Community Action Grants 2015-16
List of approved projects by NRM Region
Total number of projects: 142
Total amount of funding allocated for these projects: $3,999,703
(Project codes are provided in brackets after project titles for reference)
For more information contact:
State Natural Resource Management Program team
Phone: (08) 9368 3168
Email: snrmo@agric.wa.gov.au
Website: nrm.wa.gov.au
NORTHERN AGRICULTURAL REGION (12 projects)
Proponent
Title
City of Greater Geraldton
Caring for Bimarras Pools, Greenough River - Stage 1 (A15115)
$21,500
City of Greater Geraldton
Chapman River Regional Park CARE Project - Stage 3 (A15120)
$44,500
City of Greater Geraldton
Greenough River Estuary Nature Walk Trail - Stage 1 (A15119)
$53,000
City of Greater Geraldton
Implementation of the Chapman River Estuary Management Plan (A15121)
$22,500
Conservation Council of Western Australia
Benchmarking the accumulation of microplastics off south-western Australia (A15011)
$32,458
Mingenew Irwin Group
A collaborative approach to successful pest management in the Northern Agricultural Region
(A15028)
$25,980
Moore Catchment Council
Conserving and enhancing the Moore's natural biodiversity assets (A15066)
$34,500
Moore Catchment Council
Enhancing Mogumber Town Reserve as a local natural asset (A15006)
$34,815
Moore Catchment Council
Planting food for endangered Carnaby's Black Cockatoo in the Gillingarra important bird area
(A15053)
$52,000
Shire of Chapman Valley
Protecting biodiversity along Chapman Valley's coastal zone (A15049)
$40,000
Yarra Yarra Catchment Management Group Incorporated
Creating corridors and protecting fence line flora - Stage 1 (A15002)
$55,000
Yarra Yarra Catchment Management Group Incorporated
Protecting and Restoring Boojerabba Flats (A15126)
$51,300
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AVON (WHEATBELT) (7 projects)
Proponent
Title
Grant
Applecross Senior High School
City Kids to the Country (A15068)
$35,000
Chittering Valley Land Conservation District Committee
Feral pig management in the Chittering Valley (A15168)
$52,000
Landcare SJ Inc.
Eradication of prohibited organism water hyacinth in the Serpentine River (A15167)
$16,812
Shire of Kent
Revegetating biodiversity corridors and mitigating bushland livestock and Bridal Creeper (A15
172)
$50,000
Shire of Kondinin
Restoration and rehabilitation of the Breakaways (A15084)
$24,310
Shire of Koorda
Connecting, protecting and expanding native vegetation in Koorda, Wyalkatchem,
Mukinbudin (A15057)
$55,000
WWF-Australia
Caroline Gap Reserve Resource Management Strategy – protecting the granite outcrops
(A15234)
$42,500
PEEL-HARVEY CATCHMENT (11 projects)
Proponent
Title
Fairbridge Western Australia Inc.
Fairbridge Central Bushland Protection - Stage 1 (A15085)
$23,000
Friends of Lake McLarty
A lifeline to help save Lake McLarty (A15082)
$18,000
Friends of the Reserves Boddington (Inc.)
Regeneration of Camballing Reserve (A15131)
$17,185
Harvey River Restoration Taskforce Incorporated
Improving the ecological linkage value of the Harvey River system (A15151)
$36,956
Lake Clifton-Herron Landcare Group
3R's for Lake Clifton - Restore, Re-habilitate, Re-vegetate (A15112)
$38,379
Landcare SJ Inc.
Encouraging Sustainable Land Management through education in the Peel Region (A15108)
$31,000
Quindanning Community Hall Incorporated
Post fire revegetation at the Quindanning Hall (A15111)
$15,000
Seascapes Coastcare Group
Educating local community in coastal ecosystems and Indigenous plant use (A15020)
$22,200
Wandering / Hotham Declared Species Group
Feral pig eradication along the Bannister River (A15022)
$45,000
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SWAN REGION (41 projects)
Proponent
Title
Armadale Gosnells Landcare Group
Project Palomino -restoring the Wungong River (A15015)
$26,500
Australian Wildlife Conservancy
Restoring ecological health to Paruna Wildlife Sanctuary (A15207)
$15,000
Bannister Creek Catchment Group
Bannister Creek Urban Waterways Renewal: maintenance project (A15196)
$18,000
BirdLife Western Australia
Operation Rainbow Roost: identifying Rainbow Lorikeet roosts in Perth (A15183)
$21,000
Bungendore Park Management Committee
Dieback and weed management for Bungendore Park and adjacent land (A15101)
$18,914
Bungendore Park Management Committee
Invertebrate survey of Bungendore Park (A15103)
Bungendore Park Management Committee
Walk trail signage upgrade (A15145)
Canning River Regional Park Volunteers
Billabong paddock restoration (A15083)
$9,000
Chittering Valley Land Conservation District Committee
Creating a biodiversity link in Chittering Springs (A15023)
$6,000
Chittering Landcare Group
Brockman Catchment - Restoring the riparian zones (A15106)
$9,000
Chittering Landcare Group
Investigating and improving the health of Chittering Lakes (A15235)
$30,880
City of Armadale
Control of threatening processes and habitat supplementation in priority reserves (A15043)
$32,500
City of Cockburn
Restoration of wetland habitat at Bibra Lake (A15174)
$10,000
City of Fremantle
Hollis Link landscape connectivity restoration (A15171)
$6,000
City of Joondalup
Pathogen Management and Hygiene Awareness Program (A15125)
$14,850
City of Kwinana
Fauna survey and feral animal control for priority Kwinana Reserves (A15073)
$30,000
City of Melville
Black Flag control at Blackwall Reach Reserve (A15177)
$12,995
Eastern Metropolitan Regional Council
Steaming to Success (A15204)
$10,000
Friends of Lake Claremont Limited
Revegetation of wetland buffer on the eastern side of Lake Claremont (A15063)
$18,500
Friends of John Forrest National Park
Control of geophyte, woody and herbaceous weeds in John Forrest National Park (A15079)
$25,000
Friends of Mary Carroll Wetlands
Revegetation of riparian habitat at Mary Carroll Lake (A15017)
$15,500
Friends of North Ocean Reef - Iluka Foreshore
Cape Tulip control and eradication in Bush Forever Site 325 (A15209)
$11,860
Friends of Paganoni Swamp
Weed control and restoration of Upper Swamp, Paganoni Swamp Reserve (A15094)
$17,480
Friends of Talbot Road Reserve Inc.
Protection of high biodiversity values at Talbot Road Nature Reserve (A15179)
$14,118
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Grant
$7,900
$11,400
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Proponent
Title
Friends of Upper Lesmurdie Falls Inc.
Upper Lesmurdie Falls Restoration Project (A15001)
$40,000
Friends of Wireless Hill
Restoration through weed control at Wireless Hill Reserve (A15197)
$19,720
Friends of Yellagonga Regional Park ( Inc.)
Continuing rehabilitation of wetland fringing vegetation at Lake Goollelal (A15146)
$12,100
Mullaloo Beach Community Group Inc.
2016 Mullaloo Little Desert Regeneration (A15080)
$22,220
Murdoch Environmental Restoration Group
Habitat restoration and protection for endangered Black Cockatoos (A15186)
$50,000
Nature & Wildlife Group at Glen Forrest Primary School
Woodland Restoration Project: protect, connect and play (A15089)
$20,556
Sawyers Valley Primary School
The Bulla Biddi project, Sawyers Valley (A15077)
$22,500
South East Regional Centre for Urban Landcare (SERCUL)
Beckenham Open Space Wetland Linkages Restoration (A15138)
$25,000
SERCUL
Blue Gum Lake habitat and biodiversity enhancement (A15169)
$25,000
SERCUL
Canning River foreshore restoration (A15175)
$14,600
SERCUL
Degraded saltmarsh rehabilitation in Canning River Regional Park tidal flats (A15140)
$26,250
SERCUL
Protection and enhancement of the biodiversity of Booragoon Lake Reserve (A15142)
$18,000
SERCUL
Restoration of Bull Creek Reserve (A15137)
$20,000
SERCUL
Restoration of the Yule Brook foreshore (A15185)
$32,000
South West Corridor Development Foundation Inc.
Improving NRM outcomes through increased community awareness and engagement
(A15139)
$12,000
Swan Estuary Reserves Action Group Inc.
Weed management in Bush Forever Site 331 (A15149)
$22,000
Wilson Wetlands Action Group Inc.
Castledare Native Flora and Habitat Restoration Project - Stage 2 (A15004)
$30,000
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RANGELANDS (21 projects)
Proponent
Title
Australian Wildlife Conservancy
Feral herbivore exclusion from the Synnot Valley, Kimberley (A15050)
$55,000
Australian Wildlife Conservancy
Securing the survival of the Stick-nest Rat in Western Australia (A15184)
$53,100
Cape Conservation Group Inc.
Exmouth feral cat and fox community education and control program (A15116)
Care For Hedland Environmental Association
Coastal erosion and renourishment of dune systems safeguarding Turtle Rookery (A15128)
$15,000
Carnarvon Heritage Group Inc.
Marine species protection at the Carnarvon One Mile Jetty (A15074)
$19,450
Carnarvon Land Conservation District Committee
Extending weeds of national significance control in the Lower Gascoyne Catchment (A15188)
$30,000
Central Desert Native Title Services
Kiwirrkurra Cat Control Strike-Force trial (A15055)
$50,180
Environs Kimberley
The Kimberley Bilby Project (A15238)
$38,000
Environs Kimberley
Sharing knowledge to tackle Kimberley weed priorities – Neem and Azidirchata indica
(A15201)
$55,000
Jarlmadangah Burru Aboriginal Corporation
Revegetation of Fitzroy River floodplain of Mt Anderson - Stage 1 (A15150)
$36,300
Karajarri Traditional Lands Association
Karajarri Indigenous Protected Area: Frasier Downs Station Coastal Protection Zone (A15091)
$32,000
Kimberley Land Council- Gooniyandi Rangers
Gooniyandi Culturally & Environmentally Significant Waterways Monitoring and Management
Program (A15230)
$9,517
Nyamba Buru Yawuru
Partnerships to protect and restore Roebuck Plains' significant wetlands (A15010)
$44,820
Ord Land and Water
Rubber Vine control and eradication in the East Kimberley (A15005)
$55,000
Rangelands Fibre and Produce Association (Inc.)
Innovative control of a significant infestation of strategically important weeds of national
significance (A15242)
$30,000
Reef Life Survey Foundation
Volunteer scientific monitoring of Western Australian marine biodiversity (A15213)
$15,600
Upper Gascoyne Land Conservation District Committee
Conserving and building rangeland biodiversity through targeted landscape interventions
(A15163)
$17,000
West Kimberley Rubber Vine Steering Committee
Aquila 2nd Generation – Using artificial intelligence to detecting rubber vine (A15206)
$38,375
West Kimberley Rubber Vine Steering Committee
Rubber Vine eradication along the Fitzroy River through Aerial Control (A15099)
$55,000
West Kimberley Rubber Vine Steering Committee
Rubber Vine eradication along the Fitzroy River through Ground Control (A15100)
$55,000
Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation
Environmental and cultural assets protection by Indigenous Rangers (A15003)
$37,000
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$5,000
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SOUTH COAST (28 projects)
Proponent
Title
BirdLife Australia
Realizing the potential of successful starling surveillance and control (A15193)
$19,000
BirdLife Western Australia
Increasing the breeding capacity of threatened Carnaby’s Black Cockatoo (A15195)
$40,000
Bushcarers Group Inc.
Bushcarers Priority Weed Control Initiative for Albany 2015-2016 (A15226)
$52,000
Bush Heritage Australia
Field Day: 10 Years of Restoration in Gondwana Link (A15007)
Denmark Weed Action Group Inc.
Protection of biodiversity in Denmark, WA (A15044)
$50,000
Esperance Weeds Action Group
Esperance Coastal Corridor Weed Project (A15202)
$37,000
Friends of the Fitzgerald River National Park
Twertup Field Studies Centre: utilities, cooking area & nature walks (A15027)
$52,400
Friends of the Porongurup Range Inc.
Identifying and describing Gondwanan Relictual Moist Refugia Indicator Species (A15162)
$30,000
Friends of the Porongurup Range Assoc., Inc.
Twin Creeks Front Paddock Revegetation Project-Stage 4 (A15228)
Friends of the Porongurup Range Assoc., Inc.
Visitor Information Signs (A15229)
Fitzgerald Biosphere Group Inc.
Protecting and restoring native vegetation within Bremer River Catchment (A15030)
Green Skills Inc.
Senecio glastifolius: eradication in the Albany Region (A15078)
$25,000
Green Skills Inc.
Wetland and biodiversity restoration -forest to Stirlings Gondwana Link – 2016 (A15181)
$34,000
Gillamii Centre Inc.
Improve connectivity and conservation value of roadsides and creek lines (A15025)
$40,000
Lower Kalgan Progress Association
Controlling Sydney Golden Wattle by engaging and empowering community members
(A15018)
$22,618
North Stirlings Pallinup Natural Resources Incorporated
Emerging weeds and their management in the North Stirlings Pallinup (A15148)
$10,000
North Stirlings Pallinup Natural Resources Incorporated
Restoring our Region's Natural Assets - revegetation on the Pallinup River (A15097)
$48,000
Oyster Harbour Catchment Group Inc.
Community Control Weeds along King River and adjacent 'wattle island' (A15237)
$20,500
Oyster Harbour Catchment Group Inc.
Controlling Bridal Creeper in the Ranges Link and surrounds (A15034)
$34,000
Oyster Harbour Catchment Group Inc.
Controlling weedy Acacia and Watsonia to protect native vegetation (A15032)
$44,100
Oyster Harbour Catchment Group Inc.
Vegetation surveys and weed control in the Ranges Link (A15036)
$20,710
Oyster Harbour Catchment Group Inc.
Western Ringtail Possums: Filling the Gaps (A15035)
$35,000
Oyster Harbour Catchment Group Inc.
Western Ringtail Possums in Albany: core habitat, abundance, and distribution (A15037)
$45,000
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Grant
$7,200
$7,663
$10,300
$7,300
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Proponent
Title
Ravensthorpe Agricultural Initiative Network (RAIN)
Protecting riparian vegetation and corridor linkages - Lower Jerdacuttup Catchment (A15117)
$50,000
Shire of Esperance
Lake Monjingup restoration of eco education facilities and materials (A15166)
$20,000
Tangaroa Blue Foundation Ltd
2016 West Australian Beach Clean Up (A15158)
$20,886
Wellstead Community Resource Centre
Strategic weed control of Sydney Golden Wattle in Wellstead (A15058)
$30,000
Wilson Inlet Catchment Committee
Lower Hay Sleeman River Sydney Golden Wattle Project: Stage 2 (A15203)
$11,300
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SOUTH WEST (24 projects)
Proponent
Title
Grant
Blackwood Basin Group
Bringing back the Boyup Brook (A15092)
$47,000
Bridgetown Greenbushes Biosecurity Group (BGBG) Inc.
Strategic biosecurity intervention for the containment of cleavers (Gallium aparine) (A15009)
$14,370
Cape to Cape Catchments Group
Addressing priority weeds in the Capes region (A15071)
$46,500
Cape to Cape Catchments Group
On ground action protecting the aquatic biodiversity of the Margaret River (A15187)
$32,835
Dumbleyung Landcare Zone
Lake Coomelberrup Catchment Conservation and Preservation Project (A15059)
$23,139
Dumbleyung Landcare Zone
Revegetation, water management & remnant bush protection - Cridland Catchment (A15024)
$27,416
Friends of the Cape to Cape Track Inc.
Boardwalk across ecologically sensitive track alignment (A15013)
$35,000
Greenbushes Eco Cultural Discovery Centre
Greenbushes Discovery Centre Mining Heritage Walk Weed Project (A15231)
$11,200
Geographe Catchment Council
Building habitat and communities for the Western Ringtail Possum (A15173)
$15,682
Geographe Catchment Council
Busselton Urban Wetland Recovery Project (A15155)
$39,207
Geographe Catchment Council
Protection and enhancement of biodiversity in Yoongarillup and Ambergate Reserve (A15178)
Katanning Land Conservation District Committee
Bigger than Bridal Creeper (A15026)
Katanning Land Conservation District Committee
Bringing Back the Understorey (A15039)
Katanning Land Conservation District Committee
In Them There Hills (A15156)
$30,000
Katanning Land Conservation District Committee
More Trees for Way Out West (WOW!) (A15127)
$40,750
Katanning Land Conservation District Committee
Trees of the Rising Sun (A15176)
$30,000
$7,250
$50,650
$7,170
Lake Muir Denbarker Community Feral Pig Eradication Group Feral pig control - Lake Muir, Denbarker and Northcliffe (A15090)
$40,000
Lower Blackwood Land Conservation District Committee
Plantation to Pasture – understanding and preventing nutrient loss (A15210)
$15,000
Lower Blackwood Vertebrate Pest Group
Vertebrate pest control (A15096)
$55,000
National Trust of WA (with Parkwater Community Group)
Parkwater Creek line revegetation (A15134)
$8,558
Stewards of Katherine Chauhan Reserve
Katherine Chauhan Reserve Interpretive Trail Project (A15076)
$5,640
Wagin Woodanilling Landcare Zone
Better habitats by battling bridal creeper in Wagin (A15069)
$11,600
Warren Catchments Council
Donnelly Vertebrate Pest Management Group 2016/17 Operation (A15211)
$55,000
Woolkabunning Kiaka Incorporated
Woolkabunning Kiaka biodiversity management for 1ha at Roelands Village Project (A15098)
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$8,435
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