November 19th, 2025Community environmental projects funding

Landcare and community groups will share in almost $340,000 of Victorian Landcare grants.

Managed by the North Central Catchment Management Authority and funded by the state government, the grants provide funding for environmental projects across the catchment, as well as administrative support.
North Central CMA Regional Landcare coordinator Belinda Pritchard said the 19 project grants and 50 support grants would enable community-driven initiatives to continue to protect the landscapes and waterways they love.
“These grants deliver lasting benefits to communities and help groups support their volunteers,” she said. “We are excited with the range of successful projects this year and that we were able to support groups right across the catchment.
“The support grants are also really important for our Landcare groups. They help with everything from recruitment of volunteers to covering insurance and can make a big difference for hard working groups.”
More than $300,000 will be spent on projects such as: Revegetating the Lake Buloke lunettes; Fencing, revegetation, and rabbit control at Wychitella; Revegetation on the Moolort Plains; Removing weeds on Axe Creek; Building squirrel glider nest boxes in the northern Grampians; and Flora and fauna monitoring in Woodend’s Five Mile Creek
Black gum (eucalypus aggregata) is endangered at a state level and is listed in the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1989. In 2015 it was also recommended for listing as ‘Vulnerable’ on the EPBC Act. In Victoria, the species only occurs in a 4 km radius of Woodend. Its limited geographic range makes it highly vulnerable further loss and the protection of the black gums is a major goal for Woodend Landcare.
Pictured, Woodend Landcare Group’s Nicole Middleton (president) and Peter Yates (vice president)