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