Landcare Australia Bushfire Recovery Grants Program
In 2020, the Landcare Australia Bushfire Recovery Grants program awarded 23 grants valued at $307,212.00 (ex GST). The funding supported landcare groups, farmers and other community-led environmental groups located in bushfire affected areas across Australia with their bushfire recovery projects following the 2019/2020 Black Summer Bushfires.
The aim of the grants program was to support the urgent needs of the landcare community to restore essential wildlife habitat, shelterbelts and fences, protection of waterways, manage weeds and feral animals, work with Traditional Owner groups and First Nations organisations, and host local community workshops, amongst other recovery activities.
This grants program was made possible due to the extraordinary volume of donations from generous organisations and private donors from across the country and around the world, including our partners Brambles Chep, Bushman’s Tanks, Bloom Aid and Hawkes Brewing.
We would like to thank everyone for their incredible support. We would also like to send a special thanks to the passionate students of York Public School in South Penrith, NSW who arranged a bake sale and donated all the proceeds towards the Landcare Australia Bushfire Recovery program.
The successful grant recipients were:
| State | Group/Network Name | Project Title |
|---|---|---|
| ACT | Landcare ACT | Bushfire Recovery in the ACT Region |
| NSW | Bungawalbyn Landcare | Supporting the Bungawalbyn Community Recover from Bushfire |
| NSW | Deua Rivercare | Deua River Post Fire Recovery |
| NSW | Eurobodalla Landcare Network | Protecting Pretty Point Post Fire |
| NSW | Holbrook Landcare Network | Monitoring and Supporting Wildlife Recovery in the Upper Murray NSW |
| NSW | Kosciuszko to Coast | Ecosystem Restoration in Shoalhaven. Flora and Fauna Recovery After Bushfire |
| NSW | Michelago and District Landcare Group | After the Fire: Addressing Threats to People and Wildlife |
| NSW | Nana Glen Landcare Group Inc. | Fire Recovery in Nana Glen – Wildlife Care Project |
| NSW | Northern Rivers Fire & Biodiversity Consortium Inc. | Clawing Back Our Creek – Busby’s Creek Post-fire Cats Claw Intervention |
| NSW | Snowy River Interstate Landcare Committee Inc. | Healing Our Landscape |
| NSW | The Upper Murrumbidgee Demonstration Reach Partnership | Protecting Streambanks and Water Quality from Erosion After Wildfire on the Upper Murrumbidgee |
| NSW | Upper Kangaroo Valley Landcare Group Inc. | Eradication of Migrating Feral Animals |
| NSW | Upper Shoalhaven Landcare Council | Healing the Land: After the Fires |
| NSW | Wilsons Creek Huonbrook Landcare Inc. | Fire Recovery in the Wet Subtropics – Stage 1: Future Planning and Post Fire Regeneration |
| QLD | Capricorn Coast Landcare Group Inc. | Cobraball Bushfire Nest Box Project |
| QLD | Watergum | Fodder Farm for our Affected Wildlife |
| SA | Friends of Billy Goat Hill | Billy Goat Hill Fire Recovery Project |
| SA | Goolwa to Wellington Local Action Planning Association Inc. | Helping Wyndam Farm Recover From Fire |
| SA | Habitat Recovery Alliance | Habitat Recovery Project |
| VIC | Bruthen District Landcare | Fairy Dell Recovery Project |
| VIC | Cann Valley Landcare Group | Wangarabell Forest and River Recovery Project Stage 1 |
| VIC | East Gippsland Conservation Management Network | Rainforest Rescue for Threatened Species Habitat |
| WA | Environs Kimberley | Monitoring and Weeding the Threatened and Priority Ecosystems of Minyirr Buru, Broome |