20MT-293 Berrima - Native Vegetation Corridor Expanding Local Habitat This project will increase the extent and condition of native vegetation to improve habitat required by three nationally endangered fauna species (Regent Honeyeater, Swift Parrot, Tiger Quoll). The project will increase the extent of an existing 112ha Eucalypt woodland by planting 10 000 native plants across 20ha. The 10 000 native plants will be made up of 8 000 native trees and 2 000 native understorey plants. This planting will run alongside both sides of the remnant to increase the width of the narrowest areas from 100m to 170m. This will increase the condition of the entire patch as a natural wildlife pathway. CONDAMINE CATCHMENT NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT CORPORATION LIMITED $110,000.00 QLD 20MT-302 Koala Coast Habitat Enhancement - linking and restoring critical koala habitats This project will restore and enhance critical Koala habitats located within the Koala Coast in South East Queensland by working with Bushcare groups, the Koala Action Group, Redland City Council and private landholders to engage the local community in undertaking revegetation activities that improve existing vegetation corridors linking Koala Conservation Areas, Parks, and Land for Wildlife properties, essential for the survival of this unique urban koala population. Koala habitat plantings will consist of 16,200 plants and will be designed to provide multiple threatened species outcomes. SEQ CATCHMENTS LIMITED $84,590.00 QLD 20MT-370 PEI Road, Malanda – Improving Remnant Vegetation and Riparian Health The proposed project provides for tree planting along approx. 1km of 1st order watercourse in the headwaters of the North Johnstone River. These plantings will increase the size and integrity of existing remnant vegetation patches along the creek lines, facilitate improved corridor linkages on the southern slopes of Lamin’s Hill, and provide a reduction in the upper catchment weed pool. Ancillary benefits that will derive from the tree planting include fencing off of watercourses from cattle activity and improved downstream water quality. M.A TEMPLEMAN & C.D WILLIAMS $26,620.00 QLD
20MT-173 Upper Wimmera - another 15,000 trees The "Upper Wimmera - another 15,000 trees" project will support efforts by the Upper Wimmera Landcare Community to revegetate strategically located sites with local indigenous species. The project consists of 3 sites within the Upper Wimmera Catchment, 1 adjacent to Mt William Creek within close proximity to Lake Lonsdale and 2 of which adjoin the Landsborough Hill Nature Conservation Reserve. These projects will increase ecological connectivity and provide important habitat for birds and native fauna. PROJECT PLATYPUS ASSOCIATION INC $32,329.00 VIC 20MT-187 Phillip Island Wildlife Corridors from Urban and Country to Coast This project aims to strengthen the network of vegetation corridors across Phillip Island linking rural to urban areas and the coast. 30,000 plants will be established over 15 sites buffering Phillip Island Nature Parks, Bass Coast Shire Council reserves, coastlines, urban areas and Saltwater creek. This will improve the vegetation quality and provide new links to facilitate easier movement and increased habitat for threatened species. Community members will work together with landholders, schools, local organisations and the Green Army on public and private land to remove invasive weeds, prepare sites, grow and plant indigenous plants to help sequester carbon, increase urban forests, filter and protect our waterways and Westernport Bay. PHILLIP ISLAND LAND CARE GROUP INC $110,000.00 VIC 20MT-208 Calivil Creek - Trees for restoring biodiversity values This project will restore 65 ha of degraded Black Box woodlands (Riverine Chenopod Woodland) along the Calivil Creek in Yarrawalla, Victoria. Local schools and Landcare groups will plant 3560 hiko tubes complemented with 16km of direct seeding. Establishment of the trees will renew the area around the hollowed Black Box trees, restore function along the riparian edge and create a 4km, 50m wide corridor of habitat along the creek in an agricultural landscape. Involvement of 120 students in tree planting will foster community leadership and engage them in the natural environment. Use of local contractors will ensure best practice works, which will be complemented by contributions from the community for planting, monitoring and maintenance. LODDON PLAINS LANDCARE NETWORK $53,064.00 VIC
20MT-242 Restoring Eucalyptus Woodlands to the Victorian Volcanic Plains Landscape Remnant vegetation comprises less than 0.01% of the Victorian Volcanic Plains (VVP) area and is threatened by clearing and fragmentation. This project will revegetate 37 hectares of cleared agricultural land across the Corangamite Lakes Landcare Network area with VVP eucalypt woodland species to increase habitat area, improve landscape resilience, establish 20kms of connecting corridors and enhance areas of adjacent remnant E.camaldulensis woodland and Poa tussock grassland. Fencing of waterways and revegetation of riparian zones will protect habitat for Corangamite Water Skink and improve water quality into RAMSAR wetlands and lakes. Contributions from participating landholders will provide a 5.6 to 1 benefit-cost for grant funds. VFF FARM TREE AND LANDCARE ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED $69,927.00 VIC 20MT-27 Corridors of Connectivity along Wodonga's Waterways Over three years, a diversity of community members will plant and guard a total of 33,000 local provenance indigenous plants in gaps along Wodonga's key waterways and environmental corridors. PARKLANDS ALBURY WODONGA LIMITED $110,000.00 VIC 20MT-274 Wombat Forest to Brisbane Ranges - A Linked Moorabool Landscape The Wombat Forest to Brisbane Ranges - A Linked Moorabool Landscape project aims to reconnect major intact forest areas and fragmented native vegetation on private properties from the southern edge of the Wombat State Forest to the northern end of the Brisbane Ranges National Park through the Moorabool River Catchment region. This biolink project will protect and enhance existing native vegetation and establish new vegetation linkages beneficial to native flora and fauna and provide economic and environmental benefits for private landholders. This project will make a major contribution to the Moorabool Biolink Strategy, which the Moorabool Catchment Landcare Group developed, and is intended to reconnect the landscape over the next decade. EAST MOORABOOL LANDCARE GROUP INC $82,500.00 VIC