Through the 2024 Victorian Landcare Grants, $3.55M across Victoria was made available for Landcare and other environmental volunteer groups and networks that are working to protect and restore land and the environment.
Project Grants of up to $20,000 were available for on-ground works and community education projects that protect or improve the natural environment, including native vegetation and wildlife, waterways and soils.
Support Grants of up to $500 were available to help with group and network administration and running costs.
East Gippsland groups are sharing $330,750.00 of this funding for projects across the region.
Full list of recipients:
* Friends of Mallacoota – Rehabilitate Gabo Island – $6,020.00
* Bruthen & District Landcare Group – Revegetating the Trestle Bridge – Boardwalk Reserve – $20,000.00
* Snowy West Landcare Group – Old Coach Trail Extension, Newmerella Hill, Weed and Revegetation Works – $10,620.00
* Glenaladale Landcare Group – Creating a Safer Future: Glenaladale Landcare Group’s Firewise Garden Initiative at Lindenow South Primary School – $5,595.00
* Goongerah Landcare – Control of Environmental weeds in the Upper Brodribb catchment – $19,845.00
* Eagle Point Landcare Coastcare – Eagle Point Sites: weed management and rehabilitation – $ 19,970.00
* Goongerah Landcare – Control of Tutsan (Hypericum androsaemum) in the Martins Creek catchment – $ 14,910.00
* Lake Tyres Coast Action Group – Bung Yarnda/LTB Coastal Rainforest – Restoring and Connecting – $ 12,000.00
* Newlands Arm Landcare Coastcare Group – Leading Landcare to Longevity – $ 16,679.00
* East Gippsland Landcare Network Inc. – Yarning and Learning – Combining Culture and Biodiversity in local schools – $ 19,630.00
* Eastwood Landcare Group – Eastwood Landcare Site Maintenance & Weed Control 2024 – $ 7,120.00
* Friends of Gippsland Lakes, Parks & Reserves Inc. – FOGL Gippsland Lakes Water Quality Testing Program 2024 – $ 5,160.00
* Nicholson River Landcare Group Inc – NICHOLSON RIVER WETLANDS – Improving River Health, Engaging Active Involvement, Educating Community. – $ 19,925.00
* Lakes Community Landcare Group – Enhancing Biodiversity on North Arm/Mississippi Creek: Continuing the Battle Against Invasive Weeds – $ 4,485.00
* Romawi Landcare Group – Protecting the ponds of Forge Creek Water Reserve – $ 12,625.00
* Jarrahmond Landcare Group – Willow Removal and Native Habitat Revegetation – $ 15,615.00
* Swifts Creek Ensay Landcare Group – Continued Weed Management on Upper Tambo river at Ensay and Tambo Crossing – $ 18,700.00
* Bengworden Landcare Group – Ensuring the Future of Bengworden’s Revegetation Works: Further Control of African Lovegrass – $ 6,670.00
* East Gippsland Landcare Network Inc – Learning Together with Landcare – Stage 2 – $ 20,000.00
* Far East Victoria Landcare – Small Properties: Dream Big – $ 19,991.00
* Far East Victoria Landcare – Creek Line, Shelterbelt, Dam and Remnant Habitat Enhancement – $12,489.00
* Romawi Landcare Group – Bugs and carp: discovering the good and the bad in Forge Creek – $15,450.00
* Swifts Creek Ensay Landcare Group Inc. – Poets Walk habitat and ecological management – $13,619.00
* Marlo Landcare Group – Protecting Littoral Rainforest and Foredunes on the Snowy River Estuary – $6,832.00
* Dargo Landcare Group – Grady’s Creek Restoration 2024 /2025 Dargo Water – $6,800.00
Contact Details
For more information, contact:
Krystel Handley
Community Projects Officer
East Gippsland Catchment Management Authority
Email: khandley@egcma.com.au or phone 0419 892 268
