Latest round of Community Rivercare grants announced

  • More than $250,000 in grants allocated to volunteer-based community groups
  • Project funding to go towards improving health of the Swan Canning Catchment
  • State Government committed $4 million to program between 2021 and 2025

Community volunteer groups have been granted $255,055 in funding to assist with the improvement of waterway health in the Swan Canning Catchment.

The funding, which was granted through the seventh round of the State Government's Community Rivercare program, will go towards 14 projects which will enable weed control, foreshore revegetation and wetland restoration work across key locations.

Grants of between $3,000 and $20,000 for projects running up to two years were made available as part of the program's latest round.

The program's next round, which will open next year, will make grants of up to $100,000 available for one-year projects.

Community Rivercare grants have been available since 2017, with the State Government in 2021 committing a further $4 million to the program over four years.

For more information about the Community Rivercare Program, visit the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions' website.

As stated by Environment Minister Reece Whitby:

"The Cook Government is committed to safeguarding and enhancing the natural values of the Swan and Canning rivers, and I am delighted to support these community-led initiatives.

"Now in its seventh year, projects delivered through the Community Rivercare Program continue to make a difference and protect our iconic Perth waterways.

"I congratulate all successful recipients and look forward to celebrating the positive environmental and social outcomes of their projects."

Round 7 Community Rivercare Program approved projects

Group

Project Title

Total amount of grant funded

(ex GST)

Primary Objective

Friends of Mandoon Park

Darlington Brook Wildlife Corridor Rehabilitation Project - Mandoon Park

$10,201.00

Habitat improvement for birds and/or other species dependent on waterways

Friends of Under the Heritage Trail

Jane Brook Restoration Project

$19,465.00

Foreshore revegetation and weed control

Armadale Gosnells Landcare Group

Revegetation and weed control along a Canning River drainage tributary - Mosey Property

$15,690.00

Water quality improvement

Friends of Astley River Park

Restoration of the Canning River Foreshore at Astley River Park - Friends of Astley River Park

$19,910.00

Habitat improvement for birds and/or other species dependent on waterways

Susannah Brook Catchment Group

Burgess Road Creek integrated weed management and habitat

$17,449.41

Foreshore revegetation and weed control

Friends of Darlington Wetland

Darlington Wetland Rehabilitation Action Plan

$10,788.00

Foreshore revegetation and weed control

Braun Family and Harry Hunter Rehabilitation Group

Revegetation and weed control along a Canning River drainage tributary - Braun Property

$19,872.00

Habitat improvement for birds and/or other species dependent on waterways

Friends of John Forrest National Park

Weed control along the Jane Brook in John Forrest National Park

$20,000.00

Weed control to promote natural regeneration

Friends of Maylands Samphires

Restoration of saltmarsh at the Maylands Samphire Flats

$14,250.00

Foreshore revegetation and weed control

Friends of Banyowla Clifton Hills

Revegetation and weed control along Wright Brook, Banyowla Clifton Hills

$19,934.00

Foreshore revegetation and weed control

Lower Helena Association

Helena River Foreshore Lot 824 Revegetation Project

$19,509.50

Foreshore revegetation and weed control

Bardon Park Malgamongup Friends Group

Wetland restoration at Bardon Park

$9,790.64

Habitat improvement for birds and/or other species dependent on waterways

Friends of Piesse Brook

Weed Control above the Lower Helena Diversion Dam

$18,400.00

Weed control to promote natural regeneration

Friends of Claughton Reserve

Restoring Claughton Reserve

$9,795.84

Foreshore revegetation and weed control

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