In 2023-24 the Green Links grants program awarded $6.037 million in grants to support 23 projects.
Projects include $1.77 million to revegetate the corridor along the Moorabool and Barwon rivers, more than $700,000 to restore the Yarrowee River and $464,000 to improve habitat conditions and connectivity along a 4 kilometre stretch of the much-loved Merri Creek.
Round 1 funding targeted projects on waterways included in the Waterways of the West and Barre Warre Yulluk / the Rivers of the Barwon Action Plans, Burndap Birrarung burndap umarkoo – the Yarra Strategic Plan, and 14 waterways identified for stronger planning controls.
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Applicant | Project | Grant |
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Brimbank City Council | Kororoit Creek Connections & Maribyrnong River Valley Habitat Restoration | $397,995.00 |
Bunanyung Landscape Alliance | Urban Ripple: Restoring our Yarrowee River and its little Creeks | $701,584.00 |
City of Melbourne | Royal Park Creek Restoration | $168,640.00 |
Corangamite Catchment Management Authority | Rivers of the Barwon revegetation works | $1,769,611.00 |
Eco Warriors Australia | Planting the Seed: Helping Schoolchildren Create a Living Classroom | $102,250.00 |
Friends of Edwardes Lake | Creating habitat at Edwardes Lake, Edgars Creek Wetlands and Edgars Creek | $316,771.00 |
Friends of Moonee Ponds Creek, Inc. | Infill Revegetation & Biolinking along Moonee Ponds Creek, Brunswick West | $25,473.00 |
Friends of Steele Creek | Steele Creek Habitat Improvement Stage 1 | $200,000.00 |
Golden Plains Shire Council | Moorabool River Reserve Riparian Restoration | $28,950.00 |
KooyongKoot Alliance Inc | Gardiners Creek Reserve/KooyongKoot biodiversity Corridor revegetation | $94,130.00 |
Maribyrnong City Council | Maribyrnong River & Stony Creek wildlife protection & habitat creation | $188,000.00 |
Melbourne Water Corporation | Revegetation for connections in the West | $54,288.00 |
Merri Creek Management Committee | Connecting up Communities, Corridors and Refuges for Urban Fauna | $463,731.00 |
Merri-bek City Council | Edgars Creek Corridor Connection Project | $115,953.00 |
Moorabool Landcare Network | Parwan Gorge Conservation Precinct | $77,185.00 |
Stonnington City Council | Glen Iris Wetlands and Gardiners Creek (KooyongKoot) Biodiversity Project | $196,863.00 |
Wathaurong Aboriginal Co-operative | Native Grasses Revival: Enhancing Gilgais for Clean Waterways | $200,000.00 |
Werribee River Association | Restoring Werribee River park | $152,796.00 |
Whitehorse Community Indigenous Plant Project Inc (Bungalook Nursery) | Blackburn Lake Sanctuary Main Inlet Wetland Regeneration | $53,655.00 |
Whittlesea Community Connections | Community bringing Curly Sedge back to Curly Sedge Creek | $47,307.00 |
Wyndham City Council | Tarneet Islands Revegetation 2024-2026 | $114,408.00 |
Yarra Valley Water | Habitat Regeneration at Upper Yarra Treatment Plant | $567,600.00 |
To find out more or be notified about future grant rounds, please contact urban.waterways@delwp.vic.gov.au.