Current Community Projects
The Authority administers Community Grants to local organisations and community groups throughout the region. These are the:
1. Biodiversity Bushfire Recovery Grants (full list of recipients below)
2. Victorian Landcare Grants
3. Regional Riparian Action Plan Grants
4. Angler Riparian Partnerships Program Angler Grants
Click the pins to view projects currently underway.
1. Biodiversity Bushfire Recovery Grants
The Biodiversity Bushfire Recovery Grants for 2020-2021 have been announced. Recipients have received funding for the following projects.
Stream 1 – Private Landholder Grants
Biodiversity restoration after Bushfire
320 Bellbird – recovering from fire
Biodiversity conservation- remnant vegetation fencing and riparian fencing with fireproof concrete posts and ringlock wire
Brodribb River Corridor Bush Fire Recovery
Wallagaraugh River Post-Fire Recovery
Post Fire Recovery – Weed Control and Reforestation of rainforest area
Bushfire Recovery in Nicholson River Riparian Zone
Fauna Recovery through the provision of habitat in the fire-damaged Sarsfield landscape
Genoa River catchment restoration and protection at Wangarabell Farm
Bemm River Rainforest Restoration
Bringing back diversity following bush fire devastation
Eradication of African Box Thorns
Tree planting post bush fire
Restoring restoration works on Gunn’s Creek, Jarrahmond
Create native habitat
Stream 2 – Environment Volunteer Group Grants
School for Student Leadership – Marlo Campus – Swamp Creek walking track – Cape Conran – Re vegetation, habitat, Water Way Fencing
Friends of the Upper Nicholson Catchment – Recovering our rainforests and river
Far East Victoria Landcare – The what, why, where, when and how of revegetation post fire
Buchan Landcare – Assisting the recovery of koala populations around Buchan
Bug Blitz Trust – After the Fires: Educate, Engage, Connect and Share
Gelantipy Landcare – Butcher’s Creek Revegetation & Educational Program
Rimstone Co-operative Ltd – Murrindal Rocky Limestone Grassy Slope – Endangered Vegetation and Tufa Terrace Protection
Stream 3 – Environment Volunteer Network
Far East Victoria Landcare – Glossy Black-Cockatoo Sanctuaries on Private Land in Far East Gippsland
Far East Victoria Landcare Inc – Ground Parrots on the Marlo Plains
East Gippsland Landcare Network (EGLN) – Bringing Back the Buchan Blues
Far East Victoria Landcare – Bouncing back in biodiverse Far East Gippsland
Far East Victoria Landcare – Managing bare ground on Jirrah Creek in Goongerah
East Gippsland Landcare Network (EGLN) – Identification and control of transforming weeds in East Gippsland
2. Victorian Landcare Grants
The Victorian Landcare Grants for 2019-2020 have been announced. Recipients have received funding for the following projects.
Barrier Landing Coastcare Barrier Landing Stabilisation Works Plan
East Gippsland Landcare Network Protecting our Plants
East Gippsland Landcare Network Habitat Homes & Hollows
East Gippsland Landcare Network Learning With Landcare
Far East Victoria Landcare Improving Soil And Riparian Health And Biodiversity In Far East Gippsland
Far East Victoria Landcare It’s All About The Grazing Management In The Far East
Friends of Mallacoota Rehabilitate Gabo Island
Friends Of Upper Nicholson Catchment Inc. Nurturing Natures Nesters
Glenaladale Landcare Group Ironbark Woodland Protection
Jarrahmond Landcare Group Birds On Farms
Lake Tyers Coast Action Group Lake Tyers Biodiversity Study – Terrestrial 2019/20
Lakes Entrance Community Landcare Green Fire Walls: Fire Retardant Planting
Nicholson River Landcare Group Revegetation Works On The Rail Trail
Paynesville Landcare Group Fencing At Eagle Point
Paynesville Landcare Group Revegetation Along Sunset Drive
Raymond Island Landcare Group Weed Control Project
Snowy River Interstate Landcare Committee Protecting Snowy Basin Assets
Snowy West Landcare Group Stage 2 – Opuntioid Cactus And African Box Thorn Eradication
Swifts Creek Ensay Landcare Group Tackling New And Emerging Weeds In The Upper Tambo
Tambo Bluff Landcare Coastcare Group Erosion Remediation And Safety Project
3. Regional Riparian Action Plan Grants
Bairnsdale Urban Landcare Group Port Of Bairnsdale Rehabilitation
Dargo Landcare Group Orrs Creek Restoration
Eastwood Landcare Group Granite Creek Revegetation
Friends of Picnic Point Picnic Point Reserve
Goongerah Landcare Group Jenson’s Creek Rainforest Restoration
Nagle College Landcare Nagle College Rainforest Project
Swifts Creek Landcare Group Weeding on the Tambo
These projects are funded by the Victorian Government’s Regional Riparian Action Plan Grants.
4. Angler Riparian Partnerships Program Angler Grants
Lake Tyers Beach Angling Club Operation Weed Control
Marlo Angling Club Marlo Foreshore Stabilisation Project
Twin Rivers Community Group Health And Safe Access