Perth region
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State NRM Program community projects Successful projects – March 2010 Successful projects – May 2011 Successful projects - December 2011 Successful projects - October 2012 Successful projects - November 2013 Abbreviations LCDC – Land Conservation District Committee NRM – Natural Resource Management WoNS – Weeds of National Significance Successful projects – March 2010 Northern Agricultural region Proponent Project title Grant Bush Heritage Australia Fire management and feral animal control on Charles Darwin Reserve $19 000 Moore Catchment Council Recovery and Protection of Moore River Catchments threatened natural assets $199 800 Shire of Chapman Valley Moresby Ranges Plan Implementation Phase 1 and engagement $145 000 Perth region Proponent Project title Grant Australian Wildlife Conservancy Securing the future of the Karakamia Woylies $50 000 Blackadder Woodbridge Catchment Group Blackadder Subcatchment biosecurity $25 000 Chittering Valley LCDC Weed control in Lake Needonga $10 500 Eastern Metropolitan Regional Council Native fish fauna monitoring of the Helena River $34 459 Friends of Bennett Brook Post fire restoration of Bennett Brook to protect water quality and the endangered Southern Brown Bandicoot. $72 728 Rangelands region Proponent Project title Grant Australian Wildlife Conservancy Calotropis control - Annie Creek $24 000 Parkinsonia control in the Upper Fitzroy Catchment $36 000 Weed eradication on Faure Island wildlife santuary in world heritage listed Shark Bay $19 500 Centre for Fish and Fisheries Research, Murdoch University Conserving with community the endangered freshwater sawfish in the Fitzroy River $110 000 Environs Kimberley Managing fire and biodiversity conservation in the West Kimberley $99 000 Kimberley Land Council Assessing and managing the impacts of feral pigs on high conservation value waterways in the upper Fitzroy River catchment $36 128 North Kimberley LCDC Kimberley Grader Grass Action Plan $10 000 Pilbara Mesquite Management Committee Advancing effective management of invasive weeds in Pilbara $140 500 Tirralintji Aboriginal Community Weed control at Lake Gladstone $9 000 University of Western Australia Effects of nutrient enrichment and toxic Lyngbya blloms on benthic invertebtates and migratory shorebird communities of Roebuck Bay Ramsar site $141 561 Yawoorroong Miriuwung Gajerrong Yirrgeb Noog Dawang Aboriginal Corporation Miriuwung Gajerrong fire management $250 000 South coast region Proponent Project title Grant Fitzgerald Biosphere Group Buffering priority areas by controlling the spread of dieback - Western Fitzgerald Biosphere $110 000 Green Skills Geekabee Hill ecolink remnant vegetation $17 570 Kimberley Land Council Mitigation of biosecurity threats along the north east Kimberley coast $106 000 Oyster Harbour Catchment Group Management actions to address climate change and degradation of Oyster Harbour catchment $116 000 South Coast NRM Controlling priority invasive weed species in South Coast $246 000 Environmental weed control surrounding the Porongurups $49 500 Protection and recovery of high priority biodiversity assests in South Coast $140 000 Protection by prevention -protecting priority areas from dieback; Eastern South Coast $127 218 Protection by prevention -protecting priority areas from dieback; Walpole wilderness and Mt Lindesay $104 218 Introduced wattle eradication South Coast $6 000 South Coast Progress Association Weeding Group South west region Proponent Project title Grant Augusta-Margaret River Tourism Association Lake and Jewel Cave Hydrology and recovery $150 000 Cape to Cape Catchments Group Protecting and restoring ecological connectivity within the Cape to Cape catchment $45 000 Hotham Catchment Landcare Coordination of feral pig control to reduce the impacts in Peel-Harvey and Leschenault Catchments $250 000 Katanning LCDC Fighting bridal creeper in the Upper Blackwood $84 600 Leschenault Catchment Council Maintaining the WA Blackberry containment line $229 676 Peel Harvey Catchment Council Mayfield main drain sub-catchment water quality improvement plan including foundational activities $53 669 Serpentine River Group/Lowlands Conservation Association Protecting and restoring freshwater ecosystem health in the Serpentine River, an adaptive management approach $18 700 Shire of Capel Fox control across the Capel, Dardanup and Busselton Shires $74 996 Shire of Collie Biodiversity assessment and planning, and commencing management of Shire of Collie natural reserves $50 000 Shire of Murray Fencing, weed and access control in priority Shire of Murray Reserves $16 500 Shire of Serpentine Jarrahdale Protection and enhancement of a priority 4 species and enhancement of wetlands in bush forever site 378, Serpentine $14 000 Walpole-Nornalup National Parks Association Protection of the Owingup Wetland System $165 000 Warren Catchment Council Control of Blackberry and Bridal Creeper in the Warren River catchment $150 000 Wheatbelt region Proponent Project title Grant Birds Australia, WA Carnaby's Black Cockatoo Recovery $250 000 Camm River Paleo-Valley Rehabilitation Committee Camm River Paleo-valley rehabilitation $150 000 Shire of Mt Marshall Mt Marshall Malleefowl Awareness $15 000 Shire of Narembeen Control of mammalian pest species to protect and enhance threatened Red Tailed Phascogale and allow reestablishment of other threatened fauna at Wadderin Sanctuary $114 008 Western Australian Local Government Association Developing strategic road reserve asset management plans to maximise biodiversity, land, water conservation outcomes by local government $170 500 Wheatbelt NRM Establishment of Wheatbelt Regional Biosecurity Group $82 500 Red card for red fox and rabbit $110 000 Riparian improvement of priority Avon River Pools - Gwambygine $200 000 Water management planning for Avon Arc towns $71 200 Successful projects – May 2011 Northern agricultural region Proponent Project title Grant Fowler’s fencing – linking Moresby Ranges and Chapman River $19 500 Chapman River Wildlife Corridor Regeneration stage 1 $48 700 Malleefowl Preservation Group Terra Grata malleefowl survey $10 000 Moore Catchment Council Improving habitat and connectivity in the farming landscape for birds in the Moore River catchment $32 000 Moresby Ranges Plan Implementation phase 2 and engagement $50 000 Upper Chapman River Catchment Action Plan Implementation $50 000 Ensuring the long term effectiveness of saltland reclamation adjacent to the Moore River, Gillingarra $50 000 Protecting on-farm remnants $44 552 Sustaining our environment and agricultural assets through vermin control in the West Midlands $43 900 City of Geraldton-Greenough Shire of Chapman Valley West Koojan Gillingarra LCDC West Midlands Group Perth region Proponent Project title Grant Bungendore Park Management Committee Dieback treatment and weed control Bungendore Park and adjacent land $16 500 Canning River Regional Park Volunteers Nicholson Rd billabong flood plain restoration $23 815 Centre for Fish and Fisheries Research, Murdoch University Halting the infestation of the aggressive freshwater fish, the Pearl Cichlid in the Swan River catchment $45 588 City of Belmont Garvey Park Foreshore Stabilisation Section 4 $32 786 Eastern Metropolitan Regional Council Strengthening Our Streams - riparian restoration of priority areas of the Swan and Helena Rivers $47 415 Friends of Lake Claremont Revegetation of the north west section of Lake Claremont to restore indigenous woodlands $45 000 Friends of Queens Park Bushland Hand weeding and mapping environmental weeds in the Queens Park Regional Open Space Reserves $30 400 Murdoch University Invasive weed eradication within the Beeliar Regional Park - Murdoch University $10 000 Shire of Mundaring Watsonia roadside control within the Jane Brook catchment $17 000 Nicholson Rd bushland restoration and weed management (Bush Forever site 456) $43 585 Regeneration and revegetation on the Canning River foreshore $50 000 Swan Estuary Reserves Action Group The restoration of the ecological integrity of Pelican Point A Class Reserve $32 785 Town of Kwinana Revegetation and weed control on the limestone heath land of Chalk Hill, Kwinana $13 000 Wilson Wetlands Action Group Fern Rd East - revegetation stage 1 $22 655 South East Regional Centre for Urban Landcare Rangelands region Proponent Project title Grant Ashburton Aboriginal Corporation Pilbara aboriginal native seed collection and propagation $50 000 Australian Wildlife Conservancy 2011 bird survey of Faure Island wildlife sanctuary: shorebirds, pied cormorants and future translocations $25 820 A natural and cultural heritage management strategy for Ngururrpa Country $49 740 A comprehensive assessment of the natural and cultural assets of the Carnarvon Ranges $50 000 Environs Kimberley Roebuck Bay fine scale habitat modelling to determine key habitat for marine wildlife and prey $26 950 Greening Australia (WA) Eighty Mile Beach Ramsar site fencing $50 000 Ord Land and Water Protecting environmental and agricultural assets of the East Kimberley $50 000 Central Desert Native Title Services South coast region Proponent Project title Grant Albany Heritage Reference Group Aboriginal Corporation Fish traps $50 000 Bushcarers Group Lake Seppings western shore rehabilitation $10 520 Esperance Regional Forum Riparian vegetation protection and livestock exclusion fencing in the Stokes Inlet and Coomalbidgup catchments $36 000 Fitzgerald Biosphere Group Increasing land management capacity and protection of rehabilitation and conservation values in the Western Fitzgerald Biosphere $50 000 Frenchman Bay Association Construction of bird hide at Lake Vancouver, Goode Beach, Vancouver Peninsula, Albany $14 000 Friends of the Porongurup Ranges Declared and environmental weed control in and around the National Heritage listed Porongurup National Park $50 000 Gillamii Centre The treatment of invasive Golden Wattle populations within the Gillamii service area. $47 700 Green Skills Senecio glastifolius eradication $50 000 Meet and greet to preserve our reserves $22 500 Greening tributaries of the Pallinup River and promoting landcare in the North Stirlings Pallinup region $48 900 Improving the health, water quality and community awareness of Dunn's Swamp at Hoptoun $11 100 Shire of Denmark Biodiversity surveys Mt Hallowell Reserve and Wilson Inlet Foreshore Reserves, Denmark $19 560 Shire of Esperance Walker St Public Open Space $20 000 Torbay Catchment Group Drain restoration, revegetation and weed control along a section of Undeyup Creek $22 969 Wilson Inlet Catchment Committee Watsonia control in Narrikup $10 000 King River Weed Control and River Restoration Group North Stirlings Pallinup Natural Resources Ravensthorpe Agricultural Initiative Network South coast region continued… Proponent Project title Grant Dujimerrup Twonkup Aboriginal Corporation An indigenous restoration initiative: fencing and revegetation of riparian and remnant revegetation on Dowrene Farm $27 500 Grahams Land and Sea Aboriginal Corporation Protection and enhancement of a heritage listed fragile wetland and surrounding remnant bushland $38 000 Shire of Denmark Revegetation of priority sites on the Wilson Inlet Foreshore Reserves, Denmark $8 010 Tambellup Noongar Land Aboriginal Corporation Integrated property management to contain salinity and protect riparian land (Gordon River) on Tammar Farms $45 300 Wongutha CAPS Development Trust Protection/enhancement of remnant bushland and addressing soil erosion with windbreaks and perennial pastures Wongutha CAPS $28 000 South west region Proponent Project title Grant Blackwood Basin Group Plans to action on ground funding for the Blackwood $50 000 Arum Lily eradication in Capel Tuart forests at Ludlow and Minninup $14,000 Fencing to enhance the survival of diverse flora of Minninup Block of the Ludlow Tuart forest $20 000 Cape to Cape Protecting high value assets in the Quininup catchment by assessing its condition and on ground actions $48 760 Coolup LCDC Fox and rabbit control in the coastal Peel-Harvey catchment $11,000 Geographe Catchment Council Keeping Geographe Bay OK – reducing nutrient from urban areas $45 500 Continuing the fight against bridal creeper $50,000 From drain to living stream – Katanning Creek $36 050 Much to do about saving a lake – Ewlymartup $42 590 Keysbrook Environmental Group Protection of rare flora against Phytophthora attack on conservation zone in Keysbrook $14 100 Landcare SJ Invasive species control and revegetation for protection of threatened ecological communities in Brickwood Reserve, Byford $17 600 Weed control in Reserves that contain TEC and Declared Flora in Serpentine $19,000 Instigating biological control methods against mistletoe within the old Rifle Range Reserve, Byford $47,330 Healthy habitats $48 900 Shire of Bridgetown-Greenbushes Strategic wash down bays, equipment and procedures to minimise soil stored Cape Broom seed dispersals $12,200 Southern Aboriginal Corporation Improving fauna movement and rehabilitating saline lands on Marribank Farms to protect Blackwood River tributaries $38 000 Capel LCDC Katanning LCDC Serpentine Jarrahdale Shire Wheatbelt region Proponent Project title Grant Shire of Mt Marshall Protection and preservation of Mt Marshall Rock Reserve $8 900 Shire of Quairading Quairading Town Common Reserve water and revegetation $15 000 Shire of York Protection and conservation of the Avon River in the York Shire $5 760 Southern Brook Catchment Group Southern Brook revitalisation: protecting and enhancing key tributaries and conservation assets in the Southern Brook locality $48 983 Successful projects - December 2011 Northern Agricultural region Proponent Project title Grant Shire of Moora Revegetation of identified key conservation sites in Moora $17 646 Proponent Project title Grant Australian Wildlife Conservancy Protecting threatened species on Faure Island Shark Bay $12 460 Strategic and cooperative control of weeds on Mornington Wildlife Sanctuary $30 600 Controlling animal movements onto Lake McLeod $22 000 Fencing fragile areas surrounding the Exmouth Gulf $42 300 Managing biodiversity - Yindjibarndi way $22 500 Proponent Project title Grant Shire of Westonia Vermin and weed control $10 513 Rangelands region Lyndon LCDC Ngurawaana Group Aboriginal Corp Wheatbelt region Perth region Proponent Project title Grant Armadale Gosnells Landcare Group Restoring Southern River, Gosnells Bush Forever site 246 $14 400 Black Cockatoo Preservation Society of Australia Incorporated Replacing 25 acres of Northern Jarrah Forest for Black Cockatoo food source and roosting habitats $40 000 Chittering Valley LCDC Rehabilitation of Aquila and Carty Reserves $42 500 City of Armadale Post fire rehabilitation of Lloyd Hughes Park $17 500 City of Vincent Walters Brook restoration $45 000 Ellen Brockman Integrated Catchment Group Mapping and treatment of dieback in the Ellen Brook sub-region $39 384 Pearce Base-south - Ellen Brook revegetation stage 1 $50 000 Friends of Booragoon and Blue Gum Lakes Biodiversity protection and enhancement of Booragoon Lake Reserve $22 500 Friends of Lake Claremont Extension of revegetation to the north west section of Lake Claremont to restore indigenous woodlands $50 000 Friends of Lightning Swamp Bushland Weed control at Lightning Swamp to prevent the vegetation buffer from becoming a weed highway $10 140 Friends of Mary Carroll Lake Revegetation of the Five Islands at Mary Carroll Lake, Bush Forever site 124 $18 100 Good Shepherd Catholic Primary School Watsonia and noxious weed eradication $14 000 Mullaloo Beach Community Group Mullaloo Dune Revegetation Project $10 000 North Swan LCDC Bullsbrook biodiversity corridor stage 5 $22 840 South East Regional Centre of Urban Landcare Regeneration and revegetation of the Canning River Foreshore $50 000 Perth region continued… Proponent Project title Grant Swan Estuary Reserves Action Group Restoration of the ecological integrity of Pelican Point A Class Reserve Stage 2 $15 713 Wilson Wetlands Action Group Fern Rd East revegetation stage 2 $22 700 Proponent Project title Grant Blackwood Basin Group Addressing salinity in the Dinninup catchment $50 000 Cape to Cape Catchment Group Protection and rehabilitation action on four high priority Leeuwin Ridge streams $50 000 Greening Australia (WA) Nell's Block community education $36 190 Harvey River Restoration Taskforce Upper and Lower Harvey River demonstration project $25 572 Shire of Bridgetown Greenbushes Wood for wildlife, conserving our bushland reserves $14 850 Shire of Busselton Phytophthora dieback assessment and management in Ambergate Reserve $15 000 Shire of Donnybrook-Balingup Watsonia control along Balingup Brook $10 000 Shire of Manjimup Mottram Street Reserve: returning a significant stream and town forest reserve towards their natural state $39 600 Wagin Woodanilling Landcare Zone The vital link – community corridor revegetation of the Great Southern Highway between Woodanilling and Wagin $13 050 Warren Catchments Council Control of isolated populations of highly invasive environmental weeds in the Warren Catchments Council area $22 000 South west region South coast region Proponent Project title Grant Albany Senior High School Enhancing biodiversity and education by removing woody weeds $31 100 Denmark Weed Action Group Protection of biodiversity in public reserves in the Shire of Denmark $10 000 Flinders Park Primary School Involving schools to remove biological threats to our biodiversity while enhancing education $12 000 Friends of the Porongurup Range Declared and environmental weed control in and around the National Heritage listed Porongurup NP $50 000 Green Skills Denmark biodiversity revegetation and bush restoration eco-links $10 430 Tenterden bushland vegetation and wetland conservation - Gondwana Eco-link $29 120 Lake Muir Denbarker Community Feral Pig Eradication Group Feral Pig Control – Lake Muir Byenup Ramsar Wetlands, Walpole Wilderness Area and adjoining private property $25 000 Northern Mallee Declared Species Group Wild dog management to protect the Esperance farming region $40 000 North Stirlings Pallinup Natural Resources Linking bush reserves to enhance habitat for malleefowl and other threatened species in Monjebup catchment $43 100 Oyster Harbour Catchment Group Controlling weedy acacia species in the Mt Barker Kendenup rail reserve $32 900 Targeting riparian habitat in the King River - stage 1 $49 640 Controlling Eastern States wattle infestations in Denbarker $50 000 Dieback survey and hygiene plan implementation for the Mondurup Reserve $19 400 Invasive weed control along the Hay River $10 000 Wilson Inlet Catchment Committee Successful projects - October 2012 Northern Agricultural region Proponent Project title Grant Centre for Marine Science and Technology Developing a photo identification software for individual recognition of Australian Sea Lions through a community based approach $16 864 Chittering Valley LCDC Revegetation of Long Bridge Gully tributary $20 599 Moore Catchment Council Planting feed species for Carnaby's Black Cockatoo in the Moora and Koobabbie Important Bird Areas $45 000 Catchment management of the Chapman River and its tributaries $50 000 Invasive species management and restoration works on the Moresby Ranges $50 000 Weed mapping along the Chapman River $12 000 Restoring the Warradarge Creek to increase landscape connectivity in the West Midlands region. $49 830 Shire of Chapman Valley West Midlands Group Perth region Proponent Project title Grant Armadale Gosnells Landcare Group Palomino seasonal damp zone $48 600 Ensuring the ongoing protection of endangered and threatening species at Karakamia Wildlife Sanctuary $48 485 Protection of endangered species at Paruna Wildlife Sanctuary through feral animal control $23 033 North Swan Park species richness $21 500 Australian Wildlife Conservancy Blackadder/Woodbridge Catchment Group Inc Bungendore Park Management Committee Weed control and dieback treatment, Bungendore Park and adjacent land. Canning River Regional Park Volunteers Extension of urban forest weed control Cockburn Wetlands Education Centre Revegetation and habitat rehabilitation within Bibra Lake Eastern Metropolitan Regional Council Helping the Helena - water quality monitoring of pollutants for linkages in fish and mussel decline $37 500 Saving a keystone species and the integrity of the ecosystem $50 000 Friends of John Forrest National Park War on Watsonia in John Forrest National Park - protecting the declared rare flora Diplolaena andrewsii $24 700 Friends of Lake Claremont Lake Claremont revegetation extension $50 000 Friends of North Ocean Reef - Iluka Foreshore Cape Tulip control and eradication in Bush Forever site 325 Friends of Paganoni Swamp Control of significant weeds on Paganoni Rd's southern road reserve ecological corridor $17 000 Jane Brook Community Association Jane Brook foreshore reserve rehabilitation $50 000 Jillara Giants Rehabilitation of the upper Lesmurdie Falls $24 275 $18 000 $18 220 $24 205 $13 470 Perth region continued … Proponent Project title Grant Mullaloo Beach Community Group Mullaloo dune rehabilitation stage 2 $10 000 Mundaring Primary School Weed control, habitat protection and environmental education program Mardo Reserve and road verge around Mundaring Primary School $23 750 Murdoch Environmental Restoration Group Biodiversity management of Beeliar Regional Park $48 000 Canning River foreshore restoration $50 000 Protecting, maintaining and restoring refuges for aquatic life within the Yule Brook waterway and Bickley reservoir $40 300 Restoring the Bickley Brook foreshore upstream of the Bickley Reservoir $32 900 Shire of Kalamunda Kalamunda Phytophthora dieback interpretation and invasive species control $14 873 Swan Estuary Reserves Action Group Restoration of the ecological integrity of the Marine Park foreshore in Alfred Cove - stage 1 $21 089 Town of Kwinana Detailed Phytophthora dieback assessments and bushland condition mapping in the Town of Kwinana's natural areas $25 646 South East Regional Centre of Urban Landcare Western Australian Mountain Bike Association Woodvale Waters Land Owners Association Removal/realignment of cycle trails from Reservoir protection area and access trails to disease risk area Yellagonga Regional Park Woodvale revegetation enhancement $44 200 $10 000 Rangelands region Proponent Project title Grant Broome Bird Observatory Building community involvement in protecting the internationally threatened shorebirds of Roebuck Bay $10 940 Carnarvon Rangelands Biosecurity Association Control of mesquite and parkinsonia within the Carnarvon Rangelands Biosecurity Association Freshwater Fish Group & Fish Health Unit, Murdoch University Pilbara freshwater fish education project: a field guide and underwater documentary Jarlmadangah Burra Aboriginal Corporation Distribution and abundance survey of Aboriginal medicine tree B acuteangula along the Fitzroy River $50 000 $35 000 $50 000 Control and containment of Bellyache Bush on Lake Kununurra $17 000 Demonstrating erosion control on susceptible soils in the East Kimberley $18 000 Mesquite control on Nicholson Station $20 000 Shire of Upper Gascoyne Gascoyne Junction flood recovery $45 000 Track Care WA Inc Protection and preservation of the natural assets in priority locations on the Canning Stock Route $50 000 Upper Gascoyne LCDC Gascoyne River catchment conservation, restoration and rehabilitation $25 000 Useless Loop Community Biosphere Project Group Conserving threatened wildlife at Heirisson Prong, Shark Bay Ord Land and Water $34 000 South coast region Proponent Project title Grant Albany Racing Club Inc Protecting the biodiversity and integrity of the Torndirrup Nature Reserve from environmental weed threats $38 250 Biodiversity conservation through the stabilisation of 4WD tracks within the Lowlands coastal reserve $26 000 Phase 2: Centennial Park wetland living stream restoration $29 000 Fitzgerald Biosphere Group Celebrating 30 yrs of Landcare in the Fitzgerald Biosphere $33 000 Friends of Fitzgerald River National park Restoration of the Twertup Field Studies Centre, Fitzgerald River National Park City of Albany $40 000 Forests to Stirling Gondwana Link - from plans to action $30 000 Sydney wattle eradication pilot on Torndirrup Peninsular $50 000 Green Skills Ravensthorpe Agricultural Initiative Network Advancing weed control and community involvement at Dunns Swamp Shire of Denmark Restoration of Poison Point and access restriction $18 000 Shire of Plantagenet Mt Barker urban wetland restoration $40 000 Wellstead Community Resource Centre Protecting the integrity of the Wellstead and Pallinup biodiversity from the threat of weed invasion. $15 980 $43 210 South west region Proponent Project title Grant Baldivis Children’s Forest Inc Revegetation of tuart woodlands, feral bee control and learning through community engagement and action. $30 690 Managing salinity in the Dinninup catchment $50 000 Qualeup Lakes improvement $29 700 Regenerating the Wattle Creek catchment $50 000 Cape to Cape Catchments Group Development and implementation of the Calgardup Brook action plan $50 000 Dumbleyung LCDC Sustainably managing the catchments surrounding the Dumbleyung Lake $45 000 Friends of Nangip Creek Revegetation of Nangip catchment to reduce threats of salinity in Nangip Reserve $50 000 Building community and industry capacity to achieve water quality outcomes $42 700 Busselton urban wetland restoration $29 564 Ecological restoration of Geographe streams $39 250 Gynudup Brook and Tren Creek River Action Plan review and strategic fencing $34 000 Riparian management on recovery streams in the Geographe Catchment $36 000 Blackwood Basin Group Geographe Catchment Council John Tonkin College Bushrangers Cadet Program Construction and erection of bat/possum boxes to be used in the JTC LfW site Katanning LCDC Combined communities control of creepy WONS $45 000 Landcare SJ Reducing the threats in the nationally significant Brickwood Reserve Byford $10 000 Ngalang Boodja Council Aboriginal Corporation Conservation and restoration of flora and fauna at the Jack Mears Park spring, Collie Serpentine Jarrahdale LCDC Control of blackberry and arum lily, and site revegetation on the Serpentine River $15 400 Shire of Manjimup Mottram St Reserve returning a significant stream and forest reserve towards their natural state - stage 3 $49 200 $10 000 $40 500 South west region continued … Proponent Project title Grant Shire of Serpentine Jarrahdale “Healthy Habitats” – a national award-winning Stewardship Program for conservation of biodiversity on private property $49 600 Shire of Waroona Preston Lake trail upgrade $20 000 Shire of West Arthur Riparian protection and revegetation on Omaru and Carragaline properties in the Manywaters catchment $35 000 Southern Dirt A Nobleman's Folly - revegetating and protecting Cockatoo Creek Catchment $15 000 Wagin Woodanilling Landcare Zone SalinitySync - A sub-catchment approach to planning and implementing large scale saline land rehabilitation $10 000 Warren Catchments Council Maximising environmental value of remnant native vegetation: a blueprint for landholders $50 000 Wellington Mills Community Association Restoration of Ferguson River vegetation in the locality of Wellington Mills West Arthur Declared Species Group Understanding population influences and continuing to control feral pigs in the Shire of West Arthur $26 942 $25 000 Wheatbelt region Proponent Project title Grant Hyden Progress Association Survey for the endangered red-tailed phascogale in the eastern wheatbelt of WA $40 000 Lake Grace LCDC Jam Patch protection $40 250 Meenar Mortlock Catchment Group Friends of Mortlock and Mortlock South mid-catchment restoration - Duck Pool to Northam $25 000 Quellington Restoration Group Friends of Mortlock and Mortlock South mid-catchment restoration - Duck Pool to Quailing Gully $25 000 Shire of Kellerberrin Communities working together to control feral pests for environmental conservation $25 000 Shire of Kulin Shire of Kulin revegetation and native bushland protection $23 000 Shire of Merredin Revegetation of the Cohn Creek section and exhausted gravel reserves in Merredin $10 000 Shire of Quairading Integrated NRM in the Quairading, Tammin and Cunderdin shires $50 000 Shire of Toodyay Malkup Brook restoration $16 582 Shire of Westonia Westonia vermin control stage 2 $13 086 Wadderin Group Community action to restore biodiversity to the central wheatbelt of WA $29 737 Successful projects - November 2013 Northern agricultural region Proponent Project title Grant City of Greater Geraldton Chapman River wildlife corridor community awareness and regeneration experience project $49 875 Conservation of Candy's Bush Reserve through traditional and ecological knowledge sharing $32 450 Planting feed species for the endangered Carnaby's black-cockatoo in the northern Swan Coastal Plain Important Bird Area $45 000 Reconnecting fragmented Malleefowl (Leipoa Ocellata) habitat near Maya, WA $36 325 Revegetation the Moresby Stage four $50 000 Protecting waterways and remnant vegetation in the Chapman River catchment area $50 000 Invasive species plan implementation in the western third of Chapman Valley $47 000 Saltland stabilisation using NyPa (salt loving forage grass) to control erosion and improve soil drainage $27 000 Protecting on-farm remnant vegetation to enhance wildlife habitat, in the West Midlands area- stage two $50 000 Pest control to protect our sensitive vegetation in the West Midlands $33 165 Moora Catchment Council Shire of Chapman Valley West Koojan - Gillingarra LCDC West Midlands Group Perth region Proponent Project title Grant Active Greening The greening project - pilot project $20 000 Ardross Primary School Parents & Citizens Association Protecting bats in Melville through providing habitats and education $9 000 Armadale Gosnells Landcare Group Palomino seasonal damp land stage two $12 000 Bannister Creek Catchment Group Nicholson Road bushland restoration and weed management (Bushforever site 456) $25 000 Bungendore Park Management Committee Dieback treatment and weed control Bungendore Park and adjacent land $18 000 Canning River Regional Park Volunteers Urban weed control revision $13 250 City of Armadale Cilantro parkway conservation wetland $20 000 City of Belmont Improving connectivity of a regional ecological linkage, Ascot/Rivervale foreshore $13 347 City of Canning Ranford bushland environmental study and rehabilitation, Canning Vale $28 000 City of Kwinana Revegetation and erosion control in the Tuart woodland of Thomas oval bushland, Kwinana $13 367 City of South Perth Expanding the Collier Park golf course sanctuary $24 000 Dawson Park Primary School Dawson Park Primary School threatened ecological species conservation project $10 000 Ellen Brockman Integrated Catchment Group Management of two invasive species (pigs and foxes) in the Ellen Brockman region $46 900 Friends of Bugle Tree Gully Reserve Bugle Tree Gully restoration and community engagement $12 000 Friends of Gidge Reserve Gidge Reserve (2145) and FR Berry Reserve management plans project 2013-14 $15 000 Friends of John Forrest National Park Control of geophyte, woody and herbaceous weeds in the catchment area of Priest Creek $23 150 Friends of Lake Claremont Extension of revegetation to the northern section of Lake Claremont to restore indigenous woodland $28 000 Friends of Mary Carroll Lake Revegetation of the islands at Mary Carroll Lake stage two $11 000 Perth region continued… Proponent Project title Grant Friends of Piesse Brook Watsonia control at the Piesse Brook Gorge area $17 000 Friends of Pioneer Park Sawyers Road to Lion Street heritage trail project $13 200 Friends of Queens Park Bushland Environmental weed management and revegetation in Queens Park regional open space $35 000 Friends of Talbot Road Nature Reserve Friends of Talbot Road Nature Reserve weed management $11 000 Friends of Upper Lesmurdie Falls Rehabilitation of the upper Lesmurdie Falls $40 000 Friends of Wireless Hill Enhancing biodiversity in urban bushland at Wireless Hill $34 000 Glen Forrest Primary School Rehabilitation and protection of Jarrah forest at Glen Forrest Primary School $17 688 Helena College Junior School The Waabiny project $20 000 JMH Action Group To revegetate an area of unused land on Como Secondary College for biodiversity conservation purposes $30 000 Mt Henry Peninsula Conservation Group Control weeds, feral animals and dieback fungal disease for conservation of flora and fauna biodiversity $14 845 Mullaloo Beach Community Group Mullaloo dune revegetation project year three $10 000 Murdoch Environmental Restoration Group Restoration and habitat protection for endangered flora and fauna $46 000 Nature Reserves Preservation Group Crumpet Creek project, Mundy Regional Park and Rocky Pool creek line, Kalamunda National Park $10 000 North Swan LCDC Bushland protection and restoration in Bullsbrook $10 757 Nursery & Garden Industry of WA Building capacity to respond to biosecurity issues identified- Perth metro phase one $36 450 Perth region continued… Proponent South East Regional Centre of Urban Landcare Swan Estuary Reserves Action Group Project title Grant Restoring the Bickley Brook upstream of the Bickley Reservoir $17 050 Blackberry removal and the restoration of Bull Creek Reserve $36 000 Protection and enhancement of the biodiversity of Booragoon Lake Reserve $28 000 Construction of bird hide and interpretive signage for the Beckenham Open Space $16 570 Canning River foreshore restoration $50 000 Post-fire restoration in the Canning River Regional Park $50 000 Conservation and restoration of remnant vegetation sites in Bush Forever Site 331 $26 600 Fern Road East revegetation $20 000 Mills Street Stream- weed management in revegetated area $10 500 Castledare revegetation and Wilson living stream $20 000 Kent Street conservation loop $20 000 Yellagonga Regional Park Woodvale revegetation enhancement project (Stage two) $25 000 Wilson Wetland Action Group Woodvale Water Land Owners Association Rangelands region Proponent Project title Grant Control of significant outlier infestations of strategically important WoNS weeds $47 000 Carnarvon WoNS control partnership 2014 $50 000 Cactus control Marrilla (project one); cactus control Mardathuna (project two) $20 000 Central Desert Native Title Services Protecting the biodiversity values of Windich Springs and its catchment through collaborative land management on the Canning Stock Route $45 400 ECOCEAN Reviewing the impact of tourism on the whale shark population off the Ningaloo coast $30 000 Goldfields Land and Sea Council Weed management in the Great Western Woodlands $25 000 Goldfields Nullarbor Rangelands Biosecurity Association Mertondale / Menzies invasive cactus roundup $40 000 Nicholson Range Management Committee Protecting the ecologically significant Nicholson Range in the Murchison from total grazing pressure $50 000 Tackling invasive WoNS in the Ashburton catchment $50 000 Tackling weeds on the Yannarie River $48 250 Rangelands Fibre and Produce Association Control of significant outlier infestations of strategically important WONs weeds $40 000 Southern Gascoyne Group Improving condition and reducing rainfall run off from stations surrounding the Shark Bay World Heritage Area $45 500 Track Care WA Bringing life back to Katjarra $50 000 Upper Gascoyne LCDC Upper Gascoyne erosion and sediment control demonstration $37 500 Carnarvon Rangelands Biosecurity Association Pilbara Mesquite Management Committee South coast region Proponent Project title Grant Albany Community Environment Centre Yakamia Creek Community weed control and revegetation project $10 020 Banjelungup Aboriginal Corporation Biodiversity planting to protect and connect Bitter Water Creeks/wetlands in the Fitzgerald $22 000 Denmark Weed Action Group Protection of biodiversity in public reserves in the Shire of Denmark by on-ground action and community education $15 000 Flinders Park Primary School Bush tucker trail $13 900 Friends of the Porongurup Range Declared and environmental weed control in the national heritage listed Porongurup National Park $50 000 Gondwana Link Ltd Completing the circle of adaptive management across Gondwana Link $30 000 Senecio glastifloius eradication $38 000 Forests to Stirling Gondwana Link: from plans to action $30 000 King River Weed Control and River Restoration Group King River and Willyung Creek weed control and riparian restoration project $28 000 Moolyall Woodenup Catchment Group Protection and extension of bushland corridors in the Moolyall Woodenup Catchment $50 000 North Stirlings Pallinup Natural Resources Protecting and linking on farm corridors to existing remnant vegetation in north east Ongerup $25 000 Wellstead Community Resource Centre Strategic control and community education of Sydney golden wattle control in Wellstead $50 000 Eastern States Wattle control in Denbarker phase two $13 000 Implementing the management plan for Mondurup Reserve $12 000 Restoring the Govie Dam Reserve $13 000 Eastern States Wattle control in Redmond $18 000 Green Skills Wilson Inlet Catchment Committee South west region Proponent Project title Grant Blackwood Basin Group On-ground Salinity Management Work for the Gnowangerup/Scott's Brook $25 000 Bush Heritage Australia Kojonup Reserve Biodiversity Enhancement $10 000 Capel LCDC Arum Lily eradication Capel Tuart forests at Ludlow and Mininup stage two $20 000 Darling Downs Residents Association Clean up and revegetation of Darling Downs wetlands $11 140 Dumbleyung LCDC Continuing to sustainably manage catchments surrounding Dumbleyung Lake $35 000 Freshwater Fish Group & Fish Health Unit, Murdoch Uni Conserving the unique aestivating freshwater fishes in the wetlands of the south-coast of WA $41 350 Reducing nutrients leaving priority urban and peri-urban areas of the Vasse-Wonnerup catchment $40 000 Western ringtail possums in our schools and community $30 000 Geographe Primary School Geographe Primary School - outdoor classroom $17 500 Jarrahdale Heritage Society Gooralong Brook restoration, Jarrahdale $15 000 Native vegetation for the Carrolup $17 000 Attacking Badgebups salinity $33 000 Environmental care on the eastern flats $22 000 Supporting enthusiastic farmers, Katanning $5 000 Bridal creeper and WoNS wars - spreading the word $37 000 Geographe Catchment Council Katanning LCDC Landcare SJ Weed control for improving the health and resilience of threatened ecological communities in Serpentine $30 000 Jarrahdale and north Murray South west region continued… Proponent Project title Grant Mountain bike facility creation to reduce impact on threatened ecological communities $40 000 Environmental assessment of trails in national park with surrounding threatened ecological communities $40 000 Ngalang Boodja Council Aboriginal Corporation Restoration of native vegetation in public areas through partnerships and plant salvage $42 100 Origins Centre Weed control, reclamation and revegetation of community native remnant bushland $9 000 Serpentine Jarrahdale LCDC Feral animal control for increasing biodiversity on agricultural land in the coastal Peel-Harvey catchment $40 000 Healthy habitats stage three $30 000 Ephemeral wetland construction in Serpentine National Park $38 000 Community awareness and control of Bridal creeper in the Kojonup Shire $25 000 Extending on landcare activities in the Kojonup Shire $24 000 Warren Catchments Council Dung beetles address soil fertility and environmental health issues $26 482 Freshwater Fish Group; Fish Health Unit; Estuarine Research Group; Murdoch University Movement and abundance of key fishes in the Vasse-Wonnerup estuary following a substantial fish kill $50 000 Margaret River Off Road Cycling Association Shire of Serpentine Jarrahdale Southern DIRT Wheatbelt region Proponent Project title Grant Avondale Farm Project Association Avondale flora and fauna plan implementation stage two $14 000 Avongro Wheatbelt Tree Cropping Revegetating saltland with selected Casuarina obesa & nitrogen fixing Frankia: freer nutrients, more pasture $25 000 Men of the Trees Revegetation of the east Beverly region WA $30 000 Millennium Kids A classroom without walls $20 000 Shire of Koorda Feral pest eradication with use of 1080 and monitoring $24 450 Shire of Mt Marshall Using biodiversity corridors to augment and connect existing remnant vegetation in Mt Marshall $25 000 Shire of Trayning Protecting Trayning biodiversity $19 580 Shire of Westonia Sandford rocks bird-hide $29 500 Shire of York Invasive species control in Beverley, Brookton, York $11 000 Solomon Yulgan Catchment Group Solomon Yulgan catchment Landcare revegetation project 2013-14 $18 000
