EOIs for Swamp Stewardships – NE Volcanic Plains region

Funding stream: Our Catchments Our Communities

Funding closes: April 10, 2026

Do you have a farm in the North Eastern Volcanic Plains area with swamps or wetlands on your property?

Expressions of Interest are now open to support landholders wanting to know more about these wet areas of their farm, how to manage them, and how to be paid to support them.

Glenelg Hopkins CMA’s Our Catchments Our Communities (OCOC) project can help financially through partnerships to support stewardship of seasonal swamps.

Funding is available to farmers who own property in the North Eastern Volcanic Plains area (see map) to manage their seasonal swamps. The support is for assessing and better understanding the swamps on your farm through to stewardship agreements with financial incentives for swamp management and/or restoration.

Interested in learning more? Complete the expression of interest form by 5pm Friday, 10 April, 2026 and a CMA representative will be in touch to discuss the opportunities for your farm.

Complete the EOI form online here

Download a PDF of the EOI form here

Email completed downloaded forms to: Jan Barton j.barton@ghcma.vic.gov.au or Bernadette Northeast b.northeast@ghcma.vic.gov.au

2026 Victorian Government Landcare Grants are now open!

The Victorian Government Landcare Grants are now open, with $3.55 million available in 2026 to support Landcare and environmental volunteer groups and networks to protect and restore Victoria’s landscapes and biodiversity.

Project grants

Project Grants of up to $20,000 are available for on-ground works, community education and engagement, and group/network development activities that protect or improve natural assets such as native vegetation, native fauna, waterways, wetlands and soils.

Support grants

Support Grants of up to $500 are available for assistance with costs such as insurance, incorporation and operational needs.

Eligibility

The grants are open to environmental volunteer groups, including Landcare groups and networks, Friends groups, Conservation Management Networks, Committees of Management, Coastcare groups and Aboriginal groups to support their important work in helping protect the health of our land, waterways and biodiversity.

Victorian Landcare or environmental volunteer group/network that is community-led and has a focus on on-ground land and natural environment improvement work. This includes:

• Landcare groups/networks
• Friends of groups
• Conservation Management Networks
• Coastcare Victoria groups
• Committees of management
• Aboriginal groups/organisations working on Country

How to Apply

Applications are through the Victorian Government’s SmartyGrants portal.

APPLY NOW THROUGH THE SMARTYGRANTS PORTAL HERE

Timeline

Applications open 4 March 2026

Applications close 5pm 23 April 2026

Recipients notified August 2026

Projects completed and reported on 30 November 2027

Guidelines

2026 Victorian Landcare Grants – Guidelines Glenelg Hopkins CMA (PDF)

2026 Victorian Landcare Grants – Guidelines Glenelg Hopkins CMA (Word)

2026 Victorian Landcare Grants mapping information (PDF)

2026 Victorian Landcare Grants mapping information (Word)

For more information:

Tony Lithgow and Kirsty Brewer
Regional Landcare Coordinators
Glenelg Hopkins CMA

Phone (03) 5571 2526

k.brewer@ghcma.vic.gov.au 0447 583 621
t.lithgow@ghcma.vic.gov.au 0418 180 996

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Celebrating 10 years of Landcare Grants

Check out our Landcare Heros and their story behind how investing in Landcare, and receiving support through the Victorian Landcare Grants program has improved their properties

Listen to their stories and read the celebration booklet here

See all the places the 2022 Victorian Landcare Grants were invested in supporting Landcare in Victoria.