Victorian Landcare Grants 2021 support environmental volunteering
8 November 2021
The Victorian Government provides funding to support Landcare and environmental volunteering groups and networks for on-ground works, education, and capacity building projects that protect, enhance, and restore our land and natural environment.
Through the Victorian Landcare Grants, a total of $4.09 million has been provided for 206 project grants and 282 support grants across Victoria in 2021.
In the Port Phillip and Western Port region, $536,081 was provided for 21 project grants and 88 support grants. Applications for the grants were the most subscribed in PPWCMA history, and the quality of applications were higher than ever before.
Grants were awarded to Landcare and environmental volunteering groups and networks that have a focus on on-ground land and natural environment improvement work.
This includes Landcare groups and networks, ‘Friends of’ groups, Conservation Management Networks, Committees of Management, Coastcare groups, and Aboriginal groups and organisations working on Country.
Project grants are for on-ground works, capacity building activities, community education and engagement that protects, or improves natural assets such as native vegetation, native fauna, waterways, wetlands, and soils.
Support grants are for or assistance with costs such as insurance, incorporation and operational needs, or meetings and events or newsletters, websites, and other communication.
Projects will be completed by 30 November 2022.
Below is the project and support grant recipients in the Port Phillip and Western Port region. For all Victorian recipients visit environment.vic.gov.au/grants/victorian-landcare-grants.
Project grant recipients
| RECIPIENT | PROJECT TITLE | LOCATION |
| Balcombe Estuary Reserves Group, Mt Martha Inc (Berg Mt Martha) | Grassy Woodland Restoration, Southern Slope, Mount Martha 21-22 | Mornington Peninsula |
| Bass Valley Landcare Group | Connecting the Bass Valley: Corridors and Community | Bass/Snn Remo |
| Brisbane Ranges Landcare Group | Hollow Bearing Trees and Wildlife Nest Boxes around the Brisbane Ranges | Staughton Vale |
| Cairnlea Conservation Reserve Committee of Management | Cairnlea Grasslands Recovery | Cairnlea |
| Cardinia Environmental Coalition | Restoration of Southern Brown Bandicoot Habitat in Koo Wee Rup North | Pakenham |
| Friends of Beleura Cliff Path | Beleura Cliff: War on weeds, peace for indigenous plants | Mornington |
| Friends of Emerald Lake Park Inc. | Emerald Lake Park Vegetation Management Project | Emerald |
| Friends of Flinders Coastline | Coastal Flinders Habitat and Biodiversity Restoration Project | Flinders |
| Friends of Helmeted Honeyeater | Protecting remnant vegetation on private land | Woori Yallock |
| Merri Creek Management Committee | Ngarri-djarrang’s grassy wetlands – past and present | Reservoir |
| Mornington Peninsula Koala Conservation | Cerberus to Merricks Koala Biolink Project – Creating habitat corridors through community engagement | Balnarring, Merricks |
| Mornington Peninsula Landcare Network | Greens Bush to Arthurs Seat Biolink – ‘Strengthening Connections’ | Boneo |
| NatureWest | Create a new habitat area in Hoppers Crossing for Spiny Rice Flower. (SRF) | Hoppers Crossing |
| Phillip Island Landcare Group | Phillip Island Wildlife Corridor Community revegetation and connection to cultural heritage | Phillip Island |
| Red Hill South Landcare Group | Red Hill South Biolink Plan Extension | Red Hill South |
| Rowsley Landcare Group | Investigating control options for chemical resistant serrated tussock | Rowsley |
| Westernport Catchment Landcare Network | Cannibal Creek Catchment Biodiversity Project: Positive actions to support the recovery of our environment | Garfield North |
| Westgate Biodiversity: Bili Nursery and Landcare | Hollows for Habitat at Westgate Park | Port Melbourne |
| Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation | Cultural Education and Ecological Enhancement at the Sunbury Rings | Sunbury |
| Yarra Ranges Intrepid Landcare | Culture and Conservation Camp Out | Yarra Ranges |
| Yarra Riverkeeper Association | Phillips Fox Billabong Restoration | Heidelberg |
Support grant recipients
| RECIPIENT | LOCATION |
| 3198 Seaford Beach Patrol | Seaford |
| Arthurs Creek District Landcare Group | Arthurs Creek |
| Arthurs Creek Landcare | Arthurs Creek |
| Bacchus Marsh Council Trench Committee of Management Incorporated | Wheelers Hill |
| Bacchus Marsh Platypus Alliance | Maddingley |
| Balcombe and Moorooduc Landcare Group | Mount Martha |
| Bayside Intrepid Landcare | Hampton |
| Bend of Islands Conservation Association | Kangaroo Ground |
| Blackwood and Barry’s Reef Landcare Group | Blackwood |
| Bullengarook Landcare Group | Gisborne |
| Bunyip Landcare Group Inc. | Bunyip |
| Cannibal Creek Landcare Group | Tynong North |
| Capel Sound Foreshore Committee of Management Inc | Capel Sound |
| Cardinia Catchment Landcare Inc. | Berwick |
| Christmas Hills Landcare Group | Christmas Hills |
| Chum Creek Landcare group | Chum Creek |
| Deep Creek Landcare Group | Romsey |
| DevilBend-Hastings Landcare Group | Tuerong |
| Dixons Creek Landcare Group | Dixons Creek |
| Dromana Foreshore Committee of Management Incorporated | Dromana |
| Dunns Creek Landcare | Red Hill South |
| Emu Plains Reserve Committee of Management | Balnarring |
| Eynesbury Environment Group Inc. | Eynesbury |
| First Friends of Dandenong Creek | Wantirna |
| Fisherman’s Beach Friends Group | Mornington |
| French Island Landcare Group | French Island |
| Friends of Chinamans Creek Inc | Fingal |
| Friends of Hopetoun Park and Parwan Gorge | Hopetoun Park |
| Friends of Koolunga Native Reserve Inc | Ferntree Gully |
| Friends of Plenty Gorge | South Morang |
| Friends of Scotchmans Creek and Valley Reserve Inc | Mount Waverley |
| Friends of Stony Creek | footscray |
| Friends of Sydenham Park | Keilor North |
| Friends of the Glenfern Green Wedge | Upper Ferntree Gully |
| Friends of the Maribyrnong Valley Inc. | Ascot Vale |
| Friends of Warrandyte State Park Inc | Warrandyte |
| Friends of Yarra Valley Park | Eltham |
| Global Landcare | Traralgon |
| Greendale Wombat Landcare Group | Greendale |
| Healesville Environment Watch Inc | Healesville |
| HPNL Inc. | Notting Hill |
| Hurstbridge District Landcare trading as Hurstbridge Landcare | Hurstbridge |
| Jindivick Landcare Group Inc. | Jindivick |
| Johns Hill Landcare Group INC | Emerald |
| Jumping Creek Catchment Landcare Group | Warrandyte South |
| Labertouche Sustainable Farming and Landcare Group | Labertouche |
| Links Community Group Inc | Lalor |
| Little River Community Landcare Group Inc | Little River |
| Loch-Nyora Landcare Group | Loch |
| LVI – Northern Yarra Landcare Network | Yarra Glen |
| Macclesfield Landcare Group | Macclesfield |
| Main Creek Catchment Landcare Group | Red Hill South |
| Manton & Stony Creeks Landcare Group | Shoreham |
| Merricks Coolart Catchment Landcare Group Inc | Balnarrring |
| Middle Yarra Landcare Network | Warrandyte |
| Monbulk Landcare Group | Monbulk |
| Montrose Upper Landcare Group (MULGa) | Montrose |
| Moorabool Environment Group Inc. | Bacchus Marsh |
| Moorabool landcare Network Inc | Bacchus Marsh |
| Mornington Peninsula and Western Port Biosphere Reserve Foundation | Hastings |
| Mt Lyall Landcare Group | Athlone |
| Mt Toolebewong & District Landcare | Badger Creek |
| Olinda Creek Landcare Group Inc | Olinda |
| Pentland Hills Landcare Group Inc | Myrniong |
| Pinkerton Landcare & Environment Group Inc | Pinkerton |
| Port Phillip EcoCentre | St Kilda |
| Rosebud Park & Recreation Reserve Committee of Management Inc. | Rosebud |
| Rowsley Landcare Group Inc | Rowsley |
| Sheepwash Creek Landcare Group | Red Hill |
| South West Mornington Peninsula Landcare (SWaMP Landcare) | Boneo |
| Southern Ranges Environment Alliance | Emerald |
| St Andrews Landcare | St Andrews |
| Strathewen Landcare Group | Hurstbridge |
| The Friends of Braeside Park | Braeside |
| The Greater Dandenong Environment Group | Dingley Village |
| Toomuc Landcare | Pakenham Upper |
| Upper Deep Creek Landcare Network | Wallan |
| Upper Maribyrnong Catchment Group | Wallan |
| Upper Yarra Landcare | Warburton |
| Wallan Environment Group | Wallan |
| Watson Creek Catchment Group | Baxter |
| Werribee River Association | Werribee |
| Westernport Feral Alliance – (Westernport Ark) | Rosebud |
| Westernport Swamp Landcare Group | Monomeith |
| Whittlesea Community Garden | Whittlesea |
| Whittlesea Landcare | Whittlesea |
| Wyndham Wildlife Gardens | Truganina |
| Yarra Ranges Landcare Network | Emerald |