- 21 community groups funded for riverside conservation projects
- Projects will restore habitat and waterways across Swan Canning catchments
- Cook Government delivering in key priority to protect and restore the environment for future generations
A total of 21 community groups have been awarded almost $275,000 in grants this year to deliver 46 river restoration projects to protect and enhance the Swan Canning catchments.
The Friends of the Bennett Brook received the largest share of funding, receiving nearly $20,000 to improve biodiversity and water quality in the Bennett Brook Reserve.
The Gingin Brook Catchment Group was awarded $18,045 for a project that will support the recovery of Carnaby's Black Cockatoo Habitat in Lennard's Brook following a bushfire.
The funded projects build on 1,776 restoration projects delivered by thousands of volunteers who over the past 28 years have planted more than 3.25 million native plants, revegetated more than 3,200 hectares of land and carried out weed control across more than 8,300 hectares of land in the catchment.
These projects are made possible through a partnership between the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, the Burswood Park Board and Alcoa of Australia, and is delivered by Perth NRM.
The 2027 round is now open for applications, with community groups encouraged to apply. For more information, visit: https://www.perthnrm.com/
As stated by the Environment Minister Matthew Swinbourn:
"Protecting the health of our iconic Swan Canning waterways remains a key priority of the Cook Labor Government and community grassroot programs play an essential role in achieving that goal.
"Congratulations to all successful recipients and thank you for the work you have done and will continue to do. I look forward to seeing the results of your projects over the coming year."
2026 Approved Projects
North Subregion
Group |
Project Title |
Grant funding (ex GST) |
Friends of Bennett Brook |
Improving biodiversity and water quality in the Bennett Brook Reserve |
$19,991.30 |
Berringa Park Friends Group |
Berringa Wetlands Weed Treatment Zone 1 |
$13,500 |
Friends of Eric Singleton Wetlands |
ESBSW Revegetation |
$10,700 |
Friends of Mayland Samphires |
Restoration of the Maylands Samphire Saltmarsh Threatened Ecological Community |
$14,020 |
Friends of Herdsman Lake |
Ongoing conservation works within Glendalough Reserve |
$9,590.40 |
Swan Estuary Reserves Action Group Inc |
Restoring the vegetation of Pelican Point Foreshore and Bush Forever Site 402 |
$12,579.30 |
Trillion Trees Australia |
Guildford Meadows Restoration Project |
$15,000 |
Total: $95,381 |
North East Subregion
Group |
Project Title |
Grant funding (ex GST) |
Gingin Brook Catchment Group |
Post Fire Carnaby's Black Cockatoo Habitat Recovery in Lennard's Brook |
$18,045 |
North Swan LCDC |
Rehabilitation of ecological significant ecosystems |
$8,600 |
Chittering LCDC |
Protection on Ecological sensitive sites in the Shire of Chittering |
$13,180 |
Ellen Brockman Integrated Catchment Group |
Strategic revegetation in the Brockman River Catchment |
$18,957 |
Wannamal Lake Catchment Group |
Rehabilitation of Black Cockatoo Habitat in the Upper Brockman Catchment |
$14,347.50 |
Total: $73,129.50 |
East Subregion
Group |
Project Title |
Grant funding (ex GST) |
Blackadder Woodbridge Catchment Group |
Improving Riparian Vegetation along Blackadder Creek (Stage 2) |
$4,082.80 |
Friends of Glen Park Reserve |
Regeneration and weed control maintenance within Glen Park Reserve |
$10,056.79 |
Lower Helena Association |
Lower Helena River Wetland Restoration Project |
$17,188.58 |
Friends of John Forrest National Park |
Geophyte weed control along the Jane Brook, John Forrest NP |
$14,700 |
Friends of Sculpture Park West |
The Bio Sculpture Project |
$8,200 |
Total: $54,228.17 |
South Subregion
Group |
Project Title |
Grant funding (ex GST) |
SERCUL |
Fern Road SALP: River Refuge for Wildlife |
$11,874.83 |
Friends of Paganoni Swamp |
Protecting Threatened Ecological Communities of Paganoni West |
$14,910 |
Bannister Creek Catchment Group |
Bannister Creek Understorey Connectivity |
$13,249.79 |
Mt Henry Peninsula Conservation Group |
Mt Henry Peninsula Conservation Group Weed management, rehabilitation and animal control |
$12,000 |
Total: $52,034.62 |
