2011-12 business plan successful projects.
Business plan projects funded through the
open call process.
NATIONAL
Funding recipients
Project title
Project description
Maximum funding level
(GST inclusive unless
indicated otherwise)
BORDER RIVERSGWYDIR CATCHMENT
MANAGEMENT
AUTHORITY
Murries protecting critical
aquatic ecosystems of
the Barwon River
This project will address key threats to the high ecological value aquatic ecosystems of the
Barwon River and some of its tributaries. A team of six workers will undertake coordinated and
strategic on-ground actions to control weeds and pest animals, improve condition of riparian
vegetation, stabilise stream banks, reduce erosion, manage livestock access and restore
habitat for native fish. Team members will be made up of Indigenous people from around
Boggabilla, Mungindi and Moree, and they will be provided with national standard accredited
training in natural resource management.
$413,270
CENTRAL LAND
COUNCIL
Anangu Tjuta Tri-state
Co-operative Fire
Management
Aboriginal land managers in the NT/SA /WA border region will build a ground breaking
partnership aimed at reinstating a fire regime more closely aligned with that which traditionally
existed. This will reduce the likelihood of destructive bushfires, restore vegetation diversity and
protect threatened species habitat. It will also facilitate the intergenerational transfer of
traditional fire knowledge.
$1,097,800
This project will utilise research and lessons from past and existing projects to develop industry
guidelines for nutrient use efficiency and a framework to integrate the guidelines into the land
manager's decision making process. To ensure whole of industry engagement and ownership,
all relevant stakeholders will be involved in their development.
$357,500
OC12-00336
OC12-00484
DAIRY AUSTRALIA
LIMITED
Dairy Guidelines:
Managing soil acidity
through improved
nutrient use efficiency
OC12-00642
KIAMA MUNICIPAL
COUNCIL
Biodiversity Protection:
Eastern Australia
Boneseed Eradication
and Containment
A diverse network of collaborators will work to eradicate Boneseed, a Weed of National
Significance and an emerging threat. The project will work across NSW and eastern Victoria to
eradicate 50 known infestations of Boneseed, establish a new national containment line on the
NSW border and remove the future threat of Bitou Bush and Boneseed hybridisation.
$157,520
The scope of Reef Check Australia programs will be expanded by undertaking Indigenous
volunteer training on Palm Island, new reef health monitoring programs on the Ningaloo Coast
and around Fraser Island, cleaning up marine debris in Moreton Bay, delivering volunteer
training in reef health monitoring methods and implementing new community participation
programs.
$122,650
The public awareness and monitoring activities of the successful Shorebirds 2020 program will
be expanded to include the third largest shorebird aggregation in Australia, located in the Gulf
of Carpentaria, by training local Indigenous communities in shorebird monitoring.
$758,736
This project will engage communities in managing native habitat to reduce critical threats to
nationally threatened woodland birds and ecological communities in south-eastern Australia. It
will increase the number of farmers adopting practices that contribute to the protection of these
species using targeted incentives to support on-ground works, including habitat restoration and
management, recovery actions and threat abatement.
$1,056,000
Coastal and marine habitats are severely degraded by marine debris, posing a serious threat
to marine turtles, mammals, seabirds and other EPBC listed species. This project will identify
sources of marine debris and develop targeted solutions engaging and training coastal and
Indigenous communities to enhance and improve habitat of high conservation value species.
$386,900 (GST exclusive)
OC12-00273
REEF CHECK
FOUNDATION LIMITED
Engaging Australians in
reef monitoring and
conservation
OC12-00592
ROYAL
AUSTRALASIAN
ORNITHOLOGISTS
UNION
Shorebirds 2020:
Community-based
Monitoring and
Conservation of
Shorebirds
OC12-00126
ROYAL
AUSTRALASIAN
ORNITHOLOGISTS
UNION
Woodland Birds for
Biodiversity II: Protecting
and restoring critical
habitat
OC12-00200
TANGAROA BLUE
FOUNDATION LTD
Engaging communities
and enhancing habitat
through mitigating
marine debris
OC12-00180
Total for National projects
$4,350,376
AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
Funding recipients
Project title
Project description
Maximum funding level
(GST inclusive unless
indicated otherwise)
DEPARTMENT OF
ENVIRONMENT
CLIMATE CHANGE
ENERGY AND WATER
(ACT)
ACT Weeds of National
Significance (WONS)
Devolved Grant Program
A competitive devolved grants program will be established to support community groups and
rural landholders to address Weeds of National Significance in the ACT. The target will be
weeds that have been unable to disperse and regenerate during drought to prevent recruitment
due to the recent wet period. Core infestations and those in close proximity to areas of high
conservation value will also be targeted.
$330,000
OC12-00544
Total for Australian Capital Territory
$330,000
NEW SOUTH WALES
Funding recipients
Project title
Project description
Maximum funding level
(GST inclusive unless
indicated otherwise)
BIG SCRUB
RAINFOREST
LANDCARE GROUP
INC
Conserving Lowland
Rainforest of Subtropical
Australia
This project will reduce critical threats to biodiversity in lowland rainforest, including 43 EPBC
listed threatened species, through enhancing habitat condition, connectivity and resilience. The
project will involve Indigenous engagement and partnership with 11 organisations and 35 land
holders.
$192,500
BYRON
UNDERWATER
RESEARCH GROUP
(BURG)
INCORPORATED
Restoration, education
and protection Cape
Byron Marine Park subtidal reefs
This project aims to improve reef health and resilience in the Cape Byron Marine Park by
removing marine debris and teaching and promoting low impact diving techniques. It also aims
to increase the level of community skills, knowledge and engagement in marine conservation
through involving volunteers in reef and estuary clean ups and marine vertebrate surveys.
$36,640 (GST exclusive)
EUROBODALLA
SHIRE COUNCIL
Eurobodalla HCVAE
Rivers and Coastal Sites
Rehabilitation Project
Twenty Landcare groups, weed control contractors and an Indigenous work team will work to
reduce the impact of weeds on coastal biodiversity between Akolele and South Durras.
Activities will include Community Weed Swaps,Bushcare training days and backyard weed
audits.
$82,500
The project will commence alligator weed control in two Nationally Significant Wetlands in the
lower Richmond catchment. Outlier infestations will be tackled to reduce the risk of alligator
weed spreading. A targeted education program will be developed and delivered to 14
communities identified as having a high risk potential for spreading the weed.
$68,750
Work will be undertaken to increase biodiversity within the Glen Innes Land Council area. This
will include revegetating with indigenous trees, reducing the number of goats and eradicating
blackberry and other weeds. Revegetation will also provide connecting corridors over
Indigenous owned lands.
$485,650
OC12-00006
OC12-00477
OC12-00647
FAR NORTH COAST
COUNTY COUNCIL
Protecting Nationally
Significant Wetlands in
the Lower Richmond
Catchment from Alligator
Weed
OC12-00116
GLEN INNES LOCAL
ABORIGINAL LAND
COUNCIL
Increased biodiversity
within the Glen Innes
Land Council area
OC12-00056
GLENRAC
INCORPORATED
GREENING
AUSTRALIA (CAPITAL
REGION) LTD
Increasing native habitat
and connectivity across
the Glen Innes district
$67,741
OC12-00364
This project will establish 10 000 native seedlings across the Glen Innes district. It will increase
native habitat on properties across the landscape and strengthen vegetation corridors between
private land and public protected areas. Community engagement and capacity building will be
achieved through extension activities to increase awareness and knowledge of the importance
of native habitat, the presence and relevance of local endangered ecological communities.
Whole of Paddock
Rehabilitation Pilot
Program - Extending and
Restoring
Whilst building community capacity, this project will restore threatened woodland ecosystems,
reduce erosion and enhance agricultural productivity. Pilot sites and workshops delivered
through this project will lead to broader adoption to integrate biodiversity restoration and
agricultural production at the scale needed to address landscape degradation.
$335,500
Volunteers, specialist regenerators and an Indigenous bush regeneration team will work to
reduce the impact of Weeds of National Significance in the listed vegetation communities
littoral rainforest, coastal vine thickets and themeda grasslands. bitou bush and Lantana will be
targeted, as well as new Weed Alert species like glory lilly and Chinese violet.
$251,350
A systematic marine debris monitoring and removal program will be conducted over two years,
targeting near-shore reef systems. Priority will be given to sites known to support threatened
species. The project will include community education such as interactive school visits and
seminars.
$28,270
The project will reduce the impact of Weeds of National Significance including several species
of willows and blackberry along 100km of the Kalare (Lachlan) River banks between
Gooloogong and Wyangala Dam. Local Aboriginal people will be actively trained and employed
by the project and promote greater cultural awareness and appreciation amongst landholders.
$330,000
Blakney Creek has been identified as a hotspot for endangered aquatic species, including the
recently found yellow spotted bell frog. The resilience of these endangered aquatic species will
be increased through the rehabilitation and conservation of suitable habitat that will link
isolated populations. An engagement strategy will support farm planning and a monitoring
program will demonstrate successes.
$242,000
OC12-00301
HAT HEAD DUNE
CARE
INCORPORATED
Restoring Littoral
Rainforest (CEC) and
Themeda Grasslands
(EEC) at Hat Head
OC12-00471
KARUAH GREAT
LAKES LANDCARE
MANAGEMENT
COMMITTEE
Reducing the threat of
marine debris in the
Great Lakes area
LACHLAN
CATCHMENT
MANAGEMENT
AUTHORITY
Kalare Country: Cleaning
up the Creek - Stage 2 Gooloogong to
Wyangala Dam
OC12-00683
OC12-00191
LACHLAN
CATCHMENT
MANAGEMENT
AUTHORITY
Fish, Frogs n Hollow
Logs - Nurturing
Threatened Aquatic
Species in the Lachlan
OC12-00326
LORD HOWE ISLAND
BOARD
Managing the World
Heritage Values of Lord
Howe Island
OC12-00422
LORD HOWE ISLAND
BOARD
Eradication is the Key:
Facilitating the exodus of
weeds from Lord Howe
Island
This project will help to protect the Lord Howe Island World Heritage property by establishing
phytosanitory facilities at strategic locations and eradicating African big headed ants. The
island and its surrounding coral reefs are World Heritage listed owing to its unique scenery,
exceptional terrestrial and marine habitats and high level of species endemism. This project will
also fund a manager of Environment and World Heritage to oversee quarantine and pest
species control to ensure priority projects that restore degraded areas are implemented.
$455,689
The Lord Howe Island Group World Heritage Area island- wide weed eradication program will
be extended to manage habitat, including cliff breeding habitat for seabirds. Ecosystem
invaders such as cherry guava and Weeds of National Significance, bitou bush, bridal creeper
and lantana, will be targeted.
$440,000
The project aims to raise awareness of grazing impacts on the biodiversity of the threatened
ecological communities of coolibah black box and weeping myall woodlands in the Walgett
district. Conservation grazing strategies that enhance biodiversity and improve the condition of
the ecological communities will be promoted and implemented.
$340,000 (GST exclusive)
This project will increase the connectivity and resilience of remnants of three ecologically
endangered communities through actions which protect and increase the size of existing
remnants and the linkages between them. It will focus on the principal threats to the newly
listed New England peppermint grassy woodlands, which are widespread in the New England
Tablelands
$192,466
The project will protect the natural temperate grasslands of the Maclaughlin River by controlling
serrated tussock, a Weed of National Significance. A targeted spray program will strengthen
containment zones and reduce core infestations. In conjunction with industry and NRM bodies,
grazing systems will be evaluated to assess the effectiveness of combined spraying/grazing
systems as the basis for increased resilience to serrated tussock.
$163,000 (GST exclusive)
This project will complete rehabilitation of the Maclaughlin River by removing willows from
along 25km of river, undertake first pass blackberry control along 10km and second pass
control over 30km plus off-river outliers. Additional works will control the flow of sediment into
the river from point sources and create a 44ha stepping stone area to promote vegetation
regeneration.
$177,700 (GST exclusive)
OC12-00548
LOWER PAGAN/PIAN
CREEK
CONSERVATION
GROUP
LPPCCG Sustainable
Grazing for Sustaining
Biodiversity project
SOUTHERN NEW
ENGLAND LANDCARE
LTD
High Country Wetlands
and Woodlands
MACLAUGHLIN RIVER
LANDCARE GROUP
INC
Grasslands Grazing to
Control Serrated
Tussock
OC12-00210
OC12-00312
OC12-00378
MACLAUGHLIN RIVER
LANDCARE GROUP
INC
Maclaughlin River Rehab
Stage 4 - the last
Stepping Stone to a
Resilient River
OC12-00725
MANNING ENTRANCE
STATE PARK TRUST
On-ground works to
manage ecological
values of Manning
Entrance State Park NSW
OC12-00922
MID NORTH COAST
WEEDS COORDINATING
COMMITTEE INC
Cabomba WONS
control, for the protection
of the Ramsar- listed
Myall Lakes
OC12-00790
MURRUMBIDGEE
CATCHMENT
MANAGEMENT
AUTHORITY
Monaro Landscape
Connectivity - Improving
habitat and native
vegetation condition
OC12-00387
NAMOI CATCHMENT
MANAGEMENT
AUTHORITY
Increasing soil carbon in
precision agriculture
systems in the Namoi
Catchment
OC12-00713
NAMOI CATCHMENT
MANAGEMENT
AUTHORITY
Control of Chilean
Needle Grass in the
Namoi Catchment
This project will consolidate management of the endangered ecological community littoral
rainforest and coastal vine thickets and 'buffer' high conservation value ecosystems in the
Manning Entrance State Park NSW. Agencies, volunteers and Indigenous people will partner
to control Weeds of National Significance in 50ha of littoral rainforest along 10km of coastline,
reduce the impact of foxes to protect threatened fauna, and enhance skills and knowledge in
weed and pest management.
$368,500
The Weed of National Significance, cabomba, poses a significant threat to the Myall Lakes
Ramsar wetland. In association with state agencies and the National Aquatic Weeds
Management Group, this project will apply new chemical control techniques in place of
unsuccessful manual removal and containment. Case studies, best management practice
guidelines and field days are proposed.
$210,936
The project will focus on properties in the Monaro region identified as having the potential to
contribute to landscape linkages to benefit six identified critical ecological communities or
threatened species. These property owners will be offered assistance to develop whole of
property management plans and incentive property vegetation plans to maximise production
and conservation outcomes. Seed-producing enclosures and Indigenous land management
practices will be trialled. Community engagement will include the use of placestories.
$330,000
A number of trials with croppers will be established across the Namoi Catchment, focusing on
separate agro-economic zones, incorporating soil carbon content improvement interventions
into established and/or developing precision agriculture systems. Croppers will attend a
training program developed by the GRDC. Results will be communicated regionally through
industry networks.
$270,600
Ten landholders within an area infested by Chilean needle grass, a Weed of National
Significance, will work to limit the spread of the weed into the Peel and Namoi catchments,
riparian zones and endangered grassy box woodlands.
$134,200
This project will reduce the threats to endangered ecological communities and threatened
species in the NSW New England region. The project will raise awareness about the impact of
pest animals such as pigs, foxes, wild dogs and rabbits on natural assets and agricultural
production. Landholders will be engaged in cooperative programs to control and manage these
pests.
$190,300
OC12-00951
NEW ENGLAND
NORTH WEST
LANDCARE
NETWORK CHAIRS
INC
Pest Animal
Management and
Landholder Engagement
in New England NSW
OC12-00403
OFFICE OF
ENVIRONMENT AND
HERITAGE
Mitigating a significant
emerging threat to the
OUV of the Gondwana
Rainforests
This World Heritage area project will investigate the threat of fire to cool temperate rainforests
through studies into vegetation traits, fuel loads/flammability and climate variability in the
current and projected climates for northern NSW. Results from the study will be incorporated
into fire management strategies for on-ground implementation.
$71,500
This collaborative project will implement a strategic predator control program over two years to
reduce key threats to endangered fauna in the Shoalhaven. A wide range of both conventional
and new control techniques will be deployed in 12 zones to reduce impact on seven EPBC
listed, two NSW listed endangered and 37 migratory EPBC species. It builds upon the existing
Fox TAP program. The project aims to mobilise additional landowners and volunteers, reduce
threats through community education and map key predator habitat.
$122,981
This project aims to contain and eradicate high priority outlier infestations of salvinia and
alligator weed in the South Coast and Riverina regions of NSW which pose significant
downstream threats. On-ground works will isolate and contain salvinia and alligator weed in
three key areas. Aquatic weed early detection and identification training courses as well as
urban backyard inspection programs will reduce potential sources of re-infestation.
$78,650
In preparation for the return of 21 per cent of the annual natural flow to the Snowy River, this
project will control blackberry, a Weed of National Significance, within the last remaining core
infestation on the NSW reach of the river. This will aid scouring of sediment, recovery of instream habitat and improvement of recreational use of the Snowy River.
$133,650
$44,000
OC12-00426
Following discovery of Chilean needle grass, a Weed of National Significance, in the Tumut
Shire in 2010, this project will build on a 2010–11 ad-hoc control project. This will include
mapping the infestation core and outlier areas, containing the spread of the weed, reducing
chilean needle grass in identified areas and bringing the infestation to a level where it can be
effectively managed within stakeholder means.
Delivery of a Regional
Pig management
strategy for the Riverina
highlands region
A two-year feral pig management strategy will be delivered to create a buffer zone between
private and public lands, concentrating on areas of critical habitat. Indigenous custodians, over
150 landholders and key natural resource management stakeholders will be engaged to
protect 65 000ha of the Riverina Highlands.
$121,220
OC12-00724
SHOALHAVEN CITY
COUNCIL
Predator Control for
Shoalhaven Endangered
Species
OC12-00496
SOUTHERN RIVERS
CATCHMENT
MANAGEMENT
AUTHORITY
Alligator Weed and
Salvinia Outlier
Eradication Program of
NSW
OC12-00293
SOUTHERN RIVERS
CATCHMENT
MANAGEMENT
AUTHORITY
The final 8%' Eradicating Blackberry
from the Snowy River in
NSW
OC12-00712
TUMUT SHIRE
COUNCIL
TUMUT SHIRE
COUNCIL
Chilean Needle Grass
Control and Eradication
Project in Tumut Shire
OC12-00978
WETLANDCARE
AUSTRALIA PTY LTD
Sustainable Farm
Practices - Bellinger
River & Nambucca River
floodplains, NSW
OC12-00644
Total for New South Wales
This project will enhance natural habitat, improve agricultural practices and optimise natural
resource management across the Bellinger and Nambucca floodplains. Innovative
management practices will improve water quality, vegetation connectivity and habitat health,
particularly for nationally threatened migratory birds. This two-year project will seek to further
develop partnerships, skills and awareness gained through previous funding.
$173,895
$6,140,188
NORTHERN TERRITORY
Funding recipients
Project title
Project description
Maximum funding level
(GST inclusive unless
indicated otherwise)
DHIMURRU
ABORIGINAL
CORPORATION
Yellow crazy ant
eradications
Sites in the Dhimurru and Yirralka Indigenous Protected Areas will be treated for yellow crazy
ants. The eradication success at no less than three sites treated previously will be assessed
and a further four infestations will be mapped for future treatment.
$713,250
LAYNHAPUY
HOMELANDS
ASSOCIATION INC
Feral Animal
Management Program Blue Mud Bay Wetlands
Laynhapuy IPA
Populations of feral pigs and water buffalo will be reduced and an ongoing monitoring program
established to analyse ground disturbance and water quality data. Activities will be undertaken
by the Yirralka Rangers on the Laynhapuy Indigenous Protected Area.
$218,526
$745,377
OC12-00005
The project will reduce outlier infestations of Mimosa pigra, a Weed of National Significance, in
the Daly, Moyle and Fitzmaurice catchments. Core infestations that pose a serious threat to the
high ecological value aquatic ecosystem of Anson Bay and associated coastal floodplains will
be contained. The project will engage traditional owners, four Indigenous Ranger groups and
other land managers to strengthen biodiversity values over 16 500ha of Mimosa pigra infested
country.
Territory Conservation
Agreements: Strategic
conservation across
pastoral lands
Ten-year Territory Conservation Agreements will be established with participating landholders
to promote conservation on pastoral lands. Priority will be given to sites that support threatened
species that border other properties with conservation agreements in place, lie along riparian
corridors and can demonstrate improved productivity through conservation.
$547,140
A small grants program to assist Indigenous Territorians to better manage their sea country will
be offered. Grants of between $5000 and $20 000 (up to $100 000 annually) will support
groups to implement land and sea country management plans; use traditional ecological
knowledge; and participate in projects to build skills and raise awareness.
$253,000
OC12-00179
OC12-00624
NATURAL RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT
BOARD (NT)
INCORPORATED
NATURAL RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT
BOARD (NT)
INCORPORATED
Coordinated response to
control of Mimosa pigra
in the Daly and Moyle
Catchments
OC12-00062
NATURAL RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT
BOARD (NT)
INCORPORATED
Territory Sea Country
Indigenous Partnerships
Program
OC12-00483
NORTHERN LAND
COUNCIL
The re-instatement of
traditional fire regimes
across three regions in
the Top End
OC12-00163
NORTHERN LAND
COUNCIL
NT Strategic Mimosa
Gaps 2011
The project will achieve a reduction in late dry season wildfires across project regions in the
Western Top End, encompassing some of the most biodiverse and culturally significant
landscapes on earth. The project will deliver regionally coordinated fire management planning,
aerial and on-ground fire management, capacity building and training, and determine
governance arrangements with a view to entering carbon emission abatement trading
programs.
$715,000
This project will provide funding for Mimosa pigra management within the Bulgul Rangers
operational area in the Northern Territory.
$95,451
This project will reduce critical threats to 80 000ha of native habitat and manage biodiversity in
the high ecological value aquatic ecosystem of Anson Bay and associated coastal floodplains.
The Wangamaty Lower Daly Landcare group will also continue their successful partnership
with Aboriginal Ranger Groups, Northern Land Council and other landholders to contain and
halt the westward spread of Gamba grass and other grassy weeds.
$165,000
The project will help protect the ecological character and cultural hunting territories in the
Lower Daly wetlands on mainly MalakMalak Land Trust in the NT. A strategic approach will be
implemented to control and manage three Weeds of National Significance. Work will include an
Aboriginal-based salvinia biocontrol program, an early intervention strategy for parkinsonia
outliers and reduction of core infestations of hymenachne.
$154,000
OC12-00230
WANGAMATY LOWER
DALY LANDCARE
GROUP INC
Protect and manage
biodiversity in the Lower
Daly within and adjacent
to a HEVAE
OC12-00268
WANGAMATY LOWER
DALY LANDCARE
GROUP INC
Strategically reduce the
impact of three WoNS
species in the Lower
Daly NT
OC12-00628
Total for Northern Territory
$3,606,744
QUEENSLAND
Funding recipients
Project title
Project description
Maximum funding level
(GST inclusive unless
indicated otherwise)
AGFORWARD
SERVICES PTY LTD
Facilitating Coordinated
Vertebrate Pest Control
across Southern QLD
The project will facilitate coordinated control of vertebrate pests across southern Queensland.
Activities will include addressing common misconceptions about impacts and controls of local
vertebrate pests and delivering workshops covering pest impacts, solutions and practical
information.
$330,000
Working with farmers, 105ha of critically endangered Mabi forest on private land will be
restored and protected, building connectivity and resilience into the Wet Tropics World
Heritage area. The project will also create 8ha of strategically located stepping stones on
private land, enhancing connectivity between existing Mabi remnants, as well as wildlife access
from the coast to identified climate change refugia on the Tablelands. The project will employ
and train 18 local Indigenous people and engage a wide sector of the community.
$423,849
Buru Warra Traditional Owners will undertake works for the Kija (Roaring Meg Falls) area, a
key sacred site and iconic natural attraction in the Daintree part of the Wet Tropics World
Heritage Area. They will manage it as a nature refuge and allow continued visitor access. This
project involves weed and pest management, erosion remediation, fencing and visitor signs.
$78,360 (GST exclusive)
The Burnett Mary Regional Group's Coastal Engagement program will be extended through
2012–13. Small grants will be provided to coastal community groups for works including
rehabilitation of foreshores and tidal wetlands, monitoring of key species and habitats including
threatened marine turtles and migratory shorebirds, and access management to reduce
impacts of recreation on coastal habitats. Partnership meetings and a Coastcare forum will be
held.
$253,096
The high ecological values of the Northern Holroyd Plain Aggregation will be protected and
restored by reducing disturbance by pigs, cattle and horses and managing weeds such as
parkinsonia, hymenachne and rubber vine. This will also reduce the impact of pest pig
predation on turtle nesting.
$935,000
OC12-00801
BARRON RIVER
CATCHMENT
MANAGEMENT
ASSOCIATION
INCORPORATED
Enhancing extent,
condition, connectivity
and resilience to Mabi
Forest
BURUNGU
ABORIGINAL
CORPORATION
Kija Management
Program
BURNETT MARY
REGIONAL GROUP
FOR NATURAL
RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT INC
Supporting Coastal
Community Engagement
in the Burnett Mary
Region 2012–13
CAPE YORK
NATURAL RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT LTD
Protecting critical aquatic
ecosystems of the
Northern Holroyd Plain
Aggregation
OC12-00687
OC12-00832
OC12-00103
OC12-00563
CARPENTARIA LAND
COUNCIL
ABORIGINAL
CORPORATION
Reducing impacts of
feral pigs in the Staaten
River catchment and
Coastline
This project will build on previous efforts to establish a comprehensive catchment scale feral
pig management program in partnership with the Ewamian Wild River Rangers and graziers to
reduce the impact of feral pigs on wetland habitats and on marine and freshwater turtles.
$289,850
The project will deliver an eradication program for Weed of National Significance athel pine
from the Queensland Central Highlands. Activities will include a community awareness
program, detection survey, destruction of outlier infestations, post-control monitoring and
follow-up treatments.
$120,145
The Caring for our Corridor Project will focus on extending and enhancing native vegetation
within the identified Bioregional Wildlife Corridor that connects two high nature conservation
value areas. A Corridor Management Plan will be produced, landholders engaged as 'Corridor
Carers', educational activities delivered and areas lacking connectivity will be identified. Onground works will improve vegetation corridors and clumps.
$81,070
The long term viability of the largest known remnant of vine scrub/rainforest in the southern
Darling Downs will be enhanced to improve connectivity within an identified regional
biodiversity corridor.
$87,890
This project will develop a long-term monitoring program and management strategies for
strategic rainforest areas in Queensland ‘s World Heritage properties. This includes identifying
and tracking the infection and impact of Myrtle Rust in the Gondwana, Fraser Island and Wet
Tropics World Heritage areas; improving understanding of the disease biology in QLD
rainforest conditions; supporting Myrtle Rust research projects; and modelling the potential
long-term impacts of the disease on host plants and other dependent flora and fauna.
$311,300
OC12-00297
CENTRAL HIGHLANDS
REGIONAL
RESOURCE USE
PLANNING COOPERATIVE
Eradication of Outlier
Athel Pine from the
Central Highlands,
Central Queensland
CONDAMINE
HEADWATERS
LANDCARE GROUP
INC
Caring for our Corridor in
the Condamine
Headwaters,
Queensland
OC12-00525
OC12-00582
CONDAMINE
HEADWATERS
LANDCARE GROUP
INC
Protecting Semi
Evergreen Vine Thicket
in the Upper Condamine
Catchment, QLD
OC12-00694
DEPARTMENT OF
ENVIRONMENT AND
RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT
Mitigating the impacts of
Myrtle Rust disease on
Queensland World
Heritage Areas
OC12-00557
DESERT CHANNELS
QUEENSLAND
INCORPORATED
Pigs Might Fly 2: A
Supplementary Aerial
Shooting Program for
Feral Pigs
Three ten-day supplementary feral pig aerial shooting campaigns along the Diamantina and
Barcoo Rivers and Cooper Creek will be conducted during the upcoming wet season. This will
link with the existing Pigs Might Fly aerial baiting program and reduce the threat of rebounding
pig populations following the last favourable wet season.
$307,654
The project aims to improve marine life in the Whitsunday Region by establishing a basis for
comprehensive debris reduction along the coastline within a planning zone covering 36
beaches, including 11 of the 74 islands in the Whitsunday group.
$20,000 (GST exclusive)
Engagement of the local community will address accumulation of marine debris on Ramsar
wetland beaches at Shoalwater and Corio Bay, which has been exacerbated by recent flooding
in the Fitzroy River. Activities will include removing debris, recycling contents and tracking
rubbish origins.
$43,826
On-ground action in regional biodiversity hotspots severely impacted by cyclone Yasi will
increase the managed area of critical habitat for threatened species and ecological
communities.
$825,000
The Bunya Biolink project will increase connectivity and create significant habitat corridors
crossing several environmental gradients and including endangered semi-evergreen vine
thickets and brigalow. It will connect Barakula and Diamondy State Forests in the west to the
rainforests of the iconic Bunya Mountains in the east across agricultural land and smaller
patches of remnant vegetation.
$550,000
This project aims to build community skills and knowledge around the issue and impacts of
waterway litter and marine debris in south-east Queensland following the devastating floods in
late 2010 and early 2011.
$55,000
OC12-00862
ECO BARGE
SERVICES PTY LTD
Whitsunday Marine
Debris Data Collection
and Removal Project
OC12-00928
FITZROY BASIN
ASSOCIATION INC
Protecting The Values of
Our Ramsar Wetland
Shoalwater/Corio Bay
OC12-00809
FNQ NRM LTD
Building resilience for
Cassowary, Mahogany
Glider and Littoral
Rainforest
OC12-00167
GREENING
AUSTRALIA (QLD)
Bunya Biolink Enhancing connectivity
and resilience of habitats
and landscapes
OC12-00736
HEALTHY
WATERWAYS LTD
South East Queensland
(SEQ) Waterway Litter
Awareness and
Engagement Campaign
OC12-00386
MUNGALLA
ABORIGINAL
CORPORATION FOR
BUSINESS
Restoring and
maintaining wetland
function and health of the
Mungalla Wetlands
OC12-00148
P.C.P. DOUGLASS
PTY LTD
Improving habitat
connectivity for
vulnerable fauna in the
Neumgna region
OC12-00376
PORMPURA AW
SHIRE COUNCIL
Northern Holroyd Plain
Aggregation HEVAE
Protection- Pormpuraaw
L & SM Rangers
This project will use aerial applications of herbicide and re- introduce traditional burning
practices for the ongoing management of the Mungalla Wetlands area. These techniques will
also be used by the Mungalla Aboriginal Corporation to train Indigenous youth in land
management techniques. The Mungalla Wetlands are an important part of the lower Herbert
River Catchment which connects with National Parks and has direct run-off into the Great
Barrier Reef Lagoon.
$71,500
This project will establish a wildlife corridor linking Yarraman State Forest with Tarong National
Park across a cleared agricultural landscape. A number of threatened fauna species and
endangered regional ecosystems have been recognised in these reserves and revegetation
will provide greater connectivity for many other wildlife and bird species. It is anticipated that
once this corridor is established that a voluntary conservation declaration will be sought to
protect this area in perpetuity.
$86,350
This project aligns with the existing Pormpuraaw Land and Sea Management work program. It
will target priority pest control to protect and restore high ecological value aquatic ecosystems,
including a wetland of national significance located on Pormpuraaw Aboriginal lands and
waters within the Northern Holroyd Plain Aggregation.
$187,775
Feral pig control groups will be formed to create strategic control plans on a sub-catchment
scale. Plans will be developed to promote regeneration and recovery of high quality vegetation
and threatened communities in the Gregory River and Rocky Dam Creek catchments.
$88,000
This project will improve habitat connectivity and increase biodiversity in three priority
catchments along 100km of waterway draining into the Great Barrier Reef. The project will
address impacts to water quality and environmental flows and negotiate improved water
management practices with land mangers.
$376,200
The project will reduce the impact and spread of a high priority outlier infestation of Mimosa
pigra, a Weed of National Significance, over the next two years by continuing eradication from
Lake Proserpine. This infestation is one of only two infestations located outside the Northern
Territory.
$165,000
OC12-00526
REEF CATCHMENTS
MACKAY
WHITSUNDAY INC
Feral Pig Control
Groups: together
implementing strategic
control plans
OC12-00057
REEF CATCHMENTS
MACKAY
WHITSUNDAY INC
Building biodiversity
connectivity and
resilience in three priority
catchments
OC12-00058
REEF CATCHMENTS
MACKAY
WHITSUNDAY INC
Eradication of Mimosa
pigra Outlier in Central
QLD
OC12-00212
SEA TURTLE
FOUNDATION LIMITED
Community led reduction
of gross pollution in the
dry tropics region,
Queensland
A community network will protect, restore and enhance areas of high environmental and
cultural value in the Townsville and Palm Island regions, including part of the Bowling Green
Bay Ramsar Wetland. Works will include the identification of priority marine debris hotspots
and works in the Manbarra cultural heritage site.
$55,000
South-east Queensland 's Communities Caring for Coast program will deliver a devolved
grants program over a two-year period. Eligible activities will include pest weed control, coastal
rehabilitation, protective fencing, addressing marine biodiversity and water quality threats to the
Moreton Bay Ramsar hotspot region and support for monitoring and evaluation programs.
$550,000
The South Stradbroke Island Landcare group will build on the foundations of a weeding
program conducted on the island in 2007. They will regenerate and revegetate part of the
island with the assistance of a Gold Coast City Council approved regenerator to give onground assistance and training to the Landcare volunteers.
$50,000 (GST exclusive)
At least 7000ha of country in north-west Queensland will be treated to prevent the spread of
Mesquite, a Weed of National Significance. Six key areas and numerous outlier infestations will
be targeted by the project, which will protect biodiversity in the Mitchell Grass Downs and Gulf
Plains bioregion. Up to 50 landholders will be involved.
$330,000
The project will safeguard some 10.5 million ha of lower Southern Gulf catchments from prickly
acacia invasion. High priority isolated and outlier infestations in the lower Gulf region of
Queensland and a national buffer zone north and west of the National Prickly Acacia
Containment Line will be targeted. Prickly acacia covers approximately 7 million ha of semi-arid
Queensland, with in excess of 500 000ha classed as dense.
$330,000
The project aims to prevent the westward spread of rubber vine into Boodjamulla (Lawn Hill)
National Park and the Northern Territory by concentrating activities in the 100km NT/Qld buffer
zone and by maintaining control of rubber vine west of the Rubber Vine Containment Line.
Infestations threatening critical aquatic habitat of the Leichhardt, Cloncurry and Flinders Rivers
will be targeted. The project will also provide ongoing support for the development of
techniques for the aerial recognition of rubber vine and application to inaccessible infestations.
$330,000
OC12-00881
SEQ CATCHMENTS
LIMITED
Communities Caring for
Coast in SE QLD: a
Targeted Devolved
Grants Program
OC12-00591
SOUTH STRADBROKE
ISLAND LANDCARE
GROUP INC
Increasing native habitat
on South Stradbroke
Island by reducing
invasive weeds and
replanting
OC12-00150
SOUTHERN GULF
CATCHMENTS
LIMITED
GROM (Get Rid of
Mesquite) in the
Southern Gulf
OC12-00032
SOUTHERN GULF
CATCHMENTS
LIMITED
Prickly Acacia Outlier
Control in the Southern
Gulf
OC12-00182
SOUTHERN GULF
CATCHMENTS
LIMITED
Stop Rubber Vine
Reaching the Northern
Territory
OC12-00204
SOUTHERN GULF
CATCHMENTS
LIMITED
Fairlight Landcare Sustainable land
management and WoNS
Control on Fairlight
Creek
The project will control two Weeds of National Significance, prickly acacia and rubber vine, on
the Mitchell grass downs, basalt tablelands and riparian zones of Fairlight Creek in north-west
Queensland. Fairlight Landcare will continue its successful weed control work and apply
sustainable grazing methods to regenerate degraded areas.
$159,500
By implementing key actions from the landholder developed 'Yarril/Wyaga catchment plan', this
project will increase the adoption of improved management practices to achieve improved
water quality, enhanced condition and connectivity of native habitat, reduced threat and impact
of weeds, pests and stock on threatened ecological communities as well as reduced erosion
along riparian areas across their agricultural community.
$437,470
A Seagrass Watch program will be implemented to improve understanding of seagrass
meadows in the broader Gold Coast region. The program will involve groups of trained
volunteers and will raise community and government awareness.
$84,044
OC12-00589
WAGGAMBA
LANDCARE GROUP
INCORPORATED
Implementing on-ground
action to achieve
landscape-scale
conservation
OC12-00377
WILDLIFE
PRESERVATION
SOCIETY OF
QUEENSLAND
BAYSIDE BRANCH
INC
Total for Queensland
Continuation of
Community Seagrass
Watch Program - Gold
Coast Region
OC12-00658
$8,012,879
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Funding recipients
Project title
Project description
Maximum funding level
(GST inclusive unless
indicated otherwise)
AGRICULTURE
KANGAROO ISLAND
INCORPORATED
Taking Action on Soil
Acidity, Kangaroo Island
Kangaroo Island landholders will address soil acidification land degradation. Activities include:
raising landholders awareness through soil testing; developing prioritised farm plans to
manage acidity; trialling and demonstrating innovative measures to counteract sub-soil
acidification; and education of landholders and local school children.
$149,600
ALINYTJAR A
WILURARA NATUR AL
RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT
BOARD
Dream Weaving Supporting Aboriginal
Women’s Culture and
Aspirations in NRM
South Australian Aboriginal women aspire to work together to do real natural resource
management work. Barriers include a lack of transport and tools, support and mentoring. A
network for Aboriginal women in natural resource management will be established to provide
assistance to access their traditional country; undertake an initial assessment of natural
resource problems; and complete small projects at special sites
$220,000
DEPARTMENT FOR
ENVIRONMENT AND
NATURAL
RESOURCES
Landscape-scale aerial
fox control for the
nationally threatened
Andu wallaby
This project expands the successful Bounceback Program for the threatened Andu (yellowfooted rock-wallaby), to include privately managed reserves, Aboriginal land and key pastoral
properties. It addresses a gap by further developing partnerships, engaging landholders across
the region and aerial baiting over a large proportion of known wallaby colonies in the semi-arid
rangeland environments of SA.
$214,500
The project aims to address key recovery actions to assist species of national significance and
treat Weeds of National Significance in the Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges region, one of
Australia's biodiversity hotspots. Actions will be dedicated over 5000ha of land. Community
engagement will be targeted at landowners in adjacent areas as potential buffer zones and
corridors.
$330,000
This project by the South Australian Department of Primary Industries and Resources will use
biological control measures to manage core infestations of gorse, boneseed and blackberry
within South Australia. It will also monitor previous biological control measures.
$258,026
OC12-00294
OC12-00177
OC12-00255
DEPARTMENT OF
ENVIRONMENT AND
NATURAL
RESOURCES
Conserving Heathy
Habitat and Nationally
Threatened Species
DEPARTMENT OF
PRIMARY INDUSTRIES
AND RESOURCES
Biological control of
Weeds of National
Significance in South
Australia
OC12-00084
OC12-00088
DEPARTMENT FOR
ENVIRONMENT AND
NATUR AL
RESOURCES
Recovering Grey Box
Grassy Woodland in the
Adelaide and Mt Lofty
Ranges (AMLR)
OC12-00898
KANGAROO ISLAND
NATURAL
RESOURCES
MANAGEMENT
BOARD
Reducing critical threats
to Glossy Black-cockatoo
habitat on Kangaroo
Island
KANGAROO ISLAND
NATURAL
RESOURCES
MANAGEMENT
BOARD
Strengthening and
connecting Kangaroo
Island’s threatened plant
habitat
ROYAL ZOOLOGICAL
SOCIETY OF SOUTH
AUSTRALIA INC
Increasing biodiversity
and habitat health
through vertebrate pest
removal
This project will contribute to the recovery of grey box grassy woodland via targeted restoration
activities in the largest and highest quality remnants across the Adelaide Mt Lofty Ranges.
Building upon existing partnerships, the project will coordinate recovery activities in remnants
across all tenures, and use strategic revegetation to link and buffer core remnants. Novel
approaches will be used to engage the local community.
$605,000
This project will continue to implement the recovery program for the endangered South
Australian sub-species of glossy black-cockatoo. Actions will improve native habitat condition
through pest management, revegetation and improving landscape connectivity
$162,800
This project will reinstate habitat on a landscape scale to directly reduce the critical threat of
habitat fragmentation in eastern Kangaroo Island. The planned activities will implement
innovative methods developed over a nine-year period by the Kangaroo Island Nationally
Threatened Plant Project. It will build on these achievements by engaging a further 200
volunteers to reinstate 20ha of high diversity threatened plant habitat
$181,500
Perimeter fencing around a 1000ha property will be upgraded to be feral-proof, allowing for
staged eradication to remove rabbits, cats and foxes. This will allow regeneration in remnant
vegetation, including protected peppermint box and lomandra grasslands and threatened
species including the monarto mintbush.
$197,340
Farmers in south-east South Australia will be supported to develop property habitat plans, and
protect and re-establish feeding habitat of the south-east black-cockatoo. Extension will be
undertaken by a local farmer mentored in the role, and will foster a peer network for extending
capacity and outcomes beyond the life of the project.
$168,322
This project will eradicate a priority national outlier infestation of boneseed, a Weed of National
Significance, in the Flinders Ranges. Eradication at this site will ensure all boneseed west of
the national western containment line is under active management. Partners will work with the
local community to ensure long term control of seedlings.
$55,000
OC12-00090
OC12-00561
OC12-00244
ROYAL ZOOLOGICAL
SOCIETY OF SOUTH
AUSTRALIA INC
Working with SA's SE
farmers to increase vital
SE Black-cockatoo
habitat
OC12-00610
SOUTH AUSTRALIAN
ARID LANDS
NATURAL
RESOURCES
MANAGEMENT
BOARD
Eradication of priority
national Boneseed
outlier infestation in Arid
Lands SA
OC12-00080
SOUTH AUSTRALIAN
NATIVE TITLE
SERVICES LTD
K API PALYAK
ANYINTJAKU:
Protecting Significant
Water Places in our
Country
This project will assess and manage rock-hole surface water complexes located on DeRose
Hill and Tieyon Stations. It will combine Indigenous and scientific knowledge to assess rockhole conditions, and identify and develop cultural and ecological management strategies to
address resource threats. The rock-holes are of significant cultural and ecological importance
for traditional owners and pastoralists respectively.
$323,400
This project will assess and manage rock-hole surface water complexes located in the Gawler
Ranges. It will combine Indigenous and scientific knowledge to assess rock-hole conditions
and identify and develop cultural and ecological management strategies to address resource
threats. The rock-holes are of significant cultural and ecological importance for traditional
owners and pastoralists respectively.
$341,000
This project will implement strategic controls for boneseed, a Weed of National Significance,
and prevent its spread across the National Murray Coorong Boneseed Containment Zone.
Control will protect two nationally threatened communities and nine plants, the Riverland
Ramsar wetland and Pike Mundic critical aquatic ecosystem. Surveillance, control and
monitoring will occur over 2500ha and builds on existing cross-regional control.
$227,700
This project will engage the local community in the City of Charles Sturt to improve and care for
the coastal environment. Dune-planting and weeding, stormwater litter clean-ups with 200
groups, the development of an Indigenous learning station and the involvement of the Marine
Discovery Centre will help make a real difference in community awareness and improve the
local environment.
$54,846
The Ngarrindjeri Nation, in partnership with ZooSA will work on a revegetation program for
Monarto Zoo to regenerate remnant native vegetation and increase the area of vegetation
100ha. High, mid and low storey species will be regenerated to link with a Mallee planting site
across the property. When this is achieved and established it is planned to reintroduce native
animals.
$139,150
OC12-00394
SOUTH AUSTRALIAN
NATIVE TITLE
SERVICES LTD
Caring for rock- holes in
the Gawler Ranges:
looking after country and
culture
OC12-00454
SOUTH AUSTRALIAN
MURRAY-DARLING
BASIN NATURAL
RESOURCES
MANAGEMENT
BOARD
Protecting the MurrayCoorong Basin from the
threat of Boneseed
STAR OF THE SEA
CATHOLIC PARISH
PRIMARY SCHOOL
HENLEY BEACH
On-ground works and
capacity building to
improve Gulf St Vincent
TRUSTEE FOR
NGARRINDJERI RUWE
CHARITABLE TRUST
Ngarrindjeri contributing
to the health of our
Yarluwar-Ruwe and
Ngartjis
OC12-00706
OC12-00061
OC12-00517
Total for South Australia
$3,628,184
TASMANIA
Funding recipients
Project title
Project description
Maximum funding level
(GST inclusive unless
indicated otherwise)
CRADLE COAST
AUTHORITY
Management of WoNS in
the Cradle Coast Region,
Tasmania
Strategic weed control works to eradicate Weed of National Significance outliers in the Cradle
Coast region. High conservation value public lands in the eradication zones for blackberry,
boneseed, bridal creeper, gorse, serrated tussock and seeding willow will be targeted.
$218,746
A Tasmanian management program for the Weed of National Significance, serrated tussock,
will be established. This will build on past projects including mapping, property plan
development and on-ground control. The focus will be controlling infestations in strategic
areas, including sites of high conservation significance (Ramsar and high ecological value
aquatic ecosystems sites, EPBC listed lowland native grasslands), outlier infestations and
properties implementing serrated tussock management plans.
$328,055
The project aims to address key threats to the Derwent estuary health through the strategic
restoration of upstream tributaries. This project is part of a larger project - Restoration of the
Lower Derwent River and Lake Meadowbank.
$142,010
This project will eradicate carp from Tasmania. Lake Sorell has the only known population of
carp in the state, following the successful eradication of the pest from Lake Crescent. The
eradication of carp will protect the endangered golden galaxias and high conservation wetlands
including the Interlaken Lakeside Reserve Ramsar site.
$902,000
This project will assist the South-East Tasmanian Aboriginal Corporation to enhance its long
term management program and improve its capacity to maintain over 40 culturally significant
sites.
$122,972
OC12-00357
DEPARTMENT OF
PRIMARY INDUSTRIES
PARKS WATER AND
ENVIRONMENT
Strategic Management of
Serrated Tussock in
Tasmania
GREENING
AUSTRALIA (TAS) LTD
Strategic restoration of
key tributaries to improve
Derwent Estuary health
OC12-00511
OC12-00143
INLAND FISHERIES
SERVICE
Carp Eradication
Program Lake Sorell
Tasmania
OC12-00019
SOUTH EAST
TASMANIAN
ABORIGINAL CORP
Accelerating the SETAC
Land Management
Program
OC12-00266
TASMANIAN LAND
CONSERVANCY INC.
Long-term Protection
and Management of the
Lowland Native
Grasslands of Tasmania
OC12-00777
This project will protect and manage 2500ha of Tasmania’s critically endangered lowland
grassland communities and the mosaic of woodlands and forests it occurs in. On-ground work
and establishment of stewardship contracts in the first two years will be supported by an
additional $1.7million from the Midland Conservation Fund for annual payments to landholders
for a further 13 years.
$880,000
.
WILDCARE
INCORPORATED
Weed management,
erosion control, and revegetation on Deal
Island, phase 2
This project will consolidate work to control weeds and erosion and restore native vegetation
on remote Deal Island, the largest island of the Kent Group National Park in north-eastern
Bass Strait. An active and enthusiastic community group is restoring the natural values while
conserving Australia's oldest surviving light station.
$25,520
OC12-00729
Total for Tasmania
$2,619,303
VICTORIA
Funding recipients
Project title
Project description
Maximum funding level
(GST inclusive unless
indicated otherwise)
BASS VALLEY LAND
CARE GROUP INC
Protecting Westernport Reducing nutrients and
sediments in the Bass
(stage 2)
Landholders in the Bass River catchment and its tributaries will be targeted to undertake
erosion control in steep gullies and higher slopes. The Land Management Practices Score
Card will be used to evaluate farmers' practices and combined with mapping, will be used to
prioritise projects.
$226,930
OC12-00604
BELLARINE
LANDCARE GROUP
INC
Bellarine Ark 2 - Predator
Control for Bellarine
Peninsula Ramsar Sites
OC12-00952
Priority locations within Ramsar sites on the Bellarine Peninsula will be protected from
predators, notably foxes. A range of control approaches will be used to suit different
landscapes, monitoring and reporting of predator activity will be undertaken, and community
and organisational capacity and engagement will be increased.
$264,000
BIDWELL-MAAP
ABORIGINAL
CORPORATION
Burrai Bilbukye: BidwellMaap Heritage Discovery
and Protection
In cooperation with Parks Victoria, private land holders and the Department of Sustainability
and Environment, the Bidwell-Maap Aboriginal Corporation will make an inventory of BidwellMaap cultural Heritage sites and develop a plan for the protection of those sites. This project
will also provide training to qualify people in site protection, identification and interpretation.
$145,000 (GST exclusive)
The project will work with a range of stakeholders to increase the area of native vegetation
managed to reduce critical threats to biodiversity and enhance the condition, connectivity and
resilience of habitat. Works will address fragmentation of remnants and other ecologically
unsustainable land management practices across a number of landscapes, which include
nationally threatened communities.
$518,155
OC12-00208
BULOKE AND
NORTHERN
GRAMPIANS
LANDCARE
NETWORK
Protecting and
Enhancing Conservation
on Private Land
OC12-00893
CORANGAMITE
CATCHMENT
MANAGEMENT
AUTHORITY
Protecting Orangebellied Parrot Habitat in
Coastal Victoria
DEPARTMENT OF
SUSTAINABILITY AND
ENVIRONMENT
Coastcare Victoria
Community Grants
DEPARTMENT OF
SUSTAINABILITY AND
ENVIRONMENT
Strengthening ecological
resilience in North East
Victoria
OC12-00949
$550,000
The Coastcare Victoria Community Grants will be extended through 2012–13, supporting
Victorian community groups to undertake coastal rehabilitation, restoration and conservation.
$550,000
This project will manage critical threats across 390ha of habitat for threatened species,
including improving connectivity for two threatened woodland communities and four threatened
species in north-east Victoria. Actions will include weed control, management of livestock
grazing and habitat enhancement works.
$583,000
Habitat improvement works will be undertaken to support 20 grey-crowned babbler groups and
other threatened wildlife in endangered grey box woodland near Euroa.
$87,780
This project will address the decline of the nationally endangered ecological communities
grassy eucalypt woodland and natural temperate grassland through the addition of 1250ha of
land under EcoTender to protect vegetation and wetlands through greater landholder
commitment to biodiversity outcomes.
$710,600
This project will assess tree canopy health and Koala population across Indigenous Protected
Areas and properties owned by the Gunditj Mirring Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation
adjacent to Mt Eccles National Park. This land is connected by manna gum woodland which
extends along the Tyrendarra Lava flow to the coast and is known as the National Heritage
listed Budj Bim Landscape
$108,900
OC12-00396
OC12-00502
EUROA
ENVIRONMENT
GROUP INC
This project will protect and enhance Victorian coastal saltmarsh communities in four CMA
regions, including two Ramsar sites. These areas provide critical habitat for a number of
threatened species, including the critically-endangered orange-bellied parrot. A market-based
tender approach will be used to allocate funds for on-ground works on public and private land.
The activities will protect biodiversity and enhance the extent, condition and connectivity of
habitats.
Improving Grey Box
woodland habitat for
threatened wildlife on the
Euroa plains
OC12-00956
GLENELG - HOPKINS
CATCHMENT
MANAGEMENT
AUTHORITY
EcoTender in the
Victorian Volcanic Plains
of Victoria
GUNDITJ MIRRING
TRADITIONAL
OWNERS
ABORIGINAL
CORPORATION
Gunditj Mirring
Indigenous Protected
Area Koala Management
Project
OC12-00768
OC12-00543
NORTH-EAST
CATCHMENT
MANAGEMENT
AUTHORITY
Improving Threatened
Grassy Woodlands of
Northern Victoria
PROJECT PLATYPUS
ASSOCIATION INC
Controlling fox predation
on Southern Brown
Bandicoot populations
Upper Wimmera
OC12-00140
This project will enhance 580ha of threatened grassy woodlands in Victoria's north-east and
north-central regions through extension activities and contractual agreements with land
managers. Eight Indigenous community engagement projects will be undertaken to build
capacity, increase youth involvement and record traditional ecological knowledge.
$646,410
The project will focus on reducing the impact of fox predation on southern brown bandicoot
populations in the Upper Wimmera as part of a local southern brown bandicoot recovery plan.
A comprehensive and ongoing fox control program, demonstration sites for bandicoot-friendly
rabbit and weed control, and trials of complementary revegetation methods will be established.
$47,300
This project will connect 23 000ha of threatened semi-arid woodland and mallee habitats
across Trust for Nature's 30 000ha Ned's Corner conservation property and nearby land. A
landscape approach will be used to restore 1452ha of native vegetation linking the Murray
River with the woodlands and mallee. The project will reduce rabbit numbers, fence and
revegetate sites and retire cropping land. These actions will also aid the recovery of the
vulnerable Regent Parrot and 20 other threatened species by increasing habitat.
$525,800
This project seeks to enhance ecological values over 3500ha in the high ecological value
aquatic ecosystem of Lower Ovens River, north of Wangaratta. The project will improve the
ecological viability of remnant riverine grassy woodland, plains grassy woodland and wetlands.
This will be achieved through an integrated system of remnant and frontage fencing, weed
control, restoration and revegetation plantings as well as corridors on a whole of property
planning basis
$182,600
This project will establish a biodiversity corridor along the length of the Mt William Ridge line to
protect and restore remnant indigenous vegetation by fencing off stock access and establishing
and improving habitat for endangered species of flora and fauna found on the site. The project
will also complement the Deep Creek Landcare Group’s rabbit management activities in the
area.
$145,994
Reef Watch Victoria in partnership with Museum Victoria, will engage over 150 volunteer divers
and up to ten community groups in marine conservation activities. Activities will include the
continued use of diver reports of marine species of conservation concern to alert management
agencies of emerging threats.
$54,450
OC12-00448
THE TRUSTEE FOR
TRUST FOR NATURE
Restoring landscape
links and habitat for
threatened wildlife at
Ned's Corner
OC12-00660
THE TRUSTEE FOR
TRUST FOR NATURE
Ecological Enhancement
on the Lowers Ovens:
TFN and Dockers Plains
Pastoral Co
OC12-00327
VFF FARM TREE AND
LANDCARE
ASSOCIATION
INCORPOR ATED
Mt William Biodiversity
Corridor Establishment
Project
VICTORIAN NATIONAL
PARKS ASSOCIATION
INC
Reef Watch Victoria
engaging divers in
protecting Victoria's
marine biodiversity
OC12-00296
OC12-00405
WURUNDJERI TRIBE
LAND
COMPENSATION
CULTURAL HERITAGE
COUNCIL INC
Total for Victoria
Wurundjeri Country
Management and
Training
OC12-00620
Following the recent development of a Country Plan and the acquisition of land, the natural
resource management experience and capacity of the Wurundjeri community will be improved
in partnership with other stakeholders. The project will focus on the management and
protection of Volcanic Grasslands, Grassy Woodlands and cultural values.
$198,000
$5,544,919
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Funding recipients
Project title
Project description
Maximum funding level
(GST inclusive unless
indicated otherwise)
BIRDS AUSTRALIA
WESTERN
AUSTRALIA INC
Carnaby's Blackcockatoo recovery in a
Globally Significant
Important Bird Area
Birds Australia will engage volunteers, landholders, agencies and partner organisations to
increase native habitat and deliver landscape-scale conservation outcomes within a cluster of
four internationally recognised Important Bird Areas declared for the highly visible endangered
carnaby's Black-cockatoo.
$450,979
An integrated feral animal control program will be developed and implemented to reduce the
impact of feral animals on threatened species and habitats on the Ningaloo Coast. The
program will focus on Cape Range National Park and radiate out across the World Heritage
area.
$545,600
This project will prevent population decline of five threatened species listed under the EPBC
Act via the management of herbivore grazing and weed invasion. It will also improve population
diversity through the translocation of some individuals.
$137,500
The project will reduce the impact of hot, late dry season fires by reducing fuel loads adjacent
to the Bungle Bungle massif World Heritage area in areas of highest risk. Aboriginal people will
be intimately involved in the planning and implementation of all burning conducted under this
project.
$132,000
OC12-00193
DEPARTMENT OF
ENVIRONMENT AND
CONSERVATION
Integrated feral animal
control at the Ningaloo
Coast World Heritage
Area
OC12-00407
DEPARTMENT OF
ENVIRONMENT AND
CONSERVATION
Protecting refugial
Western Australian
EPBC-listed Threatened
species
OC12-00429
DEPARTMENT OF
ENVIRONMENT AND
CONSERVATION
Protecting World
Heritage Values by
reducing the impact of
hot, late season fire
OC12-00747
DEPARTMENT OF
ENVIRONMENT AND
CONSERVATION
Protecting and
presenting the values of
the Ningaloo Coast
World Heritage Area
A Ningaloo Coast World Heritage executive/project officer and advisory committee will be
established. The officer will be pivotal in establishing and supporting the first advisory
committee for the Ningaloo Coast World Heritage area.
$500,500
The project involves coordination of park management activities and administrative support for
the Purnululu World Heritage area Advisory Committee, including research and advice on
protection, management and preservation.
$308,000
$532,400
OC12-00257
DEPARTMENT OF
ENVIRONMENT AND
CONSERVATION
Engaging with the
community and scientific
experts, Purnululu WHA
OC12-00696
KATANNING LAND
CONSERVATION
DISTRICT COMMITTEE
Linking the Lakes of the
Upper Blackwood, WA
OC12-00784
This project will build on restoring connectivity to the lake system of the Upper Blackwood
catchment through vegetated tributary corridors. Fencing and revegetation will take place
across farmland, working with farmers to rehabilitate waterways focusing on four of the major
lakes.
LANDCARE SJ INC
Controlling Weeds Of
National Significance on
the Serpentine R.,
Serpentine, WA
This project will implement a management plan to protect 1km of Serpentine River bank.
Activities will include controlling lantana and blackberry, both Weeds of National Significance;
enhancing river bank biodiversity; and, improving the sustainability of local farm management
practices.
$40,614
The blackberry containment line in the south west of Western Australia is regarded as a
national priority. This project aims to add value to work done to date by expanding blackberry
control work areas and maintaining the containment line through further blackberry control and
rehabilitation work on waterways, post-treatment or areas at risk from blackberry infestation.
$330,000
Work will continue to eradicate or reduce population sizes of all introduced species from the
riverine and estuarine areas of the Vasse-Wonnerup Ramsar wetland system. A strategic plan
with key stakeholders will enable ongoing control of existing introduced aquatic species and
help prevent the introduction of additional species, which are key threats to the ecological
character.
$236,507
OC12-00831
LESCHENAULT
CATCHMENT
COUNCIL (LCC)
INCORPORATED
Consolidation and
enhancement of the WA
Blackberry Containment
Line
OC12-00172
MURDOCH
UNIVERSITY
Control of introduced fish
and crayfish in the
Vasse-Wonnerup
Ramsar wetland
OC12-00812
OYSTER HARBOUR
CATCHMENT GROUP
INC
Control Blackberry
around the National
Heritage listed
Porongurup National
Park
This project will continue the control of blackberry, a Weed of National Significance, around the
National Heritage-listed Porongorup National Park. This work will complement weed control
carried out by state agencies inside the National Park.
$137,500
Critical threats to the Lake Clifton Thrombolite community, Carnaby's black-cockatoo, western
ringtail possum and more than 20 migratory species within Yalgorup National Park and
adjacent properties will be reduced. Activities will include vegetation restoration and community
engagement.
$768,723
This project seeks to increase native habitat in WA's Western Desert by significantly extending
appropriate fire regimes across two native title determinations. Fire management workshops
will engage communities to integrate traditional ecological knowledge with contemporary
practice.
$1,089,000
A rabbit-proof fence around the southern 237ha section of Quairading Nature Reserve will be
constructed and other measures investigated to promote recruitment in the largest population
of the threatened column hakea.
$140,250
This collaborative project will control 400ha of boxthorn over a large area of the south coast of
WA, where Ramsar wetlands, remnant vegetation and over 40 threatened species are at risk.
Control activities will be supported by media campaigns, school presentations and community
weed control days. The project will employ an Indigenous work team and be guided by an
Aboriginal Reference Group.
$523,622
The West Midlands Group with Kwelena Mambakort Aboriginal Corporation and several
coastal community groups will deliver a series of coastal rehabilitation projects and initiatives.
This will include delivering on-ground outcomes in the Wedge Island Shack Community and
the Hill River Mouth surrounds.
$174,350
OC12-00672
PEEL-HARVEY
CATCHMENT
COUNCIL INC
Restore habitat and
manage threats to Lake
Clifton's listed
thrombolites and species
OC12-00462
RANGELANDS NRM
CO-ORDINATING
GROUP (INC)
Western Desert
Traditional and
Contemporary Fire
Project
OC12-00500
SHIRE OF
QUAIRADING
Reducing the impact of
rabbits on the flora of
Quairading Nature
Reserve
OC12-00982
SOUTH COAST
NATURAL RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT INC
Enhance ecological
function by beating the
Boxthorn
OC12-00519
WEST MIDLANDS
NATURAL RESOURCE
GROUP
INCORPORATED
Yued Coastal Communty
Engagement Project
OC12-00795
WHEATBELT
NATURAL RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT
INCORPORATED
Managing outlier
populations of Tamarix
and Bridal Creeper in the
Wheatbelt
OC12-00344
WHEATBELT
NATURAL RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT
INCORPORATED
Healthy BushlandConserving private bush
land in the Avon
Wheatbelt Bioregion
OC12-00579
YAWOORRONG
MIRIUWUNG
GAJERRONG
YIRRGEB NOONG
DAWANG
ABORIGINAL
CORPORATION
Recording MG
Indigenous ecological
knowledge
OC12-00286
Total for Western Australia
Staged, best practice management of two Weeds of National Significance, bridal creeper and
athel pine, will be applied in the WA Wheatbelt. The project will engage community groups,
Aboriginal trainees, local governments and private land managers. Project activities over two
years are expected to deliver a long term project that can be managed by land managers and
community groups.
$298,650
Conservation covenants will be brokered with farmers in the Avon Wheatbelt Bioregion. A
prioritisation process will identify remnant vegetation on private land that will contribute to a
comprehensive, adequate and representative reserve system. Landholders will be supported to
undertake urgent management activities that will contribute to the long term conservation of the
remnant vegetation.
$629,750
The Miriuwung Gajerrong people are the traditional owners of the lands around Kununurra and
the Argyle Dam, extending to the north coast of WA and into the Northern Territory - an area of
roughly 30 000 sq.km in the east Kimberley region. This project will seek to incorporate the
traditional ecological knowledge into the on-going management of the Miriuwung Gajerrong
estate, reducing critical threats to biodiversity and improving habitat.
$220,000
$7,195,945