24 Landcare projects and 28 support grants will be funded in the Glenelg Hopkins Catchment through the 2021 Victorian Landcare Grants program.

The Victorian Government provides funding to support Landcare and environmental volunteering groups and networks for on-ground works, education, and capacity building projects that protect, enhance, and restore our land and natural environment.

A total of $4.09 million was provided for 206 project grants and 282 support grants across Victoria in 2021.

Grants were awarded to Landcare and environmental volunteering groups and networks that have a focus on on-ground land and natural environment improvement work.

This includes Landcare groups and networks, ‘Friends of’ groups, Conservation Management Networks, Committees of Management, Coastcare groups, and Aboriginal groups and organisations working on Country.

Project grants are for on-ground works, capacity building activities, community education and engagement that protects, or improves natural assets such as native vegetation, native fauna, waterways, wetlands, and soils.

Support grants are for or assistance with costs such as insurance, incorporation and operational needs, or meetings and events or newsletters, websites, and other communication.

Projects will be completed by 30 November 2022.

MEDIA RELEASE: Record $500k investment in local Landcare projects

Project grants (up to $30,000)

RECIPIENT	PROJECT TITLE	LOCATION
Beyond Bolac Catchment Action Group	Biodiversity Connectivity and Habitat Improvement within the Victorian Volcanic Plains	Terang
Beyond Bolac Catchment Action Group (H11 H12 Community Action Group)	Wetland Enhancement and Conservation within the Fiery and Salt Creek Sub-catchment	Terang
Bunnugal Landcare Group	Creating Critter Corridors, Clean Water and Camouflaged Collars – Bunnugal 2021-2022	Glenthompson
Friends of the Great South West Walk	Friends of the Great South West Walk Erosion Control and Re-Vegetation at Cape Bridgewater 2021	Portland
Gazette Land Action Group	Continuing to create the Biolink between Mt. Rouse and Mt. Napier by the Gazette Group	Penshurst
Gazette Land Action Group	Environmental works in the Byaduk Macarthur area involving creek protection and revegetation	Penshurst
Hamilton Coleraine Railway Line Landcare Group	Repairing, stabilising and revegetating creeks and hillsides above the Wannon River.	Hamilton
Hopkins Falls Landcare Group	Falls to Forest to Falls: Creating blue-green habitat corridors and empowering next generation Landcarers	Wangoom
Lyne and Camp Creek Land Management Group	Protection, repair, stabilising and revegetation works on both the Lyne and Camp Creeks	Branxholme
Making a Difference (MAD) for the Merri	Winslow Gorge upstream erosion control, revegetation and wildlife corridor extension	Warrnambool
Making a Difference (MAD) for the Merri	The Merri Catchment 2021 and Beyond	Warrnambool
Mirranatwa Landcare Group	Protecting and Increasing Mirranatwa’s Biodiversity 2021-2022	Mirranatwa
Pierrepoint Land Protection Group	A collaborative project by the Pierrepoint Group to continue the rejuvenation of the Muddy Creek	Hamilton
Port Fairy to Warrnambool Rail Trail Inc.	Greening the Rail Trail	Warrnambool
Southwest Environment Alliance	Restore Connect Protect (stage 1)	Portland
The Basalt to Bay Landcare Network Inc	Neighborhood Safer Places for Native Vulnerable & Threatened Vertebrates	Warrnambool
Upper Hopkins Land Management Group	Simple fixes add up: protecting wetlands and waterways in the Hopkins catchment	Maroona
Upper Hopkins Land Management Group	Collaboration is key: Expanding and connecting biodiversity corridors in the Maroona hills	Maroona
Upper Hopkins Land Management Group	Smart laneways: creating wildlife corridors and protecting wetlands in the Hopkins catchment	Maroona
Upper Hopkins Land Management Group	From top to bottom: Diversifying agricultural landscapes across the Upper Hopkins Land Management Group region	Maroona
Upper Mount Emu Creek Landcare Network on behalf of Miners Rest Landcare Group	Linking the Chain on the Burrumbeet Creek	Lexton
Wando River Landcare	Tablelands-Erosion Remediation Works	Wando Vale
Wando River Landcare	The Fencing and Revegetation of Four Sections of Creek.	Nareen
Wando River Landcare with the support of Friends of the Glenelg River	Trial of Growth Rates of Grafted Bulokes onto Drooping and Black Sheoke Rootstocks	Nareen
Woorndoo Chatsworth Landcare Group (formerly Woorndoo Land Protection Group)	A seasonal vegetation survey in Woorndoo and district	Woorndoo

Support grants ($500 each)

RECIPIENT	LOCATION
Ararat Landcare Group	Wickliffe
Best Food and Fibre Environment Group Inc	Woolsthorpe
Bulart Land Management Group	Bulart
Byaduk Recreation Reserve	Byaduk
Cape Nelson Landcare Inc.	Portland West
Cardigan Windermere Landcare Group	Lexton
Culla-Pigeon Ponds Land Management Group	Coojar
Dunrobin Landcare Group	Dunrobin
Eumeralla landcare group	MacArthur
Friends of Pallisters Reserve Inc	Warrnambool
Friends of the Forgotten Woodlands Inc.	Dunkeld
Friends of the Glenelg River	Casterton
Glenthompson Catchment Group	Glenthompson
Hamilton Coleraine Rail Reserve Committee of Management	Hamilton
Hamilton Field Naturalists Club	Hamilton
Kanagulk Landcare Group	Eden Park
Kurri Kurri Co-Operative Society Ltd	Warrnambool
Mooralla Landcare Group	Mooralla
Nelson Coastcare Incorporated	Nelson
Panyyabyr Landcare Group	Karabeal
Portland Coastal Cliffs Inc.	Portland
Portland Scenic Gateway Landcare Group	Portland
Skipton Landcare Group	Skipton
Snake Valley Land Protection Group	Snake Valley
South West Environmental Education Incorporated	Portland
Warrnambool Coastcare Landcare Network	Warrnambool
Warrnambool Field Naturalists Club	Warrnambool
Wennicott Creek Landcare Group	Clover Flat