Community Landcare Grants
2013-2014 Successful projects
ACT
State
ACT
Recipient
Ginninderra Catchment Group
Project Title
Productive landscapes through collaborative and
systematic action on weeds
ACT TOTAL
Funding
(GST Incl)
$ 49,500
$ 49,500
NSW
State
Recipient
NSW
Binalong Landcare Subgroup of Harden
Murrumburrah Landcare Group
Aboriginal Regional Advisory Group - Western CMA
(sponsored by Winds of Change (NSW) Pty Ltd)
NSW
Central West Farming Systems Inc
NSW
NSW
NSW
Little River Landcare Group Inc
Holbrook Landcare Network
Hay Trees On Plains Landcare Group Inc
Ben Lomond Landcare Group (sponsored by Glenrac
Incorporated)
RGA Environmental Champions Program Cluster
Groups (sponsored by Ricegrowers Association of
Australia)
Boorowa Community Landcare Group Inc
NSW
NSW
NSW
NSW
Project Title
Investigating Soil Microbial Communities under Native
Pastures in Southern NSW
"Stepping up to Managing Country"
Rural Women & Youth in Agriculture - Building a Resilient
& Sustainable Future
Topsoil Thinking - farmers in the paddock applying soil
health thinking
Use it or Lose it - A targeted nutrient management project.
Direct Seeding for Improved Native Pastures
Community Empowerment to develop the Ben Lomond
community & landcare capacity.
Incorporating innovation for managing stubble in rice
farming systems
Flexible funding to rehabilitate degraded farmland.
Funding
(GST Incl)
$ 49,900
$ 34,210
$ 55,000
$ 18,480
$ 54,670
$ 47,080
$ 10,450
$ 51,590
$ 53,570
NSW
NSW
NSW
NSW
Holbrook Landcare Network
Upper Lachlan Catchment Coordinating Committee
Incorporated
NSW
NSW
SPAA Precision Agriculture Australia Inc.
Western Landcare NSW
Gwydir Women of Mettle (sponsored by Upper
Gwydir Landcare Association Incorporated)
Farmlink Research Limited
NSW
Glen Innes Local Aboriginal Land Council
NSW
Cranbury Landcare Group Incorporated
NSW
Queanbeyan Landcare Inc.
NSW
NSW
Soilcare Incorporated
Upper Gwydir Landcare Association
NSW
Wherrol Flat & Caparra Landcare Incorporated
NSW
Bubbogulliuon 100 Landcare Group Inc
NSW
NSW
Coffs Harbour Regional Landcare Inc
North Coast Regional Landcare Network
Incorporated
NSW
Mid North Coast Dairy & Pasture Council Inc
NSW
Murrumbidgee Landcare Inc
NSW
Manning Landcare Inc
NSW
Clarence Landcare Inc.
NSW
Oceanwatch Australia Ltd.
NSW
NSW
Oceanwatch Australia Ltd.
Little River Landcare Group Inc
Women in Agriculture Stepping Up
$ 55,000
Healthy Soils; Healthy People; Healthy Communities
Precision Agriculture Roadshow; Your Farm Your
Capabilties
Biannual Western Landcare Forum
$ 49,940
Gwydir Women of Mettle Forging Leaders Project
To Burn or Not to Burn - Barellan Farmers Tackling Stubble
Murray Cod sustainability within Ngoorabul Country on the
Severn River
Measuring and Managing Herbicide Resistance In No Till
Cropping
Growing Aculus hyperici to control St Johns wart on a
broad scale
Principles behind the 'Soil Health Card' for Community Eco
Farming Extension
Building a Toolbox for Healthy Farms; Yallaroi NSW
Increasing Resilience; Raising Awareness and Educating
the Farming Community
Tropical Pasture Species as an Alternate Pasture Strategy
on NSW NW Slopes
Erosion control for banana and blueberry farms in Coffs
Harbour
$ 47,410
$ 40,480
Eco Farming; Soil Health
Building sustainable farming skills of northern dairy
industry farmers
Healthy livestock; healthy landscapes - sustainable grazing
and weed management
Community Education For Peri-Urban
Landowners/Sustainable Production
Implementing Change: Sustainable Management Practices
for Horse Properties
Implementation of local oyster industry EMS & HunterCentral Rivers CAP
Implementation of local oyster industry EMS & Northern
Rivers CAP
The Message - catchment achievements that influence
$ 54,450
$ 53,350
$ 26,500
$ 30,580
$ 48,900
$ 10,670
$ 53,790
$ 54,890
$ 22,990
$ 6,050
$ 49,940
$ 29,300
$ 47,190
$ 20,900
$ 55,000
$ 55,000
$ 55,000
$ 39,380
change in landscapes
NSW
NSW
NSW
NSW
NSW
NSW
NSW
NSW
NSW
NSW
NSW
NSW
NSW
Bostobrick Landcare Group (sponsored by Bellinger
Landcare Inc)
The Upper Murrumbidgee Catchment Coordinating
Committee Incorporated
Small Farms Network (sponsored by Kiama
Municipal Council)
Mendooran District Landcare Group Incorporated
InnovaRe Farming Group - Promoting Innovation
and Resilience in Dryland Farming Systems
(sponsored by The Trustee For K & G Condon Family
Trust)
Bellinger Landcare Inc
Mid North Coast Microherders (sponsored by
Hastings Landcare Incorporated)
South East Landcare Inc.
Brunswick Valley Landcare
Barkindji Maraura Elders Environment Team
Limited
Serrated Tussock Working Party for NSW and ACT
Inc
NSW
Coffs Harbour Regional Landcare Inc
Granite Borders Landcare Committee Incorporated
Far South Coast Dairy Development Group
Incorporated
NSW
Tweed Richmond Organic Producers Organisation
NSW
Towamba Valley Landcare Group Incorporated
Clyde River Oyster Farmers - on behalf of 4 groups:
Clyde, Shoalhaven, Tuross, Wagonga Oyster Growers
(sponsored by Southern Rivers Catchment
Management Authority)
Wongwibinda Landcare Group (sponsored by
Southern New England Landcare Coordinating
Committee Inc)
NSW
NSW
Giant Parramatta grass control- spreading the rot
Community Engagement in the Greater Goorooyarroo
Landscape
$ 5,720
Growing. Local. Leaders.
Mendooran District Salinity Identification and
Remediation.
$ 42,020
'Over the fence' - promoting innovation and resilience for
sustainable farmers
Sustainable agriculture training and outreach program
Bellingen-Dorrigo NSW
$ 52,030
$ 50,270
$ 38,610
$ 31,350
Mid North Coast Microherders
South East Landcare Leaders
Farmers learning from farmers: sustainable grazing on
small farms.
Pest Plant and Animal Control - Fletchers Lake and Kelso
Block
A regional approach to perennial grass weeds in the Lewis
Ponds district
Property planning for improved equiculture land
management practice
Sustainable Agriculture for Dummies - a beginners guide
$ 55,000
$ 39,050
Wise water use on Bega Cheese dairy farms
On-farm learning workshops promoting successful
sustainable farming systems.
Coordinating and inspiring intelligent management and
sustainable land use
$ 50,000
$ 22,770
$ 53,350
$ 9,350
$ 41,030
$ 23,650
$ 33,600
$ 49,500
Extending Oyster Industry EMS Implementation in the
Shoalhaven and Eurobodalla
$ 52,250
Building a resilient eco-agriculture community at
Wongwibinda - Stage 2.
$ 55,000
NSW
Macleay Landcare Network Inc
NSW
Coffs Harbour Regional Landcare Inc
NSW
Springvale Landcare Group Incorporated
NSW
Granite Borders Landcare Committee Incorporated
NSW
Oceanwatch Australia Ltd.
NSW
Bega Coast Oysters
Biological Farming in the Macleay
Building Skills for Multi-Scale Sustainable Land
Management Practice
Managing pastures for production, conservation and weed
suppression
Technical Advise & Assistance for Installation of Off-Stream
Watering Points
Implementation of local oyster industry EMS & Southern
Rivers CAP
Cultivating a Sustainable Future - Bega Coast Oysters EMS
Implementation
NSW TOTAL
$ 55,000
$ 33,770
$ 55,000
$ 55,000
$ 55,000
$ 54,890
$ 2,294,870
NT
State
NT
NT
NT
NT
Recipient
Northern Territory Cattlemen's Association Inc
Victoria River District Conservation Association Inc
Victoria River District Conservation Association Inc
The Douglas Daly Community Development
Association (sponsored by Northern Territory
Farmers Association Incorporated)
Project Title
Funding
(GST Incl)
Awareness raising and adaptive management of weedy
Sporobolus species
Sturt Creek Parkinsonia Control
Greater Victoria River Downs Prickly Acacia Eradication
$ 33,440
$ 54,450
$ 55,000
Containing emerging weeds in the Douglas Daly
agricultural district
NT Total
$ 37,950
$ 180,840
QLD
State
Recipient
QLD
Cambooya Landcare Association
QLD
QLD
Cambooya Landcare Association
Australian Controlled Traffic Farming Association
Inc
QLD
Inglewood and Texas Landcare Association Inc
QLD
QLD
Mitchell River Watershed Management Group Inc
Johnstone River Catchment Management
Project Title
Enhancing resilience to invasive grass weeds on the
eastern Darling Downs
Understanding sustainable land management practices on
Central Darling Downs.
CTF training and adoption with groups around grains and
vegetable champions
Improved pig; dog and fox management in the
Inglewood/Texas region
Capacity Building and Coordination of Mitchell River
Catchment Graziers
Evaluation and demonstration of a hill-forming planting
Funding
(GST Incl)
$ 20,900
$ 53,790
$ 54,890
$ 54,120
$ 52,250
$ 48,070
Association
QLD
Granite Belt Wine & Tourism Inc
QLD
Upper Thomson Catchment Landcare Group Inc.
Towerhill & Torrens Creek Catchment Landcare
Group Inc
QLD
QLD
QLD
QLD
Fitzroy River and Coastal Catchments Inc
Condamine Headwaters Landcare Group Inc.
Warwick Greenacre Club (sponsored by Condamine
Headwaters Landcare Group Inc)
QLD
Brigalow Jimbour Floodplains Group Inc.
QLD
QLD
Granite Borders Landcare Committee Incorporated
Australian Controlled Traffic Farming Association
Inc
Mitchell River Traditional Custodians Advisory
Group
Durham Downs Landcare Group (sponsored by
Desert Channels Queensland Incorporated)
The Mackay Regional Pest Management Group
(sponsored by Reef Catchments (Mackay
Whitsunday Isaac) Limited)
QLD
Queensland Water and Land Carers
QLD
Rosalie North Landcare Group Inc
QLD
Granite Borders Landcare Committee Incorporated
QLD
Mary River Catchment Coordinating Committee
Wondai/Murgon Dairying Better 'n Better For
Tomorrow (sponsored by Queensland Dairyfarmers'
Organisation Limited)
QLD
QLD
QLD
QLD
QLD
QLD
Condamine Headwaters Landcare Group Inc
Dunkeld Sub-Catchment Group (sponsored by
Mitchell & District Landcare Assoc Incp)
foot for sugarcane
Sustainable viticultural production in the Granite Belt
winegrowing region
Tackling Two WoNS species (Bellyache Bush & Prickly
Acacia) on the Upper Thomson
Busting Bellyache Bush and Rubber Vine Outliers in
Bullock and Jardine Creeks
Small Scale Sustainable Agriculture Capacity Building Day
Rockhampton
Big soil conservation gains on small properties
The TRIAL Trail - Techniques; Research; Innovation And
Learning (TRIAL)
Control of Feather Top Rhodes and African Love grass in
Agricultural systems
Co-ordinated Strategic Cross-Border Wild Dog Control
Implementation
Eye in the Sky-coming to a paddock near you!
Skills on country- land management course for young
Indigenous people
Western Queensland Ladies Day: Workshopping with
Women on Weeds of the West
Control of Woody Weeds to reduce soil erosion benefiting
agricultural systems
Queensland State Landcare Conference 2013 Healthy
Habitats Profitable Production
Improving riparian health and grazing practices along
Cooyar creek.
Implement Grazing Management Change for Sustainability
in the Stanthorpe Area
Developing a Grazing Land Type booklet for the Western
Mary River Catchment
Wondai/Murgon Dairying Better 'n Better Land Recovery
Project 2013
Healthy soils; resilient landscapes in the Condamine
Headwaters
Dunkeld Farmers Fighting Feral Animals for Future
Resilience
$ 44,000
$ 38,500
$ 22,220
$ 25,410
$ 55,000
$ 13,970
$ 40,590
$ 55,000
$ 55,000
$ 48,500
$ 33,330
$ 55,000
$ 22,000
$ 53,570
$ 55,000
$ 24,970
$ 55,000
$ 28,160
$ 55,000
QLD
QLD
QLD
QLD
QLD
QLD
QLD
QLD
QLD
Morven Collaborative Area Management Cluster
(sponsored by South West NRM Ltd)
Waggamba Landcare Group
Monto Dairying Better 'n Better For Tomorrow
(sponsored by Queensland Dairyfarmers'
Organisation Limited)
Malanda and Upper Johnstone Landcare
National Rural Women'S Coalition
Southern Cross Creek Group (sponsored by
Dalrymple Landcare Committee Incorporated)
South East Burnett Landcare Group Inc.
Benlidi Woolgrowers Group (sponsored by Desert
Channels Queensland Incorporated)
QLD
Maranoa Regional Landcare Assocation Inc
Southern Queensland Landcare Network (sponsored
by Border Rivers Catchment Management
Association)
QLD
Wycarbah and District Landcare Inc
QLD
QLD
The West Moreton Landcare Group Inc
Beardmore Dam Pest Management Group
(sponsored by Dirranbandi Landcare Group Inc)
QLD
Dirranbandi Landcare Group Inc
Holistic management and control of vertebrate pest and
priority weed control.
Changing attitudes towards Harrisia cactus
Monto Dairying Better 'n Better Land Recovery Project
2013
Linked by Landcare: A partnership between Landcare and
Real Estate Agencies
Women Towards Sustainability E-Leadership Program
Southern Cross Creek WONS reduction Project
Premium Practice for a Sustainable Burnett
Skilling landholders in wild dog control in Blackall's
remaining sheep district.
Summer Legume Response to Grazing Pressure and
Legume Variety Survival
Pay it Forward - Building the capacity of Landcare to build
communities
Lantana Splatter Gun Management for the Wycarbah and
District Landcare Group
Improving land use practices in the Black Snake Creek
catchment
Addressing Feral pig ,Wilddogs & foxes in Beardmore Dam
catchment
Addressing Feral pig ,Wilddogs & foxes in Lower Balonne &
Narran river catchment
QLD TOTAL
$ 53,900
$ 52,470
$ 55,000
$ 25,080
$ 38,500
$ 55,000
$ 50,000
$ 36,520
$ 31,130
$ 46,420
$ 5,610
$ 39,600
$ 55,000
$ 55,000
$ 1,663,470
SA
State
Recipient
SA
Angaston Agricultural Bureau
SA
Ag Excellence Alliance Inc
SA
SA
Hart Fieldsite Group Inc
Partners In Grain Inc (NSW VIC TAS)
Project Title
Monitoring Soil Moisture to Improve Productivity and NRM
in Grazing Systems
Innovative monitoring to improve snail control and
increase soil protection
To investigate the benefits of full stubble retention in cereal
and legume crops
Farm Biosecurity - Getting It Right Nationally
Funding
(GST Incl)
$ 49,500
$ 53,570
$ 53,350
$ 53,020
SA
SANTFA
SA
Ag Excellence Alliance Inc
SA
Eyre Peninsula Agricultural Research Foundation
SA
Yorke Peninsula Alkaline Soils Group
SA
SA
SA
Ag Excellence Alliance Inc
Eastern Hills & Murray Plains Catchment Group Inc
Dairysa Regional Development Program
Incorporated
South Australian No-Till Farmers Association
(SANTFA)
SA
SA
Hortex Alliance Incorporated
Hortex Alliance Incorporated
SA
Adelaide Hills Wine Region
SA
Blinman Progress Association Inc
Crossville Agricultural Bureau (sponsored by The
Agricultural Bureau of South Australia
Incorporated)
Loxton to Bookpurnong Local Action Planning
Committee Inc
Landcare Association of SA Inc
SA
SA
SA
SA
SA
SA
SA
SA
Mallee Sustainable Farming Inc.
Mallee Sustainable Farming Inc
Mackillop Farm Management Group
Lower Eyre Peninsula Agricultural Development
Association (LEADA)
SA
Middleback Limited
SA
SA
Mallee Sustainable Farming Inc
Eden Valley Wine Grape Growers Group (sponsored
Aqua-Slash: Sustainable weed control with Ultra-HighPressure Water Cutters.
Training farming systems groups in trial development;
management and evaluation
Developing future leaders for farming communities on the
Eyre Peninsula
Monitoring Improved Soil Health in Full Stubble Retention
Farming Systems
Better NRM outcomes through increased capacity of
Farming System Groups
Watercourse Rehabilitation in the Bondleigh Precinct
Fertiliser and pasture trials to compliment Fert$mart soil
testing
Collaboration for sustainable poultry and crop production.
Innovative use of native plants in production to reduce
chemical use on farm
Exploring the path to sustainable agriculture
Improving Soil Health in the Undervine Area in the
Adelaide Hills
Final Stage Opuntia Cliff-face Control Parachilna Gorge
Flinders Ranges
Improving soil structure in hard setting soils of Eastern
Eyre Peninsula
Protecting River Corridor and Mallee Farmlands From
Foxes or Rabbits
2013 South Australian Landcare Conference
Landcare Ladies - Building knowledge and understanding
of farming partners.
Mallee Challenge 2013/14
SE Agricultural Leadership Course
Addressing emerging nutritional issues in no-till systems
Improving landscape-scale control of feral fauna in the
Middleback Ranges region
Crop options to reduce wind erosion and manage weeds in
SA Mallee
Investigating surface and subsoil issues in the Eden Valley
$ 37,510
$ 49,060
$ 55,000
$ 50,380
$ 54,450
$ 20,020
$ 44,000
$ 39,710
$ 30,360
$ 54,670
$ 49,940
$ 39,600
$ 44,990
$ 9,900
$ 50,000
$ 48,180
$ 43,670
$ 55,000
$ 54,230
$ 51,370
$ 55,000
$ 50,600
SA
by Barossa Grape and Wine Association
Incorporated)
Burra Rangelands Action Group (sponsored by Rural
Directions Trust)
Stockport Agricultural Bureau (sponsored by The
Agricultural Bureau of South Australia
Incorporated)
SA
Eyre Peninsula Agricultural Research Foundation
SA
Berri Barmera Local Action Planning Committee
Southern Mallee Agricultural Bureau (sponsored by
The Agricultural Bureau of South Australia
Incorporated)
SA
SA
SA
SA
SA
SA
Southern Yorke Peninsula Landcare Group Inc
Dairysa Regional Development Program
Incorporated
Kanthundjeri Association Incorporated (sponsored
by The Aboriginal Lands Trust of South Australia)
SA
Caltowie Corridors of Green
Eastern Districts Progress Association (sponsored
by Productive Nutrition Pty Ltd)
SA
Agriculture Kangaroo Island Inc.
SA
SA
Horse SA
Kangaroo Island Agricultural Bureau (sponsored by
Agriculture Kangaroo Island Incorporated)
Halbury Whitwarta Agricultural Bureau (sponsored
by The Agricultural Bureau of South Australia
Incorporated)
Koonunga Agricultural Bureau
Lochaber Branch of The Agricultural Bureau
(sponsored by The Agricultural Bureau of South
Australia Incorporated)
SA
SA
Coonawarra Vignerons Association
Hortex Alliance Incorporated
SA
SA
SA
district
Ecosystem Management Understanding (EMU) in SA
Murray Darling Basin Rangelands
$ 55,000
Innovative sustainable land management at Stockport
Improving management practices of Rhizoctonia 'barepatch' on upper EP soils
Improved management of retired irrigation land to reduce
risks to horticulture
$ 49,390
Increasing productivity on clayed sands.
Restoring the Minlacowie-Ramsay Habitat Corridor on
Southern Yorke Peninsula
Mentoring new landholders for a sustainable future in the
LMRIA.
Kathundjeri Association looking after land and leading
youth into the future
Improving farm sustainablility within the Caltowie
Corridors of Green
Demonstrating soil conservation in the SA Murray Darling
Basin rangelands
'More Skills, More Knowledge, More Know How' for
farmers on Kangaroo Island
Horses, Bugs and Beetles:Education for sustainable periurban horse management
$ 54,780
Testing, testing, tasting - Kangaroo Island
$ 54,450
Improved soil management and productivity in the Mid
North.
Improving Soil Health in the Koonunga District
$ 53,460
$ 49,000
Improving surface soil depth and subsoil conditions of soils
Winery wastewater management for sustainable
production
Innovative real time pest identification to reduce chemicals
$ 55,000
$ 52,250
$ 32,670
$ 37,730
$ 52,690
$ 50,000
$ 32,450
$ 54,230
$ 45,100
$ 45,540
$ 44,000
$ 23,760
in food production
SA
SA
SA
SA
Monarto Agricultural Bureau (sponsored by Rural
Directions Trust)
Adelaide Hills Natural Resource Centre Inc
Karoonda and Districts Agricultural Bureau
(sponsored by The Agricultural Bureau of South
Australia Incorporated)
Sherwood Precision Management Systems Group
(sponsored by The Agricultural Bureau of South
Australia Incorporated)
Recycled Organics as Soil Amendments
Publication of Weed Identification Guide for the Mount
Lofty Ranges
$ 54,890
Ongoing effects of soil modification using clay
$ 53,570
Improving claying practice through the addition of organic
matter
SA TOTAL
$ 54,340
$ 2,232,620
$ 31,240
TAS
State
TAS
TAS
TAS
TAS
TAS
TAS
TAS
TAS
TAS
TAS
TAS
TAS
VIC
Recipient
Landcare Tasmania Inc
Midlands Water Scheme Irrigator Group (sponsored
by Macquarie Franklin Pty Ltd)
Tasman Landcare Group Inc
Landcare Tasmania Inc.
Bothwell Sustainable Ag. Group. (sponsored by
Macquarie Franklin Pty Ltd)
King Island Natural Resource Management Group
Inc.
Derwent Catchment NRM Committee Inc
Landcare Tasmania Inc.
Tamar Region Natural Resource Management
Strategy Reference Group Inc.
Landcare Tasmania Inc.
Tamar Region Natural Resource Management
Strategy Reference Group Inc.
Scotch Oakburn College
Project Title
Linking Landscapes and People - support for the 2013 Tas
Landcare Conference
Intelligent Irrigation: developing skills of irrigators in
Tasmania’s Midlands
Reducing weed threat to agricultural land after fire across
the Tasman Catchment
Extra hands and extra support for the bushfire recovery
Supporting & encouraging sustainable farm practices in a
changing environment
Reduce reliance on inorganic fertilisers and improve soil
biology on King Island
Upper Derwent Valley Farmer Producer Group Workshops,
Trials and Field Trips
Everybody's Business - Landcare safety
Eqipping the Tamar Region Land Managers to Fight
Ragwort
Good governance for community landcare in Tasmania
Serrated Tussock - prevent the incursion
St. Johnstone Revegetation Project
TAS TOTAL
Funding
(GST Incl)
$ 31,680
$ 43,780
$ 44,660
$ 55,000
$ 53,790
$ 35,200
$ 50,490
$ 55,000
$ 52,030
$ 49,170
$ 51,150
$ 9,240
$ 531,190
State
Recipient
Project Title
VIC
Mildura District Dried Fruits Association (ADFA) Inc
VIC
Western Port Catchment Landcare Network
VIC
VIC
VIC
Kiewa Catchment Landcare Group
South West Goulburn Landcare Inc
Southern Otway Landcare Network
VIC
Bass Coast Landcare Network Inc
VIC
Upper Barwon Landcare Network Inc
VIC
Dodgshun Medlin Agricultural Management Pty Ltd
BEMS Steering Committee (sponsored by Bega
Cheese Limited)
Farm Tree & Landcare Association
North East AgCare trading as Alpine Valleys
Community Leadership Program
West Wimmera Women In Ag (WWWinAg)
(sponsored by Learning & Information Network
Kavina Inc)
Warby Range Landcare Group Inc.
Goulburn Murray Landcare Network (sponsored by
VFF Farm Tree and Landcare Association
Incorporated)
Mildura Field Days - Farming Futures Program
Trialling compost application at the plant root zone in
Pasture based systems
Using Fire as a Tool for Managing Native Pastures:- An
Indigenous Perspective
Healthy Soils Healthy Foods
Southern Otway Landcare Festival
Sustainable soil management in the Western Port Ramsar
Wetland Catchment.
Upper Barwon Landcare Up-scaling Stewardship From
Farms to Landscape
Pulse options as nitrogen fixers to replace bagged Nitrogen
in the Vic Mallee
Building future innovative and effective leaders in rural
Australia
Secrets for Successful Groups 2013 Training Program
VIC
VIC
VIC
VIC
VIC
VIC
VIC
VIC
VIC
VIC
VIC
VIC
VIC
VIC
Demodairy Co-operative Limited
Far North Wimmera Conservation Farmers
(sponsored by Yarrilinks Incorporated)
Victorian Serrated Tussock Working Party
Dargo Landcare Group Inc
Broken Catchment Landcare Network Inc
Mallee Sustainable Farming Inc.
Northern Plains Conservation Management Network
Incorporated
Mt. Worth and District Landcare Group Inc.
Funding
(GST Incl)
$ 55,000
$ 44,770
$ 49,940
$ 48,400
$ 5,500
$ 55,000
$ 19,690
$ 22,000
$ 52,690
$ 54,780
Community Landcare Leadership Program
$ 51,260
Sustainable food production in the West Wimmera
Saving and Sustaining Sound Soils
$ 10,010
$ 55,000
Goulburn Murray Landcare Annual Farm Forum
Demonstrating sustainable waste; water & soil
management practices in Victoria.
$ 17,490
Far North Wimmera Farmers Seeding Demonstration
Community-led serrated tussock management at Jacksons
Creek - Upper Maribyrnong
Not Too Hot to Handle: Chilean Needle Grass
Reverse the Dirt - New innovations in Erosion Control
In the Cloud - Technology for a sustainable farming future
Northern Plains Improved Grazing for Native Grasslands
Project
Protecting steep erosion prone riparian areas in the Mt.
$ 13,860
$ 54,890
$ 55,000
$ 46,860
$ 55,000
$ 54,340
$ 49,300
$ 42,000
VIC
VIC
Macedon Ranges Vignerons Association Inc
Wimmera Agroforestry Network (sponsored by
Project Platypus Association Inc)
VIC
VIC
VIC
VIC
Milawa/Markwood/Oxley Landcare Group
Far East Victoria Landcare Inc.
Bass Coast Landcare Network Inc
Southern Otway Landcare Network
VIC
VIC
Otway Agroforestry Network Limited
Soil Health Bestwool Bestlamb Group (sponsored by
Federation of Biological Farmers Inc)
VIC
Bass Coast Landcare Network Inc
VIC
VIC
Dookie Land Management Group
Loddon Plains Landcare Network
VIC
Pierrepoint Land Protection Group.
VIC
VIC
Mallee Sustainable Farming Inc.
Sunraysia Rural Counselling Service Inc
VIC
VIC
SPAA Precision Agriculture Australia Inc.
Sunraysia Rural Counselling Service Inc
VIC
Mallee Sustainable Farming Inc
The Weed's Network (sponsored by VFF Farm Tree
and Landcare Association Incorporated)
Upper Barwon Landcare Network
Murray Dairy Inc
VIC
VIC
VIC
VIC
VIC
Perennial Pasture Systems
Triholm Landcare Group Inc (sponsored by South
Gippsland Landcare Network)
VIC
Broken Catchment Landcare Network Inc
Worth district
Managing nutrition for sustainable grape production in the
Macedon Ranges
$ 44,000
WImmera Master Tree Growers 2013-4
Sustainable Riverine Integrated Agricultural and
Environmental Solutions
East Gippsland Goals for Soil Program
Sustainable Soil management in the Bunurong.
The Otway Community-based Stewardship Project
Landholder Mentoring Service for integrating multipurpose
vegetation into farms
Building farm resilience to changing climate through
improved soil condition
Peer to Peer learning - local Bass Coast farmers finding
solutions
Optimising inputs through innovation in soil moisture
monitoring
GOANNA Project Education Program
Increasing farm productivity through perennial pasture
trials and shelter belts
Rotational grazing to reduce wind erosion in the VIC and
NSW Mallee
Building on the Strength of Rural Women
Innovative and Sustainable Capabilities using Control
Traffic Farming
Getting Our Rural Communities on Board
Demonstrating Advanced Seeding Systems to Mallee
Farmers
$ 48,180
On-Line Landcare Sustainable Weeding Guide
Upper Barwon Landcare Focus Farm Group Project
Managing soils on Dairy farms in the Murray Dairy Region
PPS Greenfields Project - analysis of pasture improvement
& enterprise change
Building capability to manage Giant Gippsland Earthworm
(GGE) habitat on farms.
Resilient Sustainable Agriculture: enhancing farmers skills
and knowledge
$ 49,500
$ 54,340
$ 55,000
$ 55,000
$ 55,000
$ 55,000
$ 55,000
$ 55,000
$ 43,900
$ 55,000
$ 22,880
$ 20,460
$ 44,000
$ 55,000
$ 36,190
$ 54,120
$ 13,420
$ 54,010
$ 38,500
$ 55,000
$ 55,000
VIC
VIC
VIC
Mallee Sustainable Farming Inc
Normanville Farm Advancement Group (sponsored
by VFF Farm Tree and Landcare Association
Incorporated)
Soils For Life
VIC
French Island Landcare Group Inc
VIC
VIC
Sheep Pen Creek Land Management Group Inc
Woady Yaloak Catchment Group
VIC
VIC
Macedon Ranges Vignerons Association Inc
Broken Catchment Landcare Network
Crop options to reduce wind erosion and manage weeds in
VIC Mallee
Sustainable Farming Focus - Normanville
Regenerative Landscape Management Leaders Forum
French Island Soil Health and Revegetation- Action on
Ground.
Targeting infestations of Chilean Needle Grass and Bridal
Creeper
Addressing soil acidification in the Corangamite region
Integrated and improved pest management in the Macedon
Ranges wine region
Turning up the Heat on Chilean Needle Grass
TOTAL
$ 55,000
$ 14,190
$ 55,000
$ 55,000
$ 10,670
$ 50,380
$ 44,000
$ 30,800
$ 2,301,320
WA
State
WA
Recipient
WA
Central Desert Native Title Services Limited
Nyabing Farm Improvement Group (sponsored by
Dumbleyung Land Conservation District Committee)
WA
WA
WA
Greening Australia (WA)
Avongro Wheatbelt Tree Cropping Incorporated
Katanning LCDC
WA
WA
WA
Bugs & Biology Grower Group
Ravensthorpe Agricultural Initiative Network Inc.
Upper Great Southern Oil Mallee Growers
Association (Inc)
Wallatin Wildlife and Landcare Inc (sponsored by
Shire of Kellerberrin)
Goldfields Nullarbor Rangelands Biosecurity
Association Inc.
WA
WA
Peel-Harvey Catchment Council Inc
Moolyall Woodenup Creek Catchment Group Inc
WA
WA
Project Title
Multi-stakeholder partnerships for landscape productivity
and resilience
Assessing Liquid Calcium as Temporary Amelioration for
Soil Acidity
Volunteers and Aboriginals engaged in sustainable
pastoralism in the DeGrey
Design your future - Heavenly Hectares and Avongro
Creating Green Linkages Across Farmland; Katanning WA
Farmer-driven research into regenerative cropping
strategies
Technical Tools for Sustainability
Supporting the adopters_ integrated mallee management
project
Increasing Agricultural Sustainability with Elite Saltbush
Lines
Addressing emerging weeds and pests in the Goldfields
Building Community Capacity for Sustainable Ag Practices Healthy Waterways
Protecting and enhancing waterways in the upper
Funding
(GST Incl)
$ 55,000
$ 19,690
$ 55,000
$ 55,000
$ 48,290
$ 53,350
$ 55,000
$ 38,500
$ 55,000
$ 55,000
$ 53,900
$ 53,900
WA
Wurrkaja Aboriginal Corporation
WA
WA
Lower Blackwood Catchment LCDC
Pilbara Mesquite Management Committee
WA
Australian Forest Growers
WA
Armadale Gosnells Landcare Group (AGLG)
WA
Esperance Regional Forum Incorporated
WA
Esperance Regional Forum Incorporated
Meekatharra Rangelands Biosecurity Association
Incorporated
WA
WA
WA
WA
WA
WA
Moore Catchment Council (MCC)
Derby Landcare Group (sponsored by VFF Farm
Tree and Landcare Association Incorporated)
Murray Districts Aboriginal Association (MDAA)
(sponsored by Greening Australia (WA) Ltd)
Bunuba Dawangarri Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC
Upper Gascoyne LCDC
Katanning LCDC
WA
WA
Australian Forest Growers
Katanning Land Conservation District Committee
WA
Mt Marshall Sandalwood Inc
WA
Warren Catchments Council Inc
WA
Jerdacuttup Macro-corridor
Building capacity to protect ecological value in the
rangelands.
South West NRM Strategy (by South West Catchments
Council)
Tackling parkinsonia in the DeGrey Catchment
Support for national conference; "Trees - the future crop
for changing climates"
Building a sustainable future–engaging and developing
NRM skills for landholders
Esperance Sustainable Production for Small Landholders
and Producers (ESPSLP)
Protecting riparian habitats from agriculture in the
Coomalbidgup Lake Catchment
$ 55,000
$ 53,460
$ 55,000
$ 55,000
$ 18,480
$ 55,000
$ 54,450
Meekatharra Multi - Species Vermin Control
Demonstrating different establishment techniques of
perennials in deep sand
Protecting Munkayarra Wetlands on Mowanjum
Indigenous Pastoral Lease
Moordich Boodja, Moordich Nyungar - Strong Country,
Strong People
Weed management on Bunuba Cattle Stations
Arid rangelands erosion control in the Upper Gascoyne
Renewing Community Support in the Katanning District
Building landowner capacity in using trees for positive
landscape change
Sustaining Perennial Vegetation in the Katanning District
Biodiverse Sandalwood and Bees - Resilience and
Productivity for our Region
Restoring ecological function to agricultural water courses:
demonstration site
WA TOTAL
$ 55,000
NATIONAL TOTAL
$ 10,730,750
$ 11,990
$ 53,790
$ 47,520
$ 54,120
$ 55,000
$ 55,000
$ 55,000
$ 53,900
$ 49,800
$ 41,800
$ 1,476,940