Network Dung Beetle Survey and Release in the Southern Otways This project involves farm site visits followed by a farm land management plan and follow up support for projects by experienced mentors. The selected farms are part of a landscape scale project designed to improve ecological resilience (connecting and enhancing biodiversity), farm productivity and diversity via ecosystem services. The visits will look at items including shade and shelter; erosion control; integrated pest management; nutrient cycling including carbon; increased water quality; greenhouse gas sequestration; the potential for a range of products including honey, cut flowers, seed, native food plants and high quality timber; and community connectivity. This project will address threats to flora, fauna and agriculture around the Beulah Creek catchment area directly resulting from the increase in rabbit numbers. The project will minimise the impact by implementing a subsidised rabbit baiting and ripping program across the Beulah Creek catchment area, targeting private landholders. This project will engage the community of the Southern Otways in the management of dung beetle colonies. Land managers in the area are struggling to run environmentally and economically sustainable farms due to a range of socio-economic factors. The Southern Otway Landcare Network is working to $19,990.00 $21,989.0 0 $19,500.00 $19,500.0 0 $18,240.00 $20,064.0 0 CAG10806751611 North Central VICTORIAN NATIONAL PARKS ASSOCIATION INC Victorian National Parks Association Inc Caught on camera community monitoring Regional training and project development CAG10806771612 Port Phillip and Western Port PHILLIP ISLAND LAND CARE GROUP INC Phillip Island Land Care Group Inc Phillip Island Chilean Needlegrass Control Project address these problems through a variety of initiatives. Dung beetles (which provide time and cost effective benefits to soil health) have proven popular for re-engaging landholders in Landcare and sharing ideas about sustainable agricultural practices. Landholders will be involved in colony release activities, potential beetle collection and swaps, education days and ongoing surveys of dung beetle populations in the region. This project will work with local community groups to identify their own priority issues in relation to fauna, and utilise motion sensor cameras to carry out monitoring. The project has been developed with support from a previous Caring for our Country Community Action Grant, which generated a high level of interest from local community groups and volunteers. The project will now be expanded to other regions in Victoria, providing a greater capacity to collect much needed data on fauna across the State. This project will maintain high levels of successful control to ensure the infestation of Chilean Needlegrass reduces in size, remains on Phillip Island and does not disperse. The project encourages the continuation of a Chilean Needlegrass Steering Group, comprising representatives of organisations that manage the grass, and a high level of vigilance and $19,750.00 $21,725.0 0 $19,740.00 $21,714.0 0 improved identification amongst the community to spot new infestations as they occur. The project will also tackle the weed head on with treatment of all known plants each calendar year. CAG10806881616 North East MILAWA/MARKW OOD/OXLEY LANDCARE GROUP Milawa/Markwood/O xley Landcare Group Increasing Biodiversity of Riverine Habitat Linking Lower Ovens & King Rivers CAG10807001620 Port Phillip and Western Port BALCOMBE ESTUARY REHABILITATIO N GROUP INC Balcombe Estuary Rehabilitation Group Inc Riparian and associated Grassy Woodland Restoration, Balcombe Creek, Mt Martha This project is aimed at regenerating confidence in enthusiastic private land managers to recommence implementing the biodiversity component of their Local Area Plan following a decade long drought and two successive years of floods. Riparian areas effected by sustained drought and latter flood conditions incurred less damage than untreated areas. The project addresses sustainable agriculture by eliminating seed source of Weeds of National Significance, for example blackberry from the area while protecting dispersible stream bank soils from erosion by re-establishing appropriate indigenous vegetation species. The project addresses the biodiversity component of the Plan by providing habitat for native fauna. This project will restore two threatened, but diverse indigenous riparian areas within the Balcombe Estuary Reserves. The areas are a riparian section of Swamp Melaleuca along the Balcombe Creek and adjoining grassy woodland vegetation, and a riparian area with extensive greenhood and hyacinth orchid colonies. Ecological decline of the indigenous habitat and $19,990.00 $21,989.0 0 $13,970.00 $13,970.0 0 CAG10807541639 North Central VFF FARM TREE AND LANDCARE ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED Mccallums Creek Landcare Group Protecting remnants along streamsides and wildlife linkages CAG10808541684 Goulburn Broken REGENT HONEYEATER PROJECT INC Regent Honeyeater Project Inc Habitat restoration & strategic biolinks for threatened spp eg Regent Honeyeater biodiversity through weed invasion is an issue for this important wildlife corridor which forms part of a linking system stretching from the coast to adjoining reserves and tributaries. Weed control works for predominantly grassy and woody weeds will be undertaken which will encourage natural regeneration and thereby improve diversity in the area. The project will enable extension of the Creswick Creek repatriation in Clunes. By enabling revegetation of banks bared by the removal of introduced trees and recent flooding, it will improve the quality of water entering the Creswick Creek at Clunes. McCallums Creek Road will have gorse and blackberry removed and be planted out with indigenous species to provide linkages with larger habitat areas at Dunach and the Mount Cameron Road. Lees Road near Evansford will have gorse removed and indigenous plantings to provide access for wildlife to the Mount Bolton and Mount Beckworth areas and the reserves surrounding the Evansford and Talbot Reservoirs. This project will increase and preserve the Remnant Box/Ironbark habitat. Ecosystem processes are collapsing including widespread tree dieback, mistletoe, erosion, blue-green algae, and dryland salinity. Many fauna species are threatened including the Regent Honeyeater, $16,700.00 $18,370.0 0 $19,950.00 $21,945.0 0 Grey-crowned Babbler, Squirrel Glider, Brush-tailed Phascogale. The local farming community will be engaged to address these issues with activities such as revegatation and weed removal. CAG10809231692 Goulburn Broken GOULBURN BROKEN CATCHMENT MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY Nagambie Landcare Group Inc Creating Linkages in Box Grassy Woodlands CAG9946941022 Glenelg Hopkins BALLARAT ENVIRONMENT NETWORK INC. Ballarat Environment Network Inc. BEN Biodiversity Reserves Enhancement Stage 3 This project will promote the biodiversity values of linkages across the Goulburn Riverine Plains landscape with an emphasis along waterways through on-ground works and a field day. The project will build on 20 years works of the Nagambie Landcare Group and its highly successfully Longwood Plains Biodiversity Project, which has seen over 1000 ha of box grassy Woodland natural assets protected and restored in the last 10 years. This project adds value to the recent Caring for our Country funded Woodlands project (delivered through the Goulburn Broken CMA). This project will fund the continuation of control measures in the local catchment, with greater emphasis on herbaceous weeds (especially invasive exotic pasture grasses). This will include increasing the involvement of volunteers, especially local residents, in managing and caring for reserves. Activities will include planting and plantings maintenance, path construction and maintenance, manual weed control and rubbish removal. $17,700.00 $19,470.0 0 $19,950.00 $21,945.0 0 Total for VIC projects $885,770.0 0 $953,712. 00 Approved budget GST exclusive $11,000.00 Approved budget GST Inclusive $12,100.0 0 $19,990.00 $21,989.0 0 Western Australia Project Id Region Funding Recipient Community Group Project Title Project Description CAG10454421068 Northern Agricultural MINGENEW IRWIN GROUP Mingenew Irwin Group Developing sustainable land management resources for small landholders in Irwin CAG10680041114 Perth FRIENDS OF LAKE CLAREMONT LIMITED Friends Of Lake Claremont Limited Extension of Riparian Vegetation of the Eastern Shore of Lake Claremont This project will develop a Small Rural Holdings Pack which will be provided to all new and existing small landholders in the Shire of Irwin. The pack will contain information on where to source advice and support on sustainable land use, NRM, fact sheets and community information. The Shire of Irwin is mostly coastal sandplain and this area has particular issues with lack of groundcover and wind erosion. The pack will address these issues, and provide information on appropriate management practices to maintain groundcover throughout the year. The Shire of Irwin will provide the packs to new small landholders as a 'welcome to the community'. This project will concentrate on extending the wetland buffer surrounding Lake Claremont, repairing degradation from grasses and weeds, and continuing to build on the already successfully revegetated riparian and bush areas. Through previous works there has been measurable success with bird species returning to the Lake, such as the Australian Spotted Crake having returned after 15 years. CAG10685671121 Rangeland s ECOCEAN INC Ecocean Inc Engaging Exmouth students in the conservation of their local marine environment CAG10716431160 Northern Agricultural CITY OF GREATER GERALDTON Point Moore Coastcare Group Greys Beach Dune Management and Respect the Beach Program This project will increase community participation in the management of natural resources by encouraging school students to become involved in the conservation of the surrounding marine environment. Ecocean staff and volunteers will introduce the concept of 'citizen science' to students at Exmouth District High school through Ecocean's Whale Shark Photoidentification Library. The program is the largest global monitoring database for the species, and uses the animal's individual spot patterns to identify and monitor whale sharks. The project involves the collection of video footage and photographs of whale sharks via the whale shark industry for the Department of Environment and Conservation. This project aims to mitigate erosion and vegetation loss at Greys Beach through coastal access management and creation of a rehabilitation pathway. Rehabilitation works will be maintained by the City of Greater Geraldton. Point Moore Coastcare Group will hold community working days to rehabilitate the project area and disseminate information. $17,100.00 $18,810.0 0 $13,500.00 $14,850.0 0 CAG10723381178 Swan STIRLING NATURAL ENVIRONMENT COASTCARE INC Stirling Natural Environment Coastcare Inc Integration of coastal foreshore into Linkage of North Beach to Watermans Bay CAG10735661182 South Coast ST JOSEPHS COLLEGE PARENTS AND FRIENDS ASSOCIATION St Josephs College Parents And Friends Association Weed Annihilation, Rehabilitation and Education for the St Joseph's College The project will revegetate an area of grass, weeds and non indigenous plants with local indigenous plants and link them to other revegetated areas, creating an important green corridor along this narrow strip of coastal foreshore. This site is an important linkage between the areas of foreshore Stirling Natural Environment Coastcare has been working on over the past few years. The community will be involved in all aspects of the on-ground activities including weeding, dishing, planting, installation of plant protectors and ongoing maintenance (weeding, watering, removal of plant protectors). These activities will serve to ecologically and aesthetically improve the area. This project will remove adult Sydney Golden wattle, Victorian Tea tree and Taylorina from the grounds of the St Joseph's College. This will allow the rehabilitation of remnant native vegetation and stop the reinfestation of identified weed species into a Gorse eradication site, which neighbours reserves and private property. Mulching, spraying and selective hand removal will be used by contractors and an Indigenous works team to eradicate weeds. Seedling propagation and revegetation will be undertaken by the students and grounds staff to maintain the outcomes. This rehabilitation project will be included into the science education program $13,600.00 $14,960.0 0 $16,750.00 $16,750.0 0 for the St Joseph's College students, which currently lacks sufficient NRM activities and exposure. CAG10787081323 Northern Agricultural YARRA YARRA CATCHMENT MANAGEMENT GROUP INCORPORATED Yarra Yarra Catchment Management Group Incorporated Invasive species control to protect wildlife in the northern Yarra Yarra region CAG10787351327 Perth CAMBRIDGE COASTCARE (INC) Cambridge Coastcare (Inc) Ecological management and restoration of coastal dune vegetation communities CAG10788371336 South West LANDCARE SJ INC Landcare SJ Inc Increasing native vegetation quality and connectivity in SJ and North Murray, WA This strategic pest management project will lower the numbers of invasive species over an extensive area of privately owned farming land and bush remnants in the northern Yarra Yarra region. Adjacent road reserves and areas protected under the National Reserve System will also significantly benefit from the combined efforts of landholders. This project will undertake community restoration in coastal dunes of the town of Cambridge through: targeted weed control; planting of native coastal species selected to increase the biodiversity of degraded vegetation within high priority coastal communities; establishment and expansion of an ex situ seed bank comprising local provenance seeds for future restoration programs; and conservation of priority species. This project will improve the health and vitality of 15 natural areas including: bushland reserves; roadside vegetation; a threatened ecological community; and a constructed and revegetated wetland. The project will build on up $16,200.00 $17,820.0 0 $19,850.00 $21,835.0 0 $19,990.00 $21,989.0 0 to 15 years of environmental activities in these natural areas with the support of 10 community groups and schools, to address large scale loss of habitat through extensive clearing. CAG10788381337 Perth SOUTH EAST REGIONAL CENTRE FOR URBAN LANDCARE INC South East Regional Centre For Urban Landcare Inc Restoration of foreshore in the Blue Gum Lake Reserve in Brentwood, W.A. CAG10789431340 Rangeland s KALGOORLIEBOULDER URBAN LANDCARE GROUP INC Kalgoorlie-Boulder Urban Landcare Group Inc Karlkurla Woodlands Community Nursery Engagement Program This project will implement Stage one restoration works in the Blue Gum Lake in Brentwood. Blue Gum lake is surrounded by native overstory species which are threatened by an overgrowth of understory weeds. The local community will revegetate the bare areas that have overstory cover and minimal understory, while implementing weed removal in the adjoining areas of the lake foreshore that will be planted the following year. Within the area is a small stormwater basin that requires extensive grass weed control and revegetating with sedges. The restoration process will be strategically planned and staged, in partnership with the South East Regional Centre for Urban Landcare and the Local Government. This project will expedite a much needed expansion of the Nursery at Karlkurla Park. Established ten years ago by Kalogoorlie-Boulder Urban Landcare Group (KBULG), the nursery has since become a key focus area in achieving many of KBULG’s objectives. It is now an essential part of the community providing expertise in a diverse $19,990.00 $21,989.0 0 $19,900.00 $21,890.0 0 CAG10792751356 Perth WATERBIRD CONSERVATION GROUP INC Waterbird Conservation Group Inc Revegetation and weed eradication at Folly and Maramanup Pool Reserve Baldivis CAG10792971361 South West NGALANG BOODJA COUNCIL ABORIGINAL CORPORATION INCORPORATED Ngalang Boodja Council Aboriginal Corporation Incorporated Working together to enhance knowledge and skills in bush regeneration range of activities across a wide demographic. This project will provide vastly improved facilities for access to the entire community, with improved work areas, training areas and volunteer areas, providing a safe working space where they are currently unavailable, unsafe or inadequate. This project will provide suitable habitat for birds and other wildlife through volunteer efforts to enhance existing vegetation at Folly and Maramanup Pools. The project will protect the remnant vegetation, existing wildlife and plant communities, and increase biodiversity of the wetlands by revegetating the sensitive riparian zones and controlling weeds through manual removal and spraying. This project is aimed at creating linkages between members of the Collie Aboriginal Corporation and Collie Our Community Garden Inc group along with two community native plant nurseries. These groups have a shared interest in native plant identification and propagation. The project will enhance group members' knowledge and skills in bush regeneration procedures using local provenance native plants. Three community training workshops will be conducted. The project will build on a current Community Action Grants project and will enhance engagement and revegetation skills. $16,520.00 $18,172.0 0 $18,550.00 $20,405.0 0 CAG10799061439 Northern Agricultural THE LIEBE GROUP INC The Liebe Group Inc Building farmers knowledge of soil health and effective input decisions CAG10802711499 Perth TWO RIVERS CATCHMENT GROUP INC Two Rivers Catchment Group Inc Restoration of the Canning River Foreshore in the Canning River Regional Park This project will focus on building farmers' knowledge and capacity to make good decisions concerning soil health and judgments around inputs. Increasing knowledge will increase grower confidence to make effective and efficient decisions. The project's focus will be achieved through interactive sessions to increase farmer knowledge of variable rate technology and the influence it could have on maintaining soil health such as decreasing soil acidity. This project will engage community volunteers in restoration work in the Canning River Regional Park where weed invasion and loss of native riparian vegetation has had a negative impact on habitat, biodiversity and water quality. Native recruitment assisted by weed control will be the major source of native plants for revegetation of riparian vegetation with some planting as required. The Two Rivers Catchment Group will coordinate volunteers working on weed control, planting native species and monitoring. $10,000.00 $11,000.0 0 $19,950.00 $21,945.0 0 CAG10802831500 Perth BLACK COCKATOO PRESERVATION SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA Black Cockatoo Preservation Society Of Australia Saving Black Cockatoos by restoring their habitat and educating the community CAG10803241510 South Coast FRIENDS OF THE FITZGERALD RIVER NATIONAL PARK Friends Of The Fitzgerald River National Park Twertup Track public access management to protect environmental values This project forms part of a largescale biodiversity restoration and reforestation project within the declining northern Jarrah Forest of South-West Western Australia, a globally significant biodiversity hot spot. This project will reforest cleared land within the northern Jarrah Forest, preserving and increasing carbon stores and habitat value, and provide connecting corridors for endangered native wildlife. A website will be established to enable the Black Cockatoo Preservation Society to communicate directly via the internet essential information in regards to projects, the plight of black cockatoos in WA, and further engage the public in direct conservation action. Twertup, located in the Fitzgerald River National Park, was burnt by wildfire in 2008. Under a MoU with Department of Environment and Conservation, the Twertup Field Studies Centre is being managed and restored by Friends of the Fitzgerald River National Park, so that it can again accommodate schools, organisations, researchers, locals and tourists to carry out nature-based activities. Twertup Track, 10 km of 4WD only, is degrading due to heavy vehicle access for the restoration project. This project will repair at least two sections of the track to improve $19,950.00 $21,945.0 0 $14,330.00 $15,763.0 0 drainage and water management, prevent potential introduction and spread of Phytophthora dieback, and to prevent further sand erosion. Improvement of drainage along Twertup Track will prevent water pooling on the surface which is a major source of mud transfer. CAG10804121527 South Coast GREEN SKILLS INC Vincentia Bushcare Group Denmark Wetland Centre Boardwalk and Dieback Prevention Project CAG10806291594 South Coast FRIENDS OF THE PORONGURUP RANGE (INC) Friends Of The Porongurup Range (Inc) Blackberry control in the National Heritage listed Porongurup National Park This project will implement an important upgrade to the Denmark Wetland Centre to enhance protection to the remarkable old growth paperbark trees at the wetland, and enhance the visitor and educational facilities. The project will construct a 48 m boardwalk (with railing, signage and seating) into the paperbark swamp to protect the trees and provide year-round access to the area - allowing visitors to experienceing these ancient trees and the educational benefits of this wetland. A dieback hygiene facility (shoe and feet wash down) will also be installed to reduce the risk of dieback spread. The project will be implemented and maintained by work teams with skilled Green Skills supervisors. This project will map and control blackberry seedlings and a blackberry hedge in difficult to access parts of the National Heritage listed Porongurup National Park. These re-emerging blackberry infestations are posing a direct threat to populations of the threatened Apium prostratum species phillipii $16,360.00 $17,996.0 0 $19,950.00 $21,945.0 0 CAG10807571642 South Coast NORTH STIRLING PALLINUP NATURAL RESOURCES INCORPORATED North Stirling Pallinup Natural Resources Incorporated Engaging & increasing the participation of young farmers in sustainable NRM. CAG10808041662 Perth OIL MALLEE ASSOC OF WA INC Oil Mallee Assoc Of Wa Inc Oil Mallee National Conference 2013 and Ornduffia calthifolia. Areas that have previously been treated will be targeted for follow up control works. This project will complement the overarching program for the national park and surrounding area, which aims to free the Porongurup National Park of declared and environmental weeds. This project will engage young farmers in the Great Southern region encouraging them to come together to become more involved in sustainable farming and NRM through a tour of other areas utilising and actively participating in sustainable farming practices. The project will educate and raise awareness on the importance of sustainable farming, sound environmental practice and innovative ways to improve the land farmers work on. By participating in the tour, the participants will be equipped with the confidence and knowledge to become more actively engaged in their own community. The project is a day long conference on the Oil Mallee Industry, canvassing latest developments on Oil Mallee integrated agroforestry. Presentations will be given on: carbon pricing; the Carbon Farming Initiative and emissions trading; the salinity debate; biodiversity and water; regional energy planning and technology updates; local industry development; adaptation and the pooling of carbon and biomass. It is $17,150.00 $18,865.0 0 $10,000.00 $11,000.0 0 anticipated that over 150 delegates will attend the conference. The conference will educate, inform and encourage farmers to uptake the sustainable farming practice of integrated oil mallee planting. CAG10808391676 Rangeland s GOOJARR GOONYOOL ABORIGINAL CORP Goojarr Goonyool Aboriginal Corp Humpback Whale Stewardship of Habitat = Mutually Sustainable Indigenous outcome CAG10818021701 Swan MURDOCH UNIVERSITY GUILD OF STUDENTS Murdoch Environmental Restoration Group (Merg) Protection & Restoration of Black Cockatoo Habitat at Murdoch University This project will produce a Humpback Whale biography, history and "habitat needs" portfolio and presentation package on threatened Humpback Whales that visit the Dampier Peninsular region in Pender Bay. A full survey team will present one open public day, two youth visit field days, one naval cadet field day and two ranger field days. A team of four will travel to three local schools to promote whale ecology and full project presentation. A team of three will travel and engage local business, traditional owners and other stakeholders. The portfolio package will then be reviewed and updated with stakeholder feedback. By fostering awareness of habitat needs, the project will lead to a sustainable interaction and enhanced conservation. Murdoch University has resident populations of endangered Carnaby’s and Forest Red-tailed Black Cockatoos. Cockatoo numbers on campus have increased as habitat nearby has been cleared and birds seek food and breeding sites. The campus provides critical ecological linkage to two regional reserves. This project will protect $15,460.00 $17,006.0 0 $19,990.00 $21,989.0 0 and expand existing habitat through specific project activities including the purchase of provenance-sourced seedlings, weeding and revegetation of the three established habitats on campus. Total for WA projects $386,080.0 0 $423,013. 00
